Sight & Sound Theatre
Branson, Missouri

Seat Count: 2,085
Opening: 2008
Contractor: CDI Contractors
AD Scope: Acoustics, Sound Isolation,
Noise Control, Audio Systems,
Distributed Audio

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The Sight and Sound Theatre opened a new venue in Branson which will be a duplicate of the company’s Millennium Theatre in Strasburg, Pennsylvania. Sight & Sound Theatre has been described as the largest faith-based live theatre in America. Each year, about 800,000 people come from across the country and around the world to experience a production at one of Sight & Sound’s two theatres in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

The company’s purpose is to visualize and dramatize the Bible through live stage productions, illustrating faith in the same way that Jesus did, by storytelling. Sight & Sound’s original musical theatre productions are characterized by the spectacular. Most shows feature a professional cast of more than 50, elaborate sets towering up to 40 feet high, hundreds of costumes, and trained animals ranging from camels and horses to dogs and flight-trained birds. Spectacular special effects permeate the shows and include set pieces that rise up through the stage floor, 3D video imaging, pyrotechnics, and artistic lighting effects including lasers.

The speaker system consists of 6 line array clusters (four across the main stage, and one across each of the left and right stages), 20 overhead surround speakers, 28 front fill speakers, and 4 dual 18” subwoofers. The infrastructure allows an option to add 4 more line array clusters for future shows. The system is driven by a 104 input x 128 output surround sound/matrix mixer, an 80 input digital console, and 34 wireless microphones.

Acoustic Dimensions provided acoustics consulting for the main theatre, lobby and dressing room/rehearsal space. AD also provided audio systems design and distributed audio for background music and paging.