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 locations that opened with the stage from May of 1979 to December of 1980.

It debuted at the Concord, CA (1975 Diamond Blvd) location in 1979, went extinct in 1991 at the Ogden, Utah location. The "Shelf" retrofit was a change to the portrait stage that removed the frames around the characters.

History
Not much is known about the opening Portrait Stage. The same can be said for the location it was housed in.

The last Portrait Stage to be produced was the Simi Valley, CA location.

The last Portrait Stage to be removed was Ogden, Utah. Before their closure in 1991, they would have special made showtapes to move Mr. Munch and Pasqually's doors, The show would originally work, until the late 80s when the show would stop operating. The location would leave the show inside this condition until they closed.

Design
The Portrait Stage would be in two configurations.

The main configuration would have a setup of: Mr. Munch, Jasper T. Jowls, Chuck E. Cheese, Guest Star, and Pasqually. The Warblettes would be located in between Mr. Munch and Jasper T. Jowls. There are a couple videos out there of this setup.

In or around 1981, portrait locations would remove their unique nameplates in favor of balcony nameplates.

The shows would undergo one more change. In the early to mid 80s, select locations would remove the frames around the characters. This edit would be known as "The Shelf." There is very little footage of this change though.

At Charlie Cheese's Pizza Playhouse (Surfer's Paradise), there was a Balcony/Portrait hybrid. Pasqually and Mr. Munch both were inside their doors.