theater-in-the-round

noun

the·​ater-in-the-round ˈthē-ə-tər-in-ṯẖə-ˈrau̇nd 

plural theaters-in-the-round

1

: a theater in which the stage is located in the center of the auditorium

called also arena theater

2

: the style or method of staging plays in a theater-in-the-round

Examples of theater-in-the-round in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Scutt has reimagined the 1,250-seat August Wilson Theatre as an intimate club—warrens of labyrinthine new corridors and passageways, three new bars, and an auditorium reinvented as a theater-in-the-round. —Adrienne Miller, Vogue, 5 Mar. 2024

This theater-in-the-round entertainment venue will offer performances and show effects spread throughout the room. —Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2023

Steppenwolf was spending more than $54 million on its new theater-in-the-round, a 50,000-square-foot expansion including classroom and rehearsal spaces. —Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 17 Aug. 2023

The former was a theater-in-the-round in which people were collectively immersed in moving images from around the world. —Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1948, in the meaning defined at sense 1