Production and Tech Info

• All Artists must check-in with our Production Assistant before every show in which they will perform.
  
• The PA will be available in the stage / house area during the Pre-Show Tech Prep / Review.
• If you are performing in both shows of a two show date, you must check in for both shows.
• This will ensure an accurate accounting for paying shares.  If you don’t check in for a show, you will not receive a share for that show, even if you do perform.

• The Show Order for each performance is determined by the Artistic Director.  
• The Show Order will be posted in the Green Room and the Stage Manager will also have Show Order information.  

• You will receive an e-mail with a link to the Performer Production Tech Needs and Information Questionnaire.  Please respond to all the questions and cues so that we can best prepare to meet your staging, lighting, sound, and rigging needs.
• After you have completed the Performer Production Tech Needs and Information Questionnaire, if you have unique technical needs, especially if they have the potential to be dangerous or if the set up requires extra time, please e-mail our Production Manager, David Williams, at davidwilliams@moisturefestival.org.
• We will generate a Tech Sheet for your act based on your responses to the Performer Production Needs and Information Questionnaire.  The information you provide will be our starting point to work through the Pre-Show Tech Prep with you.
• The Stage Manager will guide the Artists and the Tech Team through the Pre-Show Tech Prep / Review.  
• Our Moisture Festival Tech Team will be available on stage / in the theater prior to every show (please refer to the Call Times / Show Times schedule) to run through or review your production tech needs:  staging, spiking, lighting, sound, and rigging.  This is the only time allotted for prepping or reviewing the production tech for your act.
• Our tech team will work with you on Tech Prep for your first performance.  If you are performing in both shows on a two-show date, please check in with the Stage Manager on stage / in the theater at the designated call time for second show’s Pre-Show Tech Prep / Review time; artists and acts may have notes, comments, or questions for our tech team, or our tech team may have questions or comments for artists and acts.

Moisture Festival has a different live house band for each week’s shows and to support that week’s artists and acts.  Each band provides music prior to show time, between acts, after intermission, and at the end of the show. With advance notice, the house bands enjoy providing live music to accompany the artists and acts.  ​

If you want the house band to work with you and your act, you can directly contact the band leader of the house band for the week you are scheduled to perform (e-mail addresses below).

The bands for the 2026 Moisture festival will be:​

• Week 1 – March 19 – 22:  The Naked Truth (Mark Ettinger / moisture.festival.naked.truth@gmail)
• Week 2 – March 26 – 29:  Spider Lounge (Sean Jensen / sean.jensen.renton@gmail.com)
• ​Week 3 – April 1 – 5:​  The Fremont Philharmonic Orchestra (Kiki Hood / kikilhood@gmail.com)
• Week 4 – April 8 – 12:​ Doc Sprinsock and the SANCApators (Eben Sprinsock / ebenss@comcast.net)

If you are performing in more than one week’s shows you will be performing with more than one house band.

• If your act uses recorded music, send your audio file to:  sound@moisturefestival.org
• The only supported formats for audio files are mp3, mp4, wav, and aac.  
• We are not able to play m4a files, play sound files from your mobile phone, or stream sound files.
• Please send your sound files at least one week in advance of your scheduled performance.
  • Include your act’s name in the subject line.
  • Send the full file. 
• Consider working with our live Show Band. They are an important element of our shows and are always happy to learn your music!

• Please e-mail information about your act that our show host can include in your stage introduction before you perform.  

• Include colorful career highlights, past performances of note, future bookings of note, and / or other fun deets about you and your act.

