The proscenium is the most common and one finds variations of this in many auditoriums all over the country. Our multi-purpose gym has a stage "like" a proscenium where the stage is "framed" by a box, the proscenium (from the Greek proscenio, or "infront of the scene"). Performers are therefore "blocked" or arranged as if they are composed in a picture frame.

The theater-on-the-round has a audience that views the performance in all spaces around the stage. This arena type of staging may have a more intimate appeal than that of the proscenium but certain actions may be lost to some portions of the audience because of its limitations in perspectives. However, this type of staging has some strong advantages like its personal interaction with an audience. There are many variations of this: audiences may be situated in three corners of the stage, or they may be seated in opposite places of the stage. A fine example of this space is the Tanghalang Batute (formerly the Gantimpala Experimental Theater) in the Cultural Center of the Philippines.

The thrust stage has an extended apron (thrust) that juts to an audience. This kind of stage was popular during the Elizabethan Period (time of Shakespeare) when microphones still had to be invented. The thrust is open and the audience sits around the stage (however, the elite sat in balconies around the theater). The thrust was effective for soliloquys and lines that were often addressed to the audience.