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
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Perhaps Hartford Stage is the wrong space for it, with a thrust stage that doesn’t neatly accommodate old-fashioned proscenium-style living room sets. 
Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 19 Apr. 2022 The Taper’s thrust stage makes the audience in the show a very visible and very visceral part of the action. Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2022 The messaging of Ramos' set is amplified in the Mark Taper Forum, the thrust stage forcing the audience even more directly into the heart of things. Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 17 Feb. 2022 That maneuver is exponentially amplified at the Taper, where over 700 stadium-style seats surround the thrust stage like a semicircle. Jason Armond, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2022 Crowley’s powerfully simple set of plain screens stands deep down the huge thrust stage, with the audience wrapped around three sides. David Benedict, Variety, 8 Dec. 2021 Kokandy’s production, directed here by Lucky Stiff, is even set up to feel like a music venue, with cabaret tables surrounding a thrust stage with a platform at the back. Jerald Pierce, chicagotribune.com, 16 Nov. 2021 The back platform contains a variety of musical instruments, played by the cast of seven, and the thrust stage is covered in layers of rugs. Jerald Pierce, chicagotribune.com, 16 Nov. 2021 The second and final phase encompasses most of the renovations, including adding flexible seating for up to 1,400 people, putting in a thrust stage that would extend into the audience and restoring the black light murals. Madison Iszler, San Antonio Express-News, 4 Nov. 2021 See More
Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 19 Apr. 2022 The Taper’s thrust stage makes the audience in the show a very visible and very visceral part of the action. Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2022 The messaging of Ramos' set is amplified in the Mark Taper Forum, the thrust stage forcing the audience even more directly into the heart of things. Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 17 Feb. 2022 That maneuver is exponentially amplified at the Taper, where over 700 stadium-style seats surround the thrust stage like a semicircle. Jason Armond, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2022 Crowley’s powerfully simple set of plain screens stands deep down the huge thrust stage, with the audience wrapped around three sides. David Benedict, Variety, 8 Dec. 2021 Kokandy’s production, directed here by Lucky Stiff, is even set up to feel like a music venue, with cabaret tables surrounding a thrust stage with a platform at the back. Jerald Pierce, chicagotribune.com, 16 Nov. 2021 The back platform contains a variety of musical instruments, played by the cast of seven, and the thrust stage is covered in layers of rugs. Jerald Pierce, chicagotribune.com, 16 Nov. 2021 The second and final phase encompasses most of the renovations, including adding flexible seating for up to 1,400 people, putting in a thrust stage that would extend into the audience and restoring the black light murals. Madison Iszler, San Antonio Express-News, 4 Nov. 2021 See More Word History
Etymology
thrust, past participle of thrust entry 1
First Known Use
1965, in the meaning defined above