Different Types of Theatre Stages

        Theatre is more than just acting on stage, there are important things to know that are vital. With theatre there are so many things you can go into that's not just acting on a stage, such as set design, lighting, and costume designing. So I thought it would be appropriate to learn some vocabulary about the stage, and how it is set up. 

        There are many types of theatre stages, it's not just one stage type of stage, there's a variety. Here are what I think are the main three types of stages, a proscenium stage, and thrust stage, and a arena stage.  A proscenium stage looks like a picture frame really, you can only see one view of the stage and that is the forward view of, like your at a movie theater, all seats are in the same direction, to face the screen. Next is the thrust stage, is where the audience surrounds three sides of the stage, and the stage is usually raised. The last stage is the arena stage, in which all of the stage is surrounded by the 
audience and it's usually in a circular shape, but doesn't necessarily have to be in that shape. This stage is also often raised for people to see the stage better. 
         There is also a raked stage in which the stage at is raised but slanted from up to down, prosceniums are known to have a raked stage. There is also the proscenium arch and that is a permanent frame around the opening of the stage, for which the audience sees the play. 
          So hopefully you learned a little about, the different types of stages there are in theatre. Next time I will be delving a little bit more into parts of the stage, and different views of it. Enjoy!

Here are some pictures of the three types of stages, as to what they are to look like. 

            Cited sources for the photos: http://www.lib.washington.edu/Drama/images/proscenium.jpg