spaces

Question 1

proscenium

Answer 1

audience faces one direction, orchestra pit between audience and stage stage is encased by frame, entrances/exits and scene changes are made behind it

Question 2

thrust

Answer 2

audience in a semicircle (3/4 of the stage), stage protrudes into the center, the back is the stage house where exits/entrances and scene changes happen

Question 3

arena

Answer 3

stage is completely surrounded by audience seating, entrances/exits are made through aisles or tunnels underground, raised above floor with seats all around

Question 4

alley/traverse

Answer 4

audience members are sat directly across from one another with the audience in between, stage resembles a runway

Question 5

non-theatre buildings

Answer 5

used as they are (lofts, warehouses, fire stations, basements, churches, breweries, and gymnasiums)

Question 6

site-specific

Answer 6

production created for a location that was not intended to be used as a theatre

Question 7

immersive

Answer 7

audience members are asked to become part of the production

Question 8

adapted spaces

Answer 8

using or creating a space to fit a play

Question 9

street theatre

Answer 9

theatre held outdoors in nontraditional settings

Question 10

multi-focus environments

Answer 10

more than one playing area and something is going on in several of them simultaneously

Question 11

black box

Answer 11

often an empty rectangular space into which various audience seating and stage arrangements can be introduced, can be turned into many of the other types