• Send your introduction information to emcee@moisturefestival.org

• There will not be a full tech rehearsal.
• It will not be possible to rehearse on the stage at the Broadway Performance Hall.
• SANCA (The School of Acrobatics and New Circus Arts) has generously offered their facilities to all Moisture Festival Artists. You are invited to train / rehearse free of charge in preparation for performances at the Festival (through April 12th, 2026).  They have two facilities available, Emerald City Trapeze Arts and SANCA Georgetown.
• For artists who have never been to SANCA before, please contact Adrian Hillyer directly at adrianh@sancaseattle.org.  He will help figure out which is the more appropriate venue for you as well as get you set up with the proper paperwork and orientation.
• For artists who have trained at SANCA in the past year, please contact the SANCA office directly at office@sancaseattle.org for SANCA Georgetown or ectaoffice@sancaseattle.org for Emerald City Trapeze Arts to schedule training / rehearsal time.  Let them know that you are a Moisture Festival artist at the time of booking.

You will receive an e-mail with a link to the Performer Production Tech Needs and Information Questionnaire.  Please respond to all the questions and cues so that we can best prepare to meet your staging, lighting, sound, and rigging needs.

Insurance

• To perform at Moisture Festival aerial acts are required to carry Performers’ Liability Insurance, under which you are able to secure a rider naming Moisture Festival as an additionally insured party. 
• Your insurance paperwork, including the rider specifically naming Moisture Festival, must be sent to the Production Manager, David Williams (davidwilliams@moisturefestival.org), at least one week prior to your first performance.  
• We cannot allow you to perform at Moisture Festival without having received this paperwork.
• All aerial artists, pullers, and other participants in the performance must be named in the Performers’ Liability Insurance.
• Please use the following information for the rider you will be obtaining from your insurance company, listing Moisture Festival as an additionally insured party for the dates of March 19 through April 12, 2026.

Moisture Festival at Broadway Performance Hall
1625 Broadway
Seattle, WA 98122
contact: David Williams
davidwilliams@moisturefestival.org

• Many performers have used Specialty Insurance Agency to secure the required rider. This is not an active endorsement of their services, but rather a good place to start in your search for an appropriate agency.

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Equipment

• Artists’ equipment – including but not limited to apparatus, span sets, carabiners, ropes, pulleys, and hoisting mechanisms – must be from reputable manufacturers and suppliers.
• Bring your own equipment – apparatus, carabiners, span sets and swivels if needed. 
• Label all your equipment and bags with your name. 
• If you need additional span sets to adjust the height of equipment (especially hoops & trapezes), please bring them with you or let our Lead Rigger, Michael Royalty (michaelroyalty@moisturefestival.org), know what you will need.

Hoisting / Pullers

• Artists’ equipment for hoisting an aerialist or apparatus must be reviewed and approved by both the Moisture Festival’s Lead Rigger, Michael Royalty, and the Moisture Festival’s Safety Coordinator, Maque daVis prior to use in a Moisture Festival performance.
• Aerial acts must supply their own puller.  Performers and their designated pullers will be the only persons allowed to operate the hoisting mechanisms and equipment.
• We cannot and will not allow Moisture Festival personnel to work as a puller for an aerial act. 
• A puller for an aerial act does not need to have separate aerial insurance, but should be named in the acts’ Performers’ Liability Insurance.
  

Safety Mat

• For liability reasons, all aerial acts, or acts that require rigging, are required to use a safety mat. 
• We have the following mats available for your use.
  • .5 inch thick gray puzzle mat – we have an area of about 10 feet x 10 feet
  • 2 inch thick black panel mat – 9 feet 9 inches x 4 feet – we have 2 of these
  • 8 inch thick black crash mat – 6 feet x 6 feet – we have 1 of these
• You are also welcome to bring your own mat if you prefer.

Broadway Performance Hall Stage Specs

• We will provide professionally rigged points to clip into. 
• The distance from the I-beam we use for rigging to the stage floor is 28’ 5”.
• We will provide an aerial point with a 1:1 pulley system.
• The distance from the bottom of the pulley on the 1:1 system to the stage floor is 27’ 5”.
• For more information about the Broadway Performance Hall stage specs use this link.  Once you go to this page click on “Stage and Drapery Specifications”.

https://theatres.seattlecentral.edu/broadway-performance-hall/venue-details