Types of Theaters
A theater with a stage which the audience surrounds on all sides.
What is an arena theater or theater in the round?
A type of storytelling that is performed on stage, usually involving serious themes and emotions.
What is drama?
The area where the performance takes place, typically raised and designed for actors to present their work.
What is the stage?
Stage position to the actor's left, toward the audience.
What is downstage left?
A flexible performance space, often a simple, unadorned room with black walls and a flat floor.
What is a black box theater?
This genre combines acting, singing, and dancing to tell a story.
What is musical theater?
The part of the stage that extends in front of the proscenium arch and is closer to the audience.
Stage position in the middle of the stage.
What is center stage?
A theater with a stage that extends out into the audience, which surrounds it on three sides.
What is a thrust theater?
A form of acting where performers create the story and characters on the spot without a script.
What is improv?
The part of a performance venue that is open to the public.
What is the front of house?
Stage position just above center stage, towards the back of the theater and directly away from the audience.
What is upstage?
This is the most common type of theater, characterized by a large arch that frames the stage.
What is a proscenium theater?
A serious type of drama that often involves a sad or disastrous ending.
What is tragedy?
The frame or arch separating the stage from the auditorium, through which the action of a play is viewed.
What is the proscenium arch?
Stage position to the audience's left and towards the back of the theater away from the front of the stage.
What is upstage left?