The Brooklyn Music School Playhouse: Historic Theater Rentals

The Brooklyn Music School's 250-seat, Spanish style theater provides a unique and historic atmosphere for performances and productions of all types.

The intimate scale and historic charm of our theater make it ideal for a range of events, with qualified tech and support staff available to support your vision. Reach out today to see how we can work together.

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Theater Rental Inquiries

Basic Theater Rental Package and Terms

Theater Environs Shall Include:

  1. Stage house

  2. Theater auditorium, including audience bathrooms

  3. Theater Lobby

  4. Downstairs Greenroom Lobby, 2 Dressing rooms and Lavatory

  5. Loading/Stage door entrance and ramp area

Basic Theater Lighting and Sound Package

  1. 12 – 1.2K Dimmers

  2. 1 – Lighting control board - ETC Nomad EOS System

  3. Rep Plot lighting instruments (may vary according to usage- minimum of 3 front lights, 3 mid-stage front lights, 6 fresnel down lights, 4 side lights in wings 1 and 2, strip lights for upstage drop-2 colors)- instruments may not be moved or refocused.

  4. 1 - 24 channel sound board

  5. 2 – speakers, mounted in proscenium arch, facing auditorium

  6. 4 – 25’ 3-pin XLR cables

  7. 4 – Omni-directional microphones

A BMS Theater Technician will be available during your rental as part of this package.

Basic Theater Condition:

  1. Floor of stage – ¼” Masonite painted black – Marley is available at additional cost

  2. 8 – 4’ x 16’ hard covered masking flats – They may not move

  3. 1 – blue scrim backdrop with black masking on left and right

  4. 4 – Electric battens

Theater Rules:

  1. Licensee shall be responsible for the conduct of all their personnel and the attendees of their event. Failure of the Licensee to ensure order may result in cancellation of this contract.

  2. There shall be no use of any area of the Licensor’s property not included in the Theater Environs above.

  3. Food and Drink is not allowed in the Auditorium or Stage House of the Theater. Food is allowed in the Dressing Rooms and Greenroom Areas.

  4. Decoration of the Theater Lobby is subject to the approval of the Theater Manager.

  5. Only qualified theatrical technicians, subject to the approval of the Theater Manager, shall be allowed to operate equipment owned by the Licensor.

Theater Package Upgrades

Stalls

The basic rental package that includes Marley Laying = $425/hr + $100 marley fee

Orchestra Pit

Standard Package including extra microphones/cables, wireless headset microphones, and/or piano on stage + 1 extra BMS tech - $500/hr

Stage

A deluxe package added to the basic or standard which includes marketing support + 2 extra BMS techs = $550/hr

Marketing Support Package

Includes posters/flyers, social media graphics and shares, featured on the blog and the monthly newsletter. All requested marketing content must be provided at least 2 weeks in advance.