Theatre Arts Stages ch9.1

Theatre Arts Stages

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Open Ended

Where is the stage located at Memorial Middle School? What types of events take place on it?

Multiple Choice

What is a stage?

• The part of the preforming area infront of the curtain

• the area where the players perform; usually a raised platform.

• Pictures and images you create in you mind

Proscenium Stage

a four-sided stage built like a box with one side cut away, enabling the audience to view the play as if it were in a picture frame

Multiple Choice

Proscenium stage is

• the part of the stage extending past the proscenium arch toward the audience.

• a 4-sided stage built like a box with one side cut away, enabling the audience to view the play as if it were in a picture frame

• a stage constructed so that the audience can sit on all sides; also known as a "theatre in the round"

Multiple Choice

Apron is

• the area where the players perform; usually a raised platform

• the part of the stage extending past the proscenium arch toward the audience.

• a stage constructed so that audience can sit on 3 sides

Arena stage

a stage constructed so that the audience can sit on all sides; also known as a "theatre in the round"

Multiple Choice

Arena stage is

• a stage where the audience sits on 3 sides

• a stage constructed so that the audience can sit on all sides

• a stage constructed so that the audience can sit on 3 sides.

Thrust stage

a stage that extends into the seating area. The audience sits on the three sides of the stage.

Multiple Choice

What is a thrust stage?

• Any stage not classified as proscenium

• a stage that extends into the seating area, the audience sits on the three sides of the stage

• a stage that extends into the seating area, the audince sits on the two sides of the stage

Flexible Staging

any stage not classified as proscenium, arena, or thrust.

Multiple Choice

Flexible stage is

• a stage that is constructed so that the audience can sit on all sides.

• any type of stage not classified as proscenium, arena, or thrust.

• a stage constructed like a box with one side cut out so the audience can see