Theatre Department Ronald Q. Frederickson Theatre

The Ronald Q. Frederickson Theatre, completed January 2001, is the ESU Theatre's second production venue. The theatre space was originally a gymnasium.

The Frederickson is basically a small black box that provides a flexible space for many small to medium sized productions and class projects. Portable risers are used to create a variety of stage and seating configurations for audiences of 100 to 125.

Production support is provided with a small scene shop, several storage rooms, and a large dressing room. A large control booth is located on the upper level overlooking the stage from the west wall.

The stage lighting system by ETC uses an Expression Two console. The lighting grid is positioned 20 feet above the deck. Stage lighting fixtures are primarily by Colortran and Strand. The sound system has a 12-channel mixer and three stereo amplifiers. Nine speaker jacks are located around the stage.

The Ronald Q. Frederickson theatre also has a twelve-person dressing room available for productions . . .

. . . and a scene shop available for on-site building.