summer theater

American  

noun

1. a theater that operates during the summer, especially in a suburban or resort area, usually offering a different play or musical comedy each week.

2. summer stock.

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Etymology

Origin of summer theater

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

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summer theater

He worked for many years as a private detective, served as a photographic safari guide in Kenya and directed summer theater in Oxford, England, to name a few.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2024

The theater was poised to close until Andrew Russell, then an Intiman associate director, proposed to the board that the company reconfigure into a stripped-down summer theater festival under his leadership.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 2, 2023

When Reginald L. Douglas was a precocious 6-year-old attending a summer theater camp on Long Island, the program’s founder noted his habit of asking detailed questions about every aspect of putting on a play.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 7, 2021

And if you have, this “Scenes” feels less like a reimagining than like a highbrow stage revival — movie stars spending a few weeks doing Ibsen at a summer theater fest.

From New York Times ● Sep. 9, 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 Douglas (Douglas N.) Hay