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| the area where the players perform; usually a raised platform |
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| a four-sided stage built like a box with one side cut away, enabling the audience to view the play as if it were in a picture frame |
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| the draperies covering the proscenium opening(picture frame), seperating the audience from the stage. |
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| offstage spaces to the sides of the acting area |
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| the part of the stage extending past the proscenium arch toward the audience |
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| a stage constructed so that the audience can sit on all sides; also known as "theater in the round". |
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| a stage that extends into the seating area. The audience sits on three sides of the stage. |
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| any stage not classified as proscenium, arena, or thrust. |
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| the section of the theater where the audience sits; also called "out front". |
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| nine to fifteen divisions of the stage floor, used by directors when moving actors or placing furniture or scenery. |
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| planning and working out the movements and stage grouping for a play. |
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| The body positioned on stage at varying angles to the audience. |
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| an appealing and meaningful arrangement of performers on the stage; the picture that the audience sees onstage. |
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| refers to the actors actual head height onstage. |
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| imaginary divisions giving depth to the procenuim stage. |
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