summer theater

noun

: a theater that presents several different plays or musicals during the summer

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Along with the promise of cool air-conditioning, here is a list best-bets for summer theater escapes. Dan Heching, CNN Money, 23 May 2025 Yes, the summer theater season is pretty darn diverse. Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald, 18 May 2025 Dunes Summer Theatre to hold auditions The Dunes Summer Theatre, northwest Indiana’s oldest continually producing professional summer theater, announces auditions for its 2025 season. Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2025 They have been rebuilt by the 19th-century architect who refurbished Notre-Dame, Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, and have been decorated by the notices for plays since the summer theater festival began in the city soon after World War II. Catherine Porter, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for summer theater

Word History

First Known Use

1761, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of summer theater was in 1761

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“Summer theater.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/summer%20theater. Accessed 28 May. 2025.

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