Dairy Arts Center

FORMS

GENERAL INFO

TECHNICAL SPECS

Ticketing Information
As a configurable space, the Carsen Theater can hold a capacity of 70 - 99 seats and the Vandeveer has a capacity of 40 seats. Please indicate your desired capacity for sales purposes.
Please indicate the seating arrangement style you will be using in the Carsen Theater
Please note: You may only used reserved seating for the Gordon and Grace Theaters
Please estimate the number of "kills" and/or seats to be held for comps per performance. Please note that due to fire code, videographers must be seated in the back row, center in both the Gordon Gamm and Grace Gamm Theaters. Videographers will need at least 2 seats. Please note in the Amend Capacity section if you plan to use a videographer at any of your performances. Please note that the capacity of the theater is different from the number of tickets a presenter may expect to sell in advance due to the Dairy's trouble seats (stated in your rental contract). The Dairy holds 6 trouble seats in the Gordon Gamm Theater, 4 in the Grace Gamm Theater and Boedecker Theater, and 2 in the Carsen Theater for late seating, ADA seating and other ticketing needs. Please contact Shay Wescott | Senior Operations Manager | swescott@thedairy.org if you have questions about trouble seats.
The Dairy asks that ticket requests for complimentary tickets be submitted via a Google Sheet no less than 24 hours in advance of your performance. All comps will be entered by Dairy Staff for will call pick up at the box office. Many organizations have different methods of offering comp tickets to friends, family, and VIPs. Please indicate if your organization has a specific comp policy you would like Dairy staff to be aware of (for example, if a guest with a complimentary ticket shows up on the wrong evening or requests a switch in advance, may theit comp be exchanged? If a guest shows up who was offered a comp, but never confirmed their date shows up, should their ticket be comped?
Example : Full Price - $25, Student - $20, Senior - $20 Please Note: For free or non ticketed event please type "N/A"
Example: $5 off for event sponsor w/ code SPONSOR17
Please list Day of Week, Date (mm/dd/yy), Time Example: Friday, 01/01/17, 7:30 PM Please list ALL Performances, including any free & open to the public Performances
Once the Dairy has received all ticketing information, user can expect tickets to go on sale within 10 to 14 days. Please indicate if there is a specific date for tickets to go on sale.
Performance Information
Example: Seat between pieces
The Polk Cafe is open and staffed 1 hour before your performance time through intermission (or start of performance should you have no intermission) at no charge to you. Depending on events and predicted traffic, the cafe may close before the end of your event.
If you answer yes, the Dairy will add your event(s) to our volunteer calendar for available volunteers to sign up. Volunteer duties include scanning tickets, passing out programs, and enforcing Dairy policy (such as no food entering live performances). We encourage you to provide your own organizations' volunteers as well whenever possible.
Example: Reception, talkback, etc.
Marketing Submissions
Please summarize your event. This will go on the landing page for your event on our website. No more than 150 words. Did you check your marketing description for spelling and grammar?
Did you check your tagline for spelling and grammar?
Additional information for our staff to better inform patrons on your event (content warnings, etc.) This will only be posted online at your request and is meant for patrons with specific concerns.
Are there any issues surrounding accessibility in regards to your performance that staff should be aware of beyond content considerations? Additionally, are there components of your performance or performance nights that are programmed for their accessibility (for example, a Relaxed performance for individuals with autism or a performance featuring an ASL interpreter for hearing impaired patrons). Please detail any special requests regarding accessibility below and Dairy staff will follow up.
Are there specific audience demographics or populations being marketed to that will help Dairy staff connect relevant audiences with your performance(s)? (For example, are you reaching out to senior citizen groups, military, or other groups with a particular shared interest or demographic?)

Images should be high-resolution, in JPEG format. Your image(s) must be saved at at least 300dpi. Please provide images without text of logos embedded in them. Please send either one image in all sizes OR multiple images in the sizes listed. Please keep in mind that we reserve the right to crop images that you send for use in other materials promoting your event. Please note the image spec requirements listed for each upload. If your images do not match these specs, we may not be able to use them.

Please submit a hi-res marketing photo for our website. Please avoid text heavy images. You may use the same image as the seats selection page for general admission shows which is generally 600 x 800 pixels, but please note that square images work best in most cases. Please submit your image as JPG or PNG.
Please submit your organization's logo. Square images tend to look better than rectangular. Your logo may include text. Please submit your image as JPG or PNG.
1280 x 720 pixel RGB or jpeg accepted This image is a complete advertisement. The following information MUST be included on this image: Name of Event, Name of Presenting Organization, Date(s) and Time(s) of Event.
600 x 800 Pixel JPG or PNG accepted (this is the preferred size/ratio - images outside of this specification may still be accepted) This is the image that will appear on our website in the place of the seating chart for general admission shows.
Please attach the URL to any relevant promotional videos you might have. Please note that YouTube videos are preferred. Videos hosted by Vimeo or other video hosting sites may only appear in specific components of your event listing on our website.
If you have any additional documents containing information not covered in this form that will be helpful to Dairy staff in understanding the design, purpose or marketing of your event(s), please upload here.

Grace Gamm Theater

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