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  Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall

  800 Bagby
  Houston, TX 77002

  Phone: (713) 315-2400   |   Official Website

• Map

  Full map and directions

• Parking Info

  The Hobby Center parking garage is located directly behind the complex with easy access from both Rusk and Walker streets. This 7-level, above-ground, 800-car garage offers self-parking ease for patrons and visitors alike. Event parking is an affordable $6 per vehicle. Valet service is provided during performances and in conjunction with Artista operating hours in front of the Hobby Center on Bagby Street, for $15 per vehicle between Rusk and Walker.

• Accessibility Services

  

• Technical Specs

  STAGE:
  Proscenium Height - 24'
  Proscenium Width- 38'
  Grid Height - 51'
  Orchestra Pit Width (DS) - 43'
  Stage Height (from seating level) - 3'-2 1/2"
  Maximum Depression - Orchestra Pit - 8'
  Distance from Pit to First Row - 3'
  
  The orchestra pit is on an electrically-powered Link Lift. The loading dock has 1 loading bay and the door is 8'W X 12'H.
  The loading dock is approximately 46" above the pavement level.
  Pin-rail is 15 feet off Stage Left.
  
  SEATING:
  The maximum legal capacity of Zilkha Hall is 518.
  
  DRESSING ROOMS:
  We have dressing room capacity for 23
  All dressing rooms have wardrobe racks, makeup lights, bathrooms, and showers.
  See dressing room diagram. TECHNICAL INFORMATION: ELECTRICAL: Available disconnects: 1. 1-200A 3 phase switch stage right. 2. 1-100A 3 phase switch. 3. 1-60A 3 phase switch. House switchboard is an ETC Expression 3. The house system is dimmer-per-circuit. The house connector is 20A, 3-conductor stage pin connector. There are 250 house circuits DMX ports are distributed throughout the theater.
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  LIGHTING EQUIPMENT: ZILKHA HALL LIGHTING FIXTURES # TYPE LAMP 0 0 ETC Source 4 10degree HPL 750 0 0 ETC 419 Source 4 " 49 0 ETC 426 Source 4 " 58 0 ETC 436 Source 4 " 22 0 ETC 450 Source 4 " 18 0 ETC 415-30 Zoom “ 24 0 ETC 425-50 Zoom “ 66 ETC PAR “ CYCLORAMA FIXTURES: # TYPE LAMP 6 0 Altman GC-6 (3-circuit Ground Row) FFT 8 0 L&E BroadCyc FDN 6 0 L&E Ministrips MR16 Booms:......................10 Sidearms:....48 Additional lighting equipment is available locally for rental or purchase. SOUND EQUIPMENT: Main house mixer is a Crest Century Console, feeding 3 house main ceiling clusters. A much more extensive list of audio equipment is available upon request. The communications system is a 4-channel Clear-Com, and stations can be installed wherever necessary. HOUSE SOFT GOODS 1-48wX24h 24oz Red Velvet Grande Drape 1-48wX24h 24oz Black Velour Split Drop 6-10wX24h 24oz Black Velour Legs 4-48wX10h 24oz Black Velour Borders 1-48wX24h Black Sharkstooth Scrim 1-48wX24h White Sharkstooth Scrim 1-48wX24h White Leno Weave Cyclorama 1-48wX24h White Muslin Bounce 1-48wX24h Rosco Twin White Front/Rear Projection Drop
  
  Line Schedule/Rail Log
  
  Maximum Trim of Single Purchase (SP) Linesets 49' 3”
  
  All house goods must restored to house hanging plot at end of engagement.

• • Current Events

    There are no current events at this time.

• • Upcoming Events

    05/31/13

    Divine Recreation Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall Divine Recreation Presented by Ars Lyrica Houston at Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall May 31, 2013 The Ars Lyrica closes its 2012-13 season with the program Divine Recreation. The program features musical settings of texts from the Song of Solomon by Claudio Monteverdi, Dietrich Buxtehude, and Part I of Handel’s oratorio Solomon. With soprano Melissa Givens, mezzo-soprano Ellie Jarrett Shattles, and tenor Tony Boutté. American soprano ...

    06/04/13- 06/16/13

    Dixie's Tupperware Party Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall Dixie's Tupperware Party Presented by Theatre Under the Stars (TUTS) at Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall June 4-June 16, 2013 Theatre Under The Stars (TUTS) presents Dixie's Tupperware Party, the hilarious show starring Dixie Longate which turned Off-Broadway into a Tupperware-mania celebration and garnered the prestigious Drama Desk Award Nomination, rolls into the Hobby Center’s Zilkha Hall June 4 - 16. Dixie's Tupperware Party stars Dixie Longate as the fast-talking Tupperware Lady who has...

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Current &
Upcoming Events

• Current Events

  There are no current events at this time.

