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Either the TD or the set designer has to formulate a plan for the audience plans. There are various arcane regulations about the layout of the aisles. Chairs are approximately 17" across. There are two types of audience platforms in general use: Germans and butterflies. Germans are 1m by 2m, and can hold about 2 rows of 2 each people each. There exist something like 12 or 16 Germans. Butterflies are 6 feet by 8 feet, and can hold 2 rows of 5 chairs each. Butterflies CAC has something like 24 butterflies, but usually we only use 4 or 5. Butterflies can only be set at one height; Germans can be set at a variety of heights. Some heights are at preset intervals, and some of them require the use of additional pins. Platforms can be obtained from CAC. Make sure that butterfly steps and German hardware are around when they're delivered to La Sala. Pretty much all audience platforms (any chairs not on the ground or on butterflies) should have toe rails. This can be pretty much anything - 1×2 or dexion is best, thicker pieces of wood will also work. Audience rails can either be borrowed from MTG (they're in the scene shop in Walker basement) or built. The difficult part is to make sure that the railing are stable and must be reinforced below the seating platform to avoid wobbling. Additionally, toe rails need to be added to the audience platforms so that chairs don't slide off the back- any scrap wood is fine for this. Make sure that all platforms that vary in height by more than 10" have a step present, and that it is firmly attached. Generally this is only an issue with the butterflies.
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