Thrust stage

In

The thrust stage is the earliest stage type in western theatre, first appearing in

The thrust stage was generally out of use for centuries, and was resurrected by Orson Welles when he staged Doctor Faustus for the Federal Theatre Project in 1937. There, the thrust apron extended over three rows of seats at Maxine Elliott's Theatre, extending 20 feet. "It was constructed especially for the production and was probably one of the first to break out of the procenium arch in a Broadway playhouse", wrote critic Richard France.^[2]

Later resurrected by director

• Prairie Theatre Exchange in Winnipeg, Manitoba

United States

Westminster Playhouse in Westminster California

• Casa Mañana in Fort Worth, TX
• A Noise Within in Pasadena, CA
• ANTA Washington Square Theatre in Greenwich Village, New York (now demolished)
• Octagon Stage at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival in Montgomery, Alabama
• Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, CA
• John W. Huntington Theatre at Hartford Stage in Hartford, Connecticut
• Downtown Disney
  , Florida
• Alhambra Dinner Theatre in Jacksonville, Florida
• Gateway Theatre
  in Chicago
• Chicago Shakespeare Theatre
  in Chicago
• Ethel M. Barber Theater
  at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois
• Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis
• Greenbelt Arts Center in Greenbelt, Maryland
• Purple Rose Theatre in Chelsea, Michigan
• Crossroads Theater in New Brunswick, New Jersey
• George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick, New Jersey
• Circle in the Square Theatre, New York City
• Vivian Beaumont Theater at Lincoln Center, New York
• Mystère theater in the Treasure Island hotel in Paradise, Nevada]]
• Carolina Actors Studio Theatre in Charlotte, North Carolina
• Elevation Church in Charlotte, North Carolina
• O'Reilly Theater in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Kleberg Stage at the Zach Theatre in Austin, Texas
• Blackfriars Playhouse at the American Shakespeare Center
  in Staunton, Virginia
• Playhouse at the
  Overture Center for the Arts
  in Madison, Wisconsin
• American Players Theatre in Spring Green, Wisconsin
• Barksdale Theatre at the Shops at Willow Lawn in Richmond, Virginia
• Theatre Suburbia in Houston, Texas

Europe

Germany

• Waldbühne ("Forest Stage"), Berlin

Greece

• Numerous
  Greek theatres, such as the one in Epidaurus

• Questors Theatre
  , Ealing
• Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England
• Gulbenkian Theatre
  in Canterbury, England
• Globe Theatre in London, England. All other Elizabethan theatres were also in the same style.
• Olivier Theatre in the National Theatre, London
• Everyman Theatre in Liverpool, England
• Chichester Festival Theatre. Notable for the fact that the stage is hexagonal, and is surrounded by the audience on three sides.
• Swan Theatre
  in Stratford-upon-Avon, England
• Courtyard Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, England
• Quarry Theatre at the
  West Yorkshire Playhouse
  , Leeds
• Riverside Theatre in Coleraine, Northern Ireland

Asia

India

• Prithvi Theatre, Mumbai
• Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
• Ranga Shankara, Bangalore

Singapore

• Ngee Ann Kongsi Theatre, located at W!LD RICE Funan

Oceania

Australia

• York Theatre, part of the Seymour Centre, Sydney
• Roundhouse Theatre, part of
  WAAPA
  , Perth

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