little theater
Americannoun
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generally noncommercial drama, usually of an experimental nature and directed at a limited audience.
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a small theater, producing plays whose effectiveness would be lost in larger houses.
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amateur theatricals.
Etymology
Origin of little theater
First recorded in 1765–75
Example Sentences
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I was doing a little theater here and there, but I was doing construction.
From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2023
“It’s a small, funky little theater with people doing it really close to you. You feel and smell the sweat.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 4, 2023
And then there is the tactic of deploying a little theater — adding drama to draw the eye.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 13, 2021
Unable to afford college after graduating from high school in 1934, he worked in a department store for a year and played John Barrymore in a little theater production of “The Royal Family.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2020
The church supper is the grandfather of the country club, just as the Thursday poetry reading in the basement under the vestry sired the little theater.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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