summer theater

American  

noun

1. a theater that operates during the summer, especially in a suburban or resort area, usually offering a different play or musical comedy each week.

2. summer stock.

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Etymology

Origin of summer theater

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

Sharon — who met her husband at a summer theater program — saw this as an opening: They’d get set up in California and use the movie as leverage to get Keke more work.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2024

This two-decade-old staple of Seattle’s summer theater scene will return for another round of Shakespearean performances in Volunteer Park’s amphitheater.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 7, 2023

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

I was going from summer theater to summer theater.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 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.)