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In theater, a thrust stage (also known as a platform stage or open stage ) is one that extends into the audience on three sides and is connected to the backstage area by its up stage
Stage (theatre)

In theatre, the stage is a designated space for the performance of theatrical productions. The stage serves as a space for actors or performers and a focal point for the members of the audience....
 end. A thrust has the benefit of greater intimacy between performers and the audience than a proscenium
Proscenium

A Proscenium theatre is a theatre space whose primary feature is a large archway at or near the front of the Stage , through which the audience views the Play ....
, while retaining the utility of a backstage area.






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In theater, a thrust stage (also known as a platform stage or open stage ) is one that extends into the audience on three sides and is connected to the backstage area by its up stage
Stage (theatre)

In theatre, the stage is a designated space for the performance of theatrical productions. The stage serves as a space for actors or performers and a focal point for the members of the audience....
 end. A thrust has the benefit of greater intimacy between performers and the audience than a proscenium
Proscenium

A Proscenium theatre is a theatre space whose primary feature is a large archway at or near the front of the Stage , through which the audience views the Play ....
, while retaining the utility of a backstage area. Entrances onto a thrust are most readily made from backstage, although some theatres provide for performers to enter through the audience using vomitory
Vomitorium

A vomitorium is a passage situated below or behind a tier of seats in an amphitheatre, through which crowds can "spew out" at the end of a performance....
 entrances. An arena
Theatre in the round

Theatre-in-the-round or arena theatre is any theatre space in which the audience surrounds the stage area. In 1947, Margo Jones established America's first professional theatre-in-the-round company when she opened her Theatre ?47 in Dallas....
, exposed on all sides to the audience, is without a backstage and relies entirely on entrances in the auditorium
Auditorium

An auditorium is where the audience is located in order to hear and watch performances at venues such as theatres. For movie theaters, the number of auditoriums is expressed as the number of screens....
 or from under the stage.

As with an arena, the audience in a thrust stage theatre may view the stage from three or more sides. If a performance employs the fourth wall
Fourth wall

The fourth wall is an element of fiction. Originally, the term referred to the imaginary "wall" at the front of the stage in a proscenium theater, through which the audience sees the action in the world of the Play ....
, that imaginary wall must be maintained on multiple sides. Because the audience can view the performance from a variety of perspectives, it is usual for the blocking
Blocking (stage)

Blocking is a theatre term which refers to the precise movement and positioning of actors on a Stage in order to facilitate the performance of a Play , ballet, film or opera....
, props and scenery to receive thorough consideration to ensure that no perspective is blocked from view. A high backed chair, for instance, when placed stage right
Stage (theatre)

In theatre, the stage is a designated space for the performance of theatrical productions. The stage serves as a space for actors or performers and a focal point for the members of the audience....
, could create a blind spot in the stage left
Stage (theatre)

In theatre, the stage is a designated space for the performance of theatrical productions. The stage serves as a space for actors or performers and a focal point for the members of the audience....
 action.

Many of the works of Shakespeare were first performed on the thrust stage of the Globe Theater and lend themselves to such a stage design in modern times as well.

Thrust stage theatres


North America

  • The Playhouse
    Playhouse

    Playhouse is a common Elizabethan theatre term for a theater , especially those built in London such as Globe Theatre.It is also used as the name for theatres today:...
     at the Overture Center for the Arts
    Overture Center

    Overture Center for the Arts is a performing arts center and art gallery in Madison, Wisconsin, which replaced the Civic Center. The center was commissioned by Jerome Frautschi, designed by Cesar Pelli, and built by J.H....
     in Madison, Wisconsin
    Madison, Wisconsin

    Madison is the List of U.S. state capitals of the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Dane County, Wisconsin. It is also home to the University of Wisconsin–Madison....
  • American Players Theatre
    American Players Theatre

    File:American_Players_TheatreWIS23.jpgAmerican Players Theatre is a classical theater located just south of Spring Green, Wisconsin, Wisconsin, about forty miles west of Madison, Wisconsin....
     in Spring Green, Wisconsin
    Spring Green, Wisconsin

    Spring Green is a village in Sauk County, Wisconsin, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,444 at the 2000 census. The village is located within the Spring Green , Wisconsin....
  • The "Festival Theatre" at the Atlantic Theatre Festival
    Atlantic Theatre Festival

