thrust stage
noun
: a stage that projects beyond the proscenium so that the audience sits around the projection
also
: a forestage that is extended into the auditorium to increase the stage area
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Outdoors, with a thrust stage, Little Island’s theater is subject to the elements and open to onlookers, who can watch performances, for free, from the winding paths of the park.
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Joshua Barone, New York Times, 5 June 2024
After a hiatus, the Mark Taper, a nearly 800-seat theater with a thrust stage, will be back in full.
—Jenelle Riley, Variety, 17 May 2024
One sequence had a 40-foot-long dinosaur skeleton trailing her down the thrust stage that extended in an L-shape through the audience.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 16 Apr. 2024
At one point, JK moved to a thrust stage in the middle of the crowd and pulled off a series of impressive dance moves as ARMY members shouted and held out their hands to get a high five from their pop idol.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 8 Nov. 2023
The renovation will allow the Rep to configure its main performing space as either a proscenium or thrust stage, increasing the kinds of shows that can be staged there.
—Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 31 May 2023
The production, directed by Robert O’Hara (who has been so instrumental in the play’s success), uses the Taper’s thrust stage to connect more viscerally to the audience.
—Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2022
In both cases, the theater’s thrust stage extends right out to the audience, a distinct change from the previous artistic director, Darko Tresnjak, where many shows were framed by platforms or imposing sets that suggested a distance between the audience and the players.
—Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 9 Dec. 2021
David Goldstein’s set beautifully transforms the thrust stage at the Lynn F. Angelson Theater with an elevated platform that appears to ripple and reflect like the actual sea.
—Maya Phillips, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2023
Joshua Barone, New York Times, 5 June 2024
After a hiatus, the Mark Taper, a nearly 800-seat theater with a thrust stage, will be back in full.
—Jenelle Riley, Variety, 17 May 2024
One sequence had a 40-foot-long dinosaur skeleton trailing her down the thrust stage that extended in an L-shape through the audience.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 16 Apr. 2024
At one point, JK moved to a thrust stage in the middle of the crowd and pulled off a series of impressive dance moves as ARMY members shouted and held out their hands to get a high five from their pop idol.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 8 Nov. 2023
The renovation will allow the Rep to configure its main performing space as either a proscenium or thrust stage, increasing the kinds of shows that can be staged there.
—Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 31 May 2023
The production, directed by Robert O’Hara (who has been so instrumental in the play’s success), uses the Taper’s thrust stage to connect more viscerally to the audience.
—Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2022
In both cases, the theater’s thrust stage extends right out to the audience, a distinct change from the previous artistic director, Darko Tresnjak, where many shows were framed by platforms or imposing sets that suggested a distance between the audience and the players.
—Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 9 Dec. 2021
David Goldstein’s set beautifully transforms the thrust stage at the Lynn F. Angelson Theater with an elevated platform that appears to ripple and reflect like the actual sea.
—Maya Phillips, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2023
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