Word: Proscenium

Wednesday's word is...

proscenium

noun

1. the part of a theater stage in front of the curtain.
2. the stage of an ancient theater.

I found it in the poem "Either Side" by Rae Armantrout

Proscenium of nearly identical mountain ridges, arched
out and downward one "after" another, to the valley
floor: curtains tied back, a gesture