The Manfrotto stand achalsey suggested, or any of their line, are outstanding. I also own an Impact knockoff and have owned other knockoffs. The Impact broke, which has also been the case with other knockoff products I've bought such as the Impact tripod base and the knockoff Windtech C-clamp. Of course, at whatever % of the price, maybe replacing the thing once in awhile is OK. Down south I used a Revel light stand that was dirt cheap, over 10ft and worked great with a not-too-bad footprint.
For theater taping I'd consider the Manfrotto tripod base and the Manfrotto 7' arm... it's not that stable, but in a theater, you can tape/lash it to a seat. You can always extend the height more with another extension pole like the Lowell. I do that when I need a really light footprint.
The Manfrotto I have can hold just nasty amounts of stuff including dual sets of LDs run M/S and Blumlein plus another pair.