    The Atlantic Theatre Festival is a professional theatre company located in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada. The Theatre Festival presents a "broad range of critically acclaimed theatre classics" during the summer in Wolfville's Festival Theatre, the former town hockey rink, which was converted into a 504 seat, thrust stage theatre and profe...
     in Wolfville, Nova Scotia
    Nova Scotia

    Nova Scotia is a Canadian Provinces and territories of Canada located on Canada's southeastern coast. It is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada....
  • The Guthrie Theater
    Guthrie Theater

    The Guthrie Theater is a center for theater performance, production, education, and professional training in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is the result of the desire of Sir Tyrone Guthrie, Oliver Rea, and Peter Zeisler to create a resident acting company that would produce and perform the classics in an atmosphere removed from the commercial...
     in Minneapolis
  • The John W. Huntington Theatre at Hartford Stage
    Hartford Stage

    Hartford Stage, located in Hartford, Connecticut, is one of the leading resident theatres in the nation, known internationally for entertaining and enlightening audiences with a wide range of the best of world drama, from classics to provocative new plays and musicals and neglected works from the past....
     in Hartford, CT
  • The Ethel M. Barber Theater at Northwestern University
    Northwestern University

    Northwestern University is a non-sectarian private university research university located in Evanston, Illinois and downtown Chicago, Illinois, United States....
     in Evanston, Illinois
    Evanston, Illinois

    Evanston, Illinois is a suburban municipality in Cook County, Illinois, Illinois directly north of the Chicago, Illinois, east of Skokie, Illinois, and south of Wilmette, Illinois, with an estimated population of 74,360 as of 2003....
  • The Mark Taper Forum
    Mark Taper Forum

    The Mark Taper Forum is a 739 seat thrust stage at the Los Angeles Music Center built by Welton Becket and Associates. Named for real estate developer Mark Taper, the theatre, the neighboring Ahmanson Theatre and the Kirk Douglas Theatre are all operated by the Center Theatre Group....
     in Los Angeles
    Los Ángeles

    Los ?ngeles is the Capital of the Biob?o Province, in the municipality of the same name, in Regions of Chile VIII , in the center-south of Chile....
    , California
    California

    California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
  • The Studio-théâtre at Place des Arts
    Place des Arts

    Place des Arts is a major performing arts centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.Located in the eastern part of the city's downtown, between Ste-Catherine and de Maisonneuve Streets, and St-Urbain and Jeanne-Mance streets, in an area now known as the Quartier des Spectacles, the complex is home to the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Les Grands B...
    , Montreal
    Montreal

    Montreal, or Montr?al, is the largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada of Quebec and the List of largest cities and second largest cities by country List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population....
    , Quebec
    Quebec

    Quebec , in French language, Qu?bec , is a Provinces and territories of Canada in the Central Canada and Eastern Canada regions of Canada....
  • The Gamm Theatre
    Gamm Theatre

    The Sandra Feinstien Gamm Theatre is a small theater in Pawtucket, Rhode Island....
     in Pawtucket
    Pawtucket

    Pawtucket may refer to either of these:* Pawtucket, Rhode Island* Pawtucket tribe* 2 ships named USS Pawtucket* Pawtucket Brewery, fictional brewery on the television series Family Guy...
    , Rhode Island
    Rhode Island

    Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, more commonly referred to as Rhode Island , is a U.S. state in the New England region of the United States....
  • The Crossroads Theater in New Brunswick, New Jersey
    New Brunswick, New Jersey

    New Brunswick, also known as "the Healthcare City" or "Hub City", is a city and the county seat of Middlesex County, New Jersey, New Jersey, USA....
  • The Festival Theatre at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Stratford, Ontario
    Stratford, Ontario

    Stratford is a city on the Avon River in Perth County, Ontario in southwestern Ontario, Canada with a population of 30,461, according to the 2006 census....
  • The Gateway Theatre
    Gateway Theatre (Chicago)

    The Gateway Theatre, now part of the Copernicus Cultural and Civic Center in the Jefferson Park, Chicago Community areas of Chicago of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, Illinois, United States , is the sole surviving atmospheric-style theatre in the Chicago area....
     in Chicago
    Chicago

    Chicago is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois and the Midwestern United States, as well as the List of United States cities by population city in the United States with more than 2.8 million residents....
  • The Circle in the Square theatre on Broadway in New York City
    New York City

    The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
  • The Vivian Beaumont Theater at Lincoln Center, New York.
  • The La Nouba
    La Nouba

