Cyberamics Portrait / Shelf Stage

The Cyberamics Portrait Stage (known internally as The Shelf) was a stage format found at Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theatre from May of 1979 to December of 1980.

The stage would debut at the Concord, CA (1975 Diamond Blvd) location at its grand opening in 1979 and would go extinct in 2001 at the Lake Forest, CA location.

History
Pizza Time Theatre's third location, Concord, CA, was the first location to have the first standardized show--being installed in 1979. This stage format was installed up to 1981, with most of them being converted into a Balcony Show before 1985.

The exact locations to have the Portrait Show are unknown, however it is known that at least one portrait show made it to 1991. In regards to the final location have the Shelf variant, it would go extinct in Lake Forest, CA with the location closing in 2001, although Lake Forest would more resemble a C-Stage toward the end of it's life.

Design
The Cyberamic Portrait Stage, unlike the stages that came before it, would be placed alongside one wall to draw attention to all characters. This is different from the previous Portrait Stage setups, in which they were attached to the walls of the theatre. All characters in the center wall would be placed inside thin, beige portrait frames with a black outline inside it. The name-plates would be located on a wood trim below the characters with a 40-degree wall going upwards directly under the trim.

Mr. Munch and Pasqually had their own unique frames, carrying over from the Kooser setup. The set up included doors that would open and close as per the show's programming. Similarly enough, the Warblettes also had a unique frame to make up for the size of the three birds within.

The Flag Wavers, Pizza Time Orchestra, and Applause Board would be placed in various areas of the theatre, mainly near the characters.

The stage would undergo one specific change in which several locations received a similar variant to the Portrait Stage in the 1980s however there were no portrait frames or walls surrounding the characters other than the back wall. It is unknown weather the Shelf Stage variant is a retrofit of the Portrait Show, however it being closely similar to each other it can be possible.

Animatronics Used

 * Chuck E Cheese (Cyberamic)
 * Guest Star / Helen Henny (Cyberamic)
 * Mr. Munch (Cyberamic)
 * Pasqually (Cyberamic)
 * Jasper T. Jowls (Cyberamic)
 * Warblettes (Cyberamic)
 * Clapper Board (Cyberamic)
 * Band Board (Cyberamic)
 * Flag Wavers (Cyberamic)