Questions
What type of stage consists on a flat floor and black walls?
Blackbox
A proscenium stage seats the audience on _______ side.
one
The first type of stage we ever had was an arena.
true
Give me an example of a found space.
warehouse, church, park, etc.
This stage was first used in Ancient Greek/Roman times.
Arena
How would you define a found space?
A space that is not traditionally used for a performance.
A thrust stage seats the audience on _______ sides.
3
A traverse stage seats the audience on two sides.
True
Why do we call it a thrust stage?
Because the stage extends put into the audience.
This type of stage was first introduced in the romanticism era and is now the most popular one today.
Proscenium
What type of stage is most common today?
Proscenium
A ________ is a type of movable stage.
Pageant wagon
The type of stage we have in the PAC is a thrust.
False, we have proscenium
We have two types of stages in this school, what are they?
Proscenium, Blackbox
This type of stage was used in medieval times.
Pageant Wagon
A traverse stage can also be called a what?
Alley or corridor stage
A proscenium stage offers the most ________ space.
Backstage
The Roman Coliseum was originally used for plays and performances.
false, it was used for fights
What was the purpose of pageant wagons?
To travel across the continent of Europe to spread Christianity.
This type of stage was first introduced by a mistake to its name in Edinburg, Scotland
Traverse
An arena theatre can also be called a what?
In the round
The name traverse comes from a mistake, when originally the stage was called ________.
transverse
The first known stage we had was referred to as the _________.
Roman Coliseum
Name all the different types of stages.
Proscenium, found space, traverse, thrust, arena, Pageant wagon, blackbox
This type of stage/space became populatr in the 1960s by contemporary artists who were looking to try something more authentic.
found space