summer stock

noun

|Updated on: 17 May 2018

Definition of summer stock

: theatrical productions of stock companies presented during the summer

Recent Examples of summer stock from the Web

Mercury was born when then-freshman, Brault and sophomore Marshall, who were expected to take part in some form of summer stock theater, decided to accomplish that task by forming their own theater group in Cleveland.

— jeff piorkowski/special to cleveland.com, cleveland.com, "South Euclid's Mercury Theatre Co. celebrates 20 years; 'Pinocchio' starts new season June 1," 10 May 2018
The historic Ivoryton Playhouse is where Katharine Hepburn got her start in summer stock.

— sam dangremond, Town & Country, "27 Reasons This Part of the East Coast Is Being Dubbed "The New Hamptons"," 25 July 2017
Orson Welles, who attended prep school here for five years (his only extended bout of schooling), performed in the Opera House’s summer stock.

— christopher borrelli, chicagotribune.com, "Woodstock celebrates 25 years of living 'Groundhog Day' over and over," 2 Feb. 2018
Spanish stocks, one of the Heard on the Street’s summer stock picks, face headwinds.

— richard barley, WSJ, "Catalonia: A Headache for Spain, Not Europe," 2 Oct. 2017

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