• Upcoming Events

  05/31/13

  Divine Recreation Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall Divine Recreation Presented by Ars Lyrica Houston at Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall May 31, 2013 The Ars Lyrica closes its 2012-13 season with the program Divine Recreation. The program features musical settings of texts from the Song of Solomon by Claudio Monteverdi, Dietrich Buxtehude, and Part I of Handel’s oratorio Solomon. With soprano Melissa Givens, mezzo-soprano Ellie Jarrett Shattles, and tenor Tony Boutté. American soprano ...

  06/04/13- 06/16/13

  Dixie's Tupperware Party Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall Dixie's Tupperware Party Presented by Theatre Under the Stars (TUTS) at Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall June 4-June 16, 2013 Theatre Under The Stars (TUTS) presents Dixie's Tupperware Party, the hilarious show starring Dixie Longate which turned Off-Broadway into a Tupperware-mania celebration and garnered the prestigious Drama Desk Award Nomination, rolls into the Hobby Center’s Zilkha Hall June 4 - 16. Dixie's Tupperware Party stars Dixie Longate as the fast-talking Tupperware Lady who has...

Past
Events

• Past Events

  05/17/13	Pam Ann starring in 'Cockpit' Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  05/11/13	Journey Through the Seasons of the Year (International Dance Show) Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  05/10/13	One Stop Hip-Hop Shop Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  05/05/13	Houston Symphonic Band in Concert: And Therein Lies A Tale - Music From Literature Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  04/20/13	Sean Jones with the Conrad Johnson Orchestra Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  04/07/13	Virtuosi of Houston: Concerto Concert featuring Competition Winners Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  04/06/13	Word Play Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  03/30/13	Premieres Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  03/25/13	2012/2013 Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series: Amber Dermont & Jesmyn Ward Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  03/23/13	Dance Houston Youth Festival Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  03/10/13	Acis & Galatea (Texas Early Music Festival) Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  03/09/13	Kingwood Dance Theatre Ballet Gala Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  02/23/13	Elementally Earthen (Fifteenth Anniversary Dance Concert) Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  01/12/13	Percussive Illusions Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  12/31/12	A Viennese New Year Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  12/22/12	Under the Streetlamp Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  12/15/12	United Nations Association International Choir: Youthful Holidays (with the Kipp Sharp Singers) Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  12/01/12	Virtuosi of Houston Dec. 2012 Inaugural Concert Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  11/16/12- 11/17/12	Ainadamar POSTPONED Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  11/12/12	2012/2013 Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series: Emma Donoghue & Hari Kunzru Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  11/11/12	Bharata Natyam Concert by India's Dance icon Padmabhushan ALARMEL VALLI Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  11/10/12	Magnificat Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  11/02/12	St. Lawrence String Quartet and Stephen Prutsman, Piano Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  10/26/12	Yakov Smirnoff: Yakov Live! - The Happily Ever Laughter Tour Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  10/07/12	Houston Ebony Opera Guild Opera Gems Concert - Our Stories: Staged Scenes from American Operas Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  09/24/12	Laura Claycomb: The Texas Tour Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  09/23/12	Houston Symphonic Band in Concert: Musical Postcards Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  09/22/12	Deep Sky Objects Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  09/21/12	It Takes Two Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  09/06/12- 09/08/12	Días contados (On Borrowed Time) Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  08/26/12	Karen Stokes Dance at Theatre District Day Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  08/18/12	In Memory of Jeremy Choate Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  08/10/12	Lunge Dance Collective: You'll Never Be Alone Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  06/22/12- 06/23/12	Rhythm Of The Night Showcase Spectacular Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  06/17/12	Oliver Samuels: Who A Di Don (Jamaica's 50th Celebration) Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  06/16/12	Mixteco Ballet Folklorico – 20th Anniversary Fiesta Folklorica Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  06/09/12	Until the Fat Lady Sings Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  06/08/12- 06/10/12	Heaven and Hell Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  06/02/12	33rd Annual Mosaico Cultural Folklorico Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  05/18/12- 05/27/12	The Civil War CANCELLED Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  05/12/12	Concierto de las Americas Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  05/11/12	Music Doing Good Jazz - Homegrown Houston 3G: Three Generations of Houston's Best Jazz Artists Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  05/10/12	Now You Has Jazz: Building the Next Generation of Houston Musicians Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  05/06/12	Women on the Verge Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  05/03/12- 05/05/12	Dominic Walsh Dance Theater Spring Mixed Rep Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  04/28/12	The 6th Annual Robert Avalon International Competition for Composers Concert Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  04/10/12- 04/29/12	Menopause The Musical Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  04/09/12	Virtuosi of Houston: Concerto Concert featuring Competition Winners Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  03/31/12	Key Images (co-presented by Musiqa and Aurora Picture Show) Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  03/24/12	From Russia,With Love Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  03/23/12	Music Doing Good Jazz - Songs Of Mirth and Melancholy (featuring Branford Marsalis and Joey Calderazzo) Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  03/17/12	Mohammed Fairouz: Akhnaten, Dweller in Truth Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  03/10/12	Kingwood Dance Theatre Ballet Gala Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  03/09/12	La Resurrezione Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  03/01/12- 03/04/12	The Sound of Music Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  02/17/12- 02/26/12	Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  02/09/12- 02/11/12	Dominic Walsh Dance Theater Winter Mixed Rep Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  02/04/12	Vienna 1828: Schubert's Invitation Concert Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  01/27/12	Music Doing Good Jazz - Party Like It's Mardi! Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  01/07/12	Free of the Ground Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  12/31/11	Bach and Time Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  12/14/11	Ana Maria Martinez Benefit Concert: Cantos De Mi Corazon, Songs from My Heart NEW DATE Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  12/03/11	Virtuosi of Houston: Inaugural Concert of 2011-2012 Season Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  11/18/11- 11/27/11	My Fair Lady Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  11/12/11	Musical Alchemy (in Hobby Center) Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  11/10/11- 11/11/11	Powder Her Face Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  11/05/11	Danscape 2011 Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  11/02/11	Guilty Pleasures: Musician's Choice Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  11/01/11	Voices of the Spirit 2 Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  10/28/11	Special Family Concert: Around the World with Musiqa Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  10/20/11- 10/22/11	The Secondary Colors Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  10/16/11	FMM (Foundation for Modern Music) 25th Anniversary Concert Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  10/13/11- 10/15/11	Dominic Walsh Dance Theater Fall Mixed Rep Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  09/30/11- 10/09/11	Galveston the Musical Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  09/25/11	Houston Symphonic Band in Concert Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  09/24/11	Play a Song for Me Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  09/23/11	Paradise Found Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  09/02/11- 09/03/11	Made in Argentina (Made in Lanús) Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  07/22/11- 07/31/11	Thoroughly Modern Millie Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  06/11/11	Houston Pride Band: Americana Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  06/10/11	Forbidden Pleasures Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  05/20/11- 05/29/11	Jekyll and Hyde Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  05/14/11	Songs of the Poets Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  05/13/11	Divas Jazz: New York Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  05/05/11- 05/07/11	Third Course: Dominic Walsh Dance Theater Spring Mixed Rep Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  04/28/11- 05/01/11	South Pacific Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  04/23/11	Quiet Imprint Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  04/21/11	Dancing for Hope, a Japan Relief Fund Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  04/17/11	Divas Jazz Brunch: Songs for April Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  04/15/11	Ebène Quartet: Fin-de-Siècle Paris Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  04/11/11	Virtuosi of Houston: Chamber Music & Concerto Concert featuring Competition Winners Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  04/01/11- 04/10/11	Urinetown the Musical Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  03/27/11	St John Passion (at Hobby Center) Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  03/26/11	The Art of Conversation Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  03/19/11	Bach, Beethoven, & Brahms Bring the Funk & Folk Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  03/12/11	'A Night Like This' CD Release Concert Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  03/11/11	Divas Jazz Salon: Chicago Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  03/07/11	Inprint Brown Reading Series: Chitra Divakaruni & Gish Jen Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  03/06/11	Ballet Gala Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
  03/04/11	St. Lawrence String Quartet: Adams and Beethoven Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall

Facility
Information

• The following facility details serve as the premier source for unique and affordable venues for performance, receptions, convening, meeting space, speakers, etc., in greater Houston and the region.

  
  

  Rental Contact Information

  Rental Contact Name: Booking Department

  Rental Contact Phone: 713.315.2548

  Rental Contact Email: booking@thehobbycenter.org

  Rental Information Website: http://www.thehobbycenter.org/index.php?q=node/116

  General Information

  Parking Info: The Hobby Center parking garage is located directly behind the complex with easy access from both Rusk and Walker streets. This 7-level, above-ground, 800-car garage offers self-parking ease for patrons and visitors alike. Event parking is an affordable $6 per vehicle. Valet service is provided during performances and in conjunction with Artista operating hours in front of the Hobby Center on Bagby Street, for $15 per vehicle between Rusk and Walker.

  Union Affliations: Other

  Other Union Affiliations: Please contact us for this information

  Beer / Wine Permitted: Yes

  Liquor Permitted: Yes

  Food Permitted: Yes

  Catering Services allowed: Yes

  Catering Services available: Yes

  Support Staff available: Yes

  Insurance Required: Yes

  Insurance Provided: Yes

  Security Personnel Required: Yes

  Box Office: Yes

  Organizations/Artists which have previously used this space: See rental website for details

• Facility Information

  Seating (range): 500 - 1000

  Seating (exact #): 500

  Lighting Available: Yes

  Sound System Available: Yes

  Audio Recording Available: Yes

  Reception Area: Yes

  Loading Dock: Yes

• Accessibility Services

  

• Pricing

  Non-profit Rates: Yes

• Additional Documents

  ZilkhaHallStagePlanV­iew.pdf

  Zilkha_Stage.pdf

  Zilkha_TechINFO.pdf

  Zilkha_Lineschedule.­pdf