    La Nouba is a Cirque du Soleil show, which, like most Cirque du Soleil shows, is a circus-like performance featuring acrobats, gymnasts, and other skilled performers....
     stage in Downtown Disney
    Downtown Disney

    Downtown Disney is the name of two outdoor shopping, dining, and entertainment complexes located at two Walt Disney Parks and Resorts:* Downtown Disney , at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California...
     in Florida
    Florida

    Florida is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the northeast....
    .
  • The Alhambra Dinner Theatre
    Alhambra Dinner Theatre

    The Alhambra Dinner Theatre in Jacksonville, Florida is the oldest continually operating Dinner theater in the United States....
     in Jacksonville, Florida
    Jacksonville, Florida

    Jacksonville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Florida and the county seat of Duval County, Florida. Since 1968, as a result of the Consolidated city-county of the city and county government , Jacksonville has been the List of United States cities by area city in land area in the continental United States....
    .
  • The Mystère
    Mystère

    Myst?re is a French language word meaning "Mystery ." It can also refer to:* Myst?re, a French dessert mixing ice cream with a meringue-cake*Dassault Myst?re, a French fighter aircraft...
     theater in the Treasure Island
    Treasure Island

    Treasure Island is an adventure novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, narrating a tale of "pirates and buried gold". First published as a book in 1883, it was originally serialised in the children's magazine Young Folks between 1881-82 under the title The Sea Cook, or Treasure Island....
     hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada
    Las Vegas, Nevada

    Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada, the seat of Clark County, Nevada, and an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and entertainment....
    .
  • The Octagon Stage at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival
    Alabama Shakespeare Festival

    The Alabama Shakespeare Festival is the seventh largest William Shakespeare festival in the world. Each year, it attracts more than 300,000 visitors from throughout the United States and more than 60 countries, to its home in Montgomery, Alabama, Alabama....
     in Montgomery, Alabama
    Montgomery, Alabama

    Montgomery is the Capital , second most populous city, and the fourth most populous metropolitan area in the Southern United States United States state of Alabama, and is the county seat of Montgomery County, Alabama....
    .
  • All Cirque du Soleil
    Cirque du Soleil

    Cirque du Soleil is an entertainment company. Based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and located in the inner-city area of Saint-Michel, Montreal, it was founded in Baie-Saint-Paul, Qu?bec in 1984 by two former street performers, Guy Lalibert? and Daniel Gauthier....
     touring show stages except for CORTEO
    Corteo

    Corteo is a Cirque du Soleil touring production that premiered in North America in 2005.Corteo, which means "cortege" in Italian, is a joyous procession, a festive parade imagined by a clown....
     and DELIRIUM
    Delirium

    Delirium is an acute and relatively sudden decline in attention-focus, perception, and cognition. In medical usage it is not synonymous with drowsiness, and may occur without it....
    .
  • The O'Reilly Theater
    O'Reilly Theater

    The O'Reilly Theater is a 650-seat Theater building, opened in 1999, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania. Located at 621 Penn Avenue in downtown Pittsburgh's Cultural District, Pittsburgh, the O'Reilly Theater is actually a three-part building: The theater , a large parking garage called Theater Square, and the adjacent Agnes R....
     in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

    Pittsburgh is the second largest city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania with a population of 312,819. The population of the seven-county metropolitan area is 2,462,571....
    .
  • The Court Street Theatre in Nashua, New Hampshire
    Nashua, New Hampshire

    Nashua is a city in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, New Hampshire, United States. As of the 2000 census, Nashua had a total population of 86,605, making it the second largest city in the state after Manchester, New Hampshire ....
  • The Seacoast Repertory Theatre in Portsmouth, New Hampshire
    Portsmouth, New Hampshire

    Portsmouth is a city in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, New Hampshire in the United States. It is the fourth-largest community in the county, with a population of 20,784 at the United States Census, 2000....
  • The Long Beach Playhouse in Long Beach, California
  • The Go Comedy! Improv Theater in Ferndale, Michigan
    Ferndale, Michigan

    Ferndale is a city in Oakland County, Michigan of the U.S. state of Michigan. It forms part of the Metro Detroit. As of the United States Census, 2000, the city population was 22,105....
  • The George Street Playhouse
    George Street Playhouse

    George Street Playhouse is a theater in New Brunswick, New Jersey, one of the state's preeminent professional theatres committed to the production of new and established plays....
     in New Brunswick, New Jersey
    New Brunswick, New Jersey

