repertory company

British  

noun

1. US name: stock company.  a theatrical company that performs plays from a repertoire, esp at its own theatre

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Example Sentences

A group of prominent actors approached Loewenberg with the idea of forming a classical repertory company.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2025

Dame Edna emerged when the young Mr. Humphries, under the sway of Dadaism, was performing with a repertory company based at the University of Melbourne; he had dropped out of the university two years before.

From New York Times • Apr. 22, 2023

The creation that would define his career came early: at 21, he was part of a travelling repertory company when he came up with a character of a snobbish, inadvertently offensive housewife.

From Reuters • Apr. 22, 2023

Everybody's working at the height of their ability, you had this extraordinary repertory company, a perfect cast.

From Washington Post • Apr. 27, 2022

In Manchester, Miss Horniman's own repertory company at the Midland Theater and finally at the Gaiety has been distinctly and brilliantly successful.

From More Portmanteau Plays by Walker, Stuart