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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The new space maintained the thrust stage design that Cartier had pioneered in the original Kinsley Street location. Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 29 Jan. 2025 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. 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 See all Example Sentences for thrust stage 

Word History

Etymology

thrust, past participle of thrust entry 1

First Known Use

1965, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of thrust stage was in 1965

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“Thrust stage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thrust%20stage. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.

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