little theatre

noun

theatre experimental or avant-garde drama, usually amateur, originating from a theatrical movement of the 1920s

In the evening the little theatre is illuminated regardless of expense, a fabulous sum being expended on extra lamps.

So the tinker hired a professional show-man for his business agent, and built a little theatre and stage.

I think it was closer to the expression of a would-be little-theatre actor expressing lust, and not quite making the grade.

This was really love—a ‘grande passion,’—a really fine dramatic thing,—like the plays they acted at the little theatre yonder.

Mr. Goldberg engaged us for his little theatre at Willow Grove.

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