summer theater
Americannoun
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a theater that operates during the summer, especially in a suburban or resort area, usually offering a different play or musical comedy each week.
Etymology
Origin of summer theater
First recorded in 1945–50
Example Sentences
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He worked for many years as a private detective, served as a photographic safari guide in Kenya and directed summer theater in Oxford, England, to name a few.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2024
At times, I wondered if I had accidentally stumbled upon a summer theater camp for pent-up actors.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 10, 2023
That was in 1961, and the next year, while touring in summer theater during television’s off-season, she starred with Ludden — by then a widower with three children — in the comedy “Critic’s Choice.”
From Seattle Times • Dec. 31, 2021
They acted together at a local summer theater program, Echoes of Truth, where their performances included a play in which their characters dated.
From New York Times • Dec. 10, 2021
An account of a disastrous summer theater production was downright hilarious.
From Epistles from Pap: Letters from the man known as 'The Will Rogers of Indiana' by Hay, Douglas (Douglas N.)
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