community theater

noun

: the activity of acting in or producing a play in a theater for enjoyment and not as a job

He's done school plays and community theater.

a community theater group/production

: the plays produced by community theater

She spends her free time acting in community theater.

: a small theater where community theater is performed

performing at the local community theater

Examples of community theater in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Twenty years after abandoning his Broadway dreams to care for his family, a middle aged, midwestern restaurant manager attempts to find happiness in the strangely competitive and political world of community theater. —

Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 27 June 2024 The corridors of Rydell High are rocking again in this community theater production of the ever-popular musical about teen life in the 1950s. —

Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 20 Apr. 2024 Born in Harvey, Ill., Hayes picked up his love of performing, in part from his bookseller father, who enjoyed singing and local community theater, according to his bio on IMDb. —

Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 13 Jan. 2024 Soon, that initial music interest turned into piano lessons, community theater and her own experiments. —

Britt Julious, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for community theater

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