summer theater
Americannoun
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a theater that operates during the summer, especially in a suburban or resort area, usually offering a different play or musical comedy each week.
Etymology
Origin of summer theater
First recorded in 1945–50
Example Sentences
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“Someone said it was going back and seeing your favorite people from summer theater camp.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026
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
It’s work that “might leave you confused or off-kilter,” she added, “not your typical bourgeois experience of summer theater in the Berkshires.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 2, 2022
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.)
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