Stage Design and Production

The Proscenium Stage-Picture Frame

• 4th wall - between you and the audience (an invisible wall that is where the curtain line is and when the curtain opens and you walk onto the stage you are passing the fourth wall)
• rake
• orchestra - playing down in the front of the stage at a lower level
• fly loft - where the batons (rods) hang the set changes and other props
• apron - on the lip of the stage
• pit - where the orchestra stands
• traps/revolve - a circular set on stage that turns and circles/slipstage - 
• cyclorama - the curtain at the very back (white curtain where you can project images)
• scrim - made from same material 

Thrust stage

• where the audience is right up around the stage and is "thrusted" upon the audience

Arena Stage - Theatre in the Round

• The audience is all the way around the stage and the actors are playing in the middle either in a square or circle
• you can see the actors in every different angle

Globe Theatre and The Thrust

Black Box/ Found Theatre Spaces

• just a random "found" space to watch plays
• cast of thousands when a lot of people just embedded themselves into a play
• Mark Hill

Inverted Stage

• The audience is on two sides and the actors are right in the center