Three Theater Forms: Proscenium, Thrust, Black Box

Three theater forms: proscenium, thrust, black box. A comparison of three floor plans. Proscenium: all audience on one side, stage enclosed by a frame, deep stage behind the frame for scenery storage; Thrust: stage extends into the audience, surrounded by people on three sides, no room for scenery storage; Black Box: all four walls are black, movable seating, the relationship between stage and audience is rearranged for each production. The performance types of the three are different. Avoid: mixing the three forms on the same floor plan, still drawing a complete proscenium behind a thrust stage, drawing a black box with fixed seating, ignoring the differences in audience surrounding angles.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

三個平面的比較。鏡框式:觀眾全部在一側,舞台被一道框圍住,框後是可以藏景的深舞台;伸展式:舞台探進觀眾席,三面有人,沒有藏景的餘裕;黑盒子:四面牆全黑,座椅可移動,舞台與觀眾的關係每一檔都重排。三者的演出類型不同。避免:把三種形式混在同一個平面上、在伸展式舞台後方仍畫出完整的鏡框、把黑盒子畫成固定座椅、忽略觀眾包圍角度的差異。