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community theater

NOUN

neighborhood theater

Synonyms

WEAK

amateur theater community playhouse little theater neighborhood playhouse summer playhouse

Example Sentences

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The tiny Public Assembly theater company is taking community theater to the next level by developing and performing three one-act plays per month.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

Madigan was born in Chicago on September 11, 1950 to a journalist father and a mother who worked as an administrative assistant and did community theater in her spare time.

From Barron's • Mar. 15, 2026

I’d also perform for her clients, who urged my mother to put me in community theater.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 6, 2026

If I’m not happy doing community theater or doing sketches with my friends at the local theater, I’m not in the right business.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2025

Mostly, she did community theater and taught a few classes.

From "The Misfits" by James Howe