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Briley Stage Power Co.Touring & theatrical power · Cowan St · Nashville

Vol. III No. 2
Issue 2026-05
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Department · 04 · p.52

Stage plot archive — power positions, drawn at scale.

A stage plot is the venue’s geometry with the show’s fixtures, motors, audio, and power positions overlaid. Our copy of the plot annotates the power positions: FOH, USL, DSR, motor distros, follow-spot booths, the audio iso bus. Three sample plots from the current cycle below; the rest in the bound issue at the bay.

Sample plot 1 — Andrew Jackson Hall, proscenium with apron

From PRD-2026-055 at TPAC. Apron + proscenium with the FOH console position marked, the dimmer-rack room offstage, and the follow-spot booths in the upper gallery.

HOUSE · 2,472 seats PROSCENIUM · 50 ft wide APRON STAGE · 64 ft × 32 ft DSR DSL USR USL CS DIMMER ROOM · USL ORCHESTRA FOH MIX POSITION FS-W FS-E POWER POSITIONS FOH desk · NEMA L5-30 (UPS-fed) · BSP-055-CON-FOH (custom 30A→20A w/ inline GFCI) Dimmer rack room · 600 A house panel (ETC Sensor3 × 4 banks) FS-E (east gallery) · NEMA L5-20 (verified 02 May) FS-W (west gallery) · NEMA L5-20 (RETERMINATED 02 May · ground OK) Apron edge · 4 × Edison strips · branch-circuit GFCI
Plot — Andrew Jackson Hall · TPAC · PRD-2026-055 · Spring Repertory. Reference: TPAC venue specifications.

Sample plot 2 — Bridgestone Arena, in-the-round 360

From PRD-2026-058. Country-tour configuration with an in-the-round stage and a hanging audio rig over a 360-degree seating bowl.

UPPER BOWL · 19,395 seats LOWER BOWL · 9,800 seats CENTER STAGE in-the-round TRUSS · 36 motors FOH MIX (south) LOAD DOCK · SW-3 service PD-48 800 A · 4/0 Type W
Plot — Bridgestone Arena · 360 in-the-round · PRD-2026-058. Reference: Bridgestone Arena venue specifications.

Sample plot 3 — CMA Fest Riverfront, Stage 1

From PRD-2026-053. Outdoor day-stage with a paralleled DCA-150 generator bank behind it, Cam-Lok feeder under cable ramps, and a public-access apron in front of the stage.

PUBLIC APRON ~16,000 standing capacity STAGE 1 · 60 ft × 32 ft DSR DSL USR USL BACKSTAGE · catering · dressing GEN BANK 2 × DCA-150 PD-48 800 A feeder CABLE RAMP (yellow)
Plot — Stage 1 Riverfront · CMA Fest · PRD-2026-053. Reference: CMA Fest production guidelines.

How a plot becomes a cable manifest

A plot starts as a Vectorworks file from the lighting designer or the production designer. We import the file into our shop drafting tool (we use Bluebeam Revu for markup), trace the venue’s power positions, overlay the equipment, count the circuits, and emit a cable manifest. The manifest is the document that the truck loads against; we print two paper copies, one for the truck cab and one for the bay binder.

Every plot in the archive has gone through this cycle. The plot is the source of truth at advance; the cable manifest is the source of truth on the deck; the daily-log book is the source of truth after the show. The three documents reconcile at strike — any discrepancy is annotated, written into the back of the binder, and reviewed at the end-of-cycle debrief.