Key Terms in Theater Arts: PART 1: THE STAGE

1. Proscenium

• most popular kind of theatre • traditional theatre space• stage is framed and audience watches through

the frame

2. Arena

• stage is in the middle while the audience surrounds (aka "theatre in the round")

3. Black Box

• the most flexible of theatre spaces

4. Thrust

• stage projects into the audience; the audience sits on 3 sides of the action