    New Brunswick, also known as "the Healthcare City" or "Hub City", is a city and the county seat of Middlesex County, New Jersey, New Jersey, USA....
  • The Greenbelt Arts Center
    Greenbelt Arts Center

    The Greenbelt Arts Center is a theater located in Greenbelt, MD. It is normally configured as a Thrust stage, and seats about 90 people. It shows six regular plays and musicals, and three special events during the year; two free plays during labor day weekend, and the annual winter youth musical....
     in Greenbelt, Maryland
    Greenbelt, Maryland

    Greenbelt is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. Contained within today's City of Greenbelt is the historic, planned community now known locally as "Old Greenbelt" and designated as the Greenbelt Historic District ....
    .


Europe

  • The Questors Theatre
    Questors Theatre

    The Questors Theatre is a theatre venue located in the London Borough of Ealing, West London. It is home of The Questors, a non-professional theatre company....
    , Ealing
  • The Crucible Theatre
    Crucible Theatre

    The Crucible Theatre is a theatre built in 1971 and located in the city centre of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. As well as theatre performances, it is home to the most important event in professional snooker, the World Snooker Championship....
     in Sheffield
    Sheffield

    Sheffield is a city status in the United Kingdom and metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England. It is so named because of its origins in a field on the River Sheaf that runs through the city....
    , England
    England

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  • The Gulbenkian Theatre in Canterbury
    Canterbury

    Canterbury lies at the heart of the City of Canterbury, a local government district of Kent, in South East England. It lies on the River Stour....
    , England
    England

    native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
  • The Globe Theatre
    Globe Theatre

    The Globe Theatre was a theatre in London associated with William Shakespeare. It was built in 1599 by Shakespeare's playing company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men, and was destroyed by fire on 29 June 1613....
     in London
    London

    London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
    , England
    England

    native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
    . All other Elizabethan Theaters were also in the same style.
  • Numerous Greek theater
    Theatre of Ancient Greece

    The theatre of ancient Greece, or ancient Greek drama, is a Theatre culture that flourished in Classical Greece between c. 550 and c. 220 BCE....
    , such as the one in Epidaurus
    Epidaurus

    Epidaurus was a small city in ancient Greece, at the Saronic Gulf. The modern town Epidavros , part of the prefecture of Argolis, was built near the ancient site....
  • The Chichester Festival Theatre
    Chichester Festival Theatre

    Chichester Festival Theatre, located in Chichester, England, was designed by Philip Powell and Hidalgo Moya, and opened by its founder Leslie Evershed-Martin in 1962....
    . Notable for the fact that the stage is hexagonal, and is surrounded by the audience on four sides.
  • The Swan Theatre (Stratford)
    Swan Theatre (Stratford)

    The Swan Theatre is a theatre belonging to the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. It is built on to the side of the larger Royal Shakespeare Theatre, occupying the Victorian Gothic structure that formerly housed the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre that preceded the RST but was destroyed by fire....
    .
  • Elmbank Studios, Ayr
    Ayr

    Ayr is a town and port situated on the Firth of Clyde, in south-west Scotland. It has been a royal burgh since 1205 and the county town of the former Counties of Scotland of Ayrshire....


External links

  • Diagram and images of Thrust stage
  • Image of the Mystère
    Mystère

    Myst?re is a French language word meaning "Mystery ." It can also refer to:* Myst?re, a French dessert mixing ice cream with a meringue-cake*Dassault Myst?re, a French fighter aircraft...
     stage by Cirque du Soleil
    Cirque du Soleil

    Cirque du Soleil is an entertainment company. Based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and located in the inner-city area of Saint-Michel, Montreal, it was founded in Baie-Saint-Paul, Qu?bec in 1984 by two former street performers, Guy Lalibert? and Daniel Gauthier....
     in Treasure Island
    Treasure Island

    Treasure Island is an adventure novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, narrating a tale of "pirates and buried gold". First published as a book in 1883, it was originally serialised in the children's magazine Young Folks between 1881-82 under the title The Sea Cook, or Treasure Island....
     in Las Vegas
    Las Vegas, Nevada

    Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada, the seat of Clark County, Nevada, and an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and entertainment....
    , Nevada
    Nevada

    Nevada is a U.S. state located in the Western United States of the United States of America. The capital is Carson City and the largest city is Las Vegas, Nevada....