The Brown Grand Theatre is a tourist attraction and community performing arts center for North Central Kansas. Whether you’re a musician, comedian, actor/actress, performer, or artist of any kind – we want you to be awed by our hospitality and accommodations – so when you leave you’ll tell others how amazing it was to be on stage at The Brown Grand Theatre!

The Theatre is also host to a variety of rentals, community theatre groups, dance recitals, piano recitals, North Central Teens For Christ, Cloud County Community College, the Concordia Unified School District, local churches, the Chamber of Commerce, businesses, and by individuals hosting privately catered suppers, weddings, or parties.

Click here to learn more about Rental Rates at the Brown Grand.

If you’re a film maker and would love to film at the Brown Grand, check out the following link on Locations Hub to learn more.

Brown Grand Specs

• Seating: 432 Seats, plus second balcony bench-style seating with cushions (installed September 2020)
• Handicap Accessible
• Dressing Rooms: two main floor, three upstairs
• Piano: Mason-Hamlin Grand
• Orchestra pit: 8-12 pieces

Stage Size

• 32 ft. wide x 24 ft. deep
• Wing Space Stage Right – 8 ft. wide, Stage Left 12 ft. wide
• Curtains:
  • Napoleon Grand Drape – Counter Balanced
  • Rose Traveler (front stage behind Napoleon)
  • Black mid-stage traveler
  • Black back stage traveler
  • Cyc
• Loading Docs:
  • First located on the West side of the building with a double door entrance 7″ wide and 6’8 tall.
  • Second located on the back/South side of the building down 5 steps leading to a 7’5″ x 7’5″ double door
• Proscenium:
  • 50′ tall fly space
  • Line Sets
  • 25 lines
  • Sandbag counter weighted

Audio

• Soundcraft Impact
• 32 channel mixer with 6 channel monitor sends, 4 effect processors and 31 band EQ on every output
• Powered by QSC amplifiers
• Mains – SSE 26 by Peavey in a left-right configuration
• Subs – PV 118’s
• Monitors – 4 in house Peavey 12M’s
• Small collection of Sure SM 57’s and 58’s
• Two sure Wireless LAV systems
• Shure PGX4 with PG58 hand held
• Peavey PCX U1002 with included handheld and body-pack
• DI boxes- 2 DB 100 Rapco Horizon Passive Boxes
• Microphone Stands
• 10 assorted stands both with and without boom arms

Projection

• Two InFocus Projectors
• First Balcony Mount and above Stage Mount on Baton (easily moved)
• Lighting:
  • Lighting Control: ETC 48/96
  • Lights:
    • 10 Source 4 Ellipsoidal
    • 25 Source 4 Pars
    • 7 Scoops
    • 4 4-channel Strip Lights(Red, Orange, Blue Green)
    • 1 spotlight

3 Electrics (stationary):

• 1st Electric – 6′ from front of Stage, 9 Circuits/Channels
• 2nd Electric – 12′ from front of stage 8 Circuits/Channels
• 3rd Electric – 21′ from front of stage 6 Circuits/Channels