repertory theater
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of repertory theater
First recorded in 1895–1900
Example Sentences
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Following my fifth year in repertory theater, casting director Rosemarie Tichler, who had befriended me at Carnegie Mellon’s TCG auditions, urged me to move to New York, so I did.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
My dad had a long career as an actor, transcending a fairly bleak working-class upbringing in the Pacific Northwest, to repertory theater and then innumerable roles in TV and movies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 12, 2025
“It's like being with the best repertory theater company.”
From Salon ● Mar. 27, 2024
As a board member of Stages repertory theater in Houston, she helped save its building from developers by arranging for it to be declared a landmark.
From New York Times ● Dec. 23, 2022
It will be observed that in speaking of Stuart Walker's work I have used the phrase repertory company, not, repertory theater.
From More Portmanteau Plays by Stuart Walker
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