community theater
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2.7
- noun
- /kəˈmjunɪti ˈθiːətər/
- US
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teatro comunitario
- This a community theater, and everyone should benefit from this building!
- community theater production
- community theater group
- community theater actor
I came up doing my, you know, high school, elementary school shows, community theater, big thing in Allentown.
- I came up doing my, you know, high school, elementary school shows, community theater, big thing in Allentown.
- I played in my community theater.
- I some of my still to this day, most wonderful experiences, we're doing plays in various community theaters and in college and stuff like that.
- I've always loved doing it, you know, But it wasn't until a buddy of mine, Brad, he was doing a community theatre.
- And it's like, you know, it's like local, like community theater people, right.
Examples
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I'd get involved with a community theater group.
Fiction book (1998) -
Son, your mother and I are doing a production of The Gin Game at the local community theater.
Fiction book (2001) -
Seriously, he did, like, community theater once.
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I some of my still to this day, most wonderful experiences, we're doing plays in various community theaters and in college and stuff like that.
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Community theatre is one of the several areas of interest within the subject area of Theatre Arts.
Academic text (2011) -
Student C also insists that community theater in the small communities around here is just like professional theater.
Blog text (18) -
It's no wonder that October is one of the busiest times of the year for community theater.
Blog text (33) -
And I'll take a local community theater production over $100 nosebleed seats any day.
Blog text (34) -
I do community theater.
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I am excited to see the new musical at the local community theater this weekend.
Synonyms
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2.7
A group of people who put on plays for an audience
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4.8
A small theater where students or community groups perform new plays
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3.7
Putting on a play in a theatre with actors, sets, and lights
A local group of people who rehearse and perform plays
How Professional
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun is directly compositional: 'community' (people sharing a locality or interests) modifies 'theater' (a performance venue), so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer it refers to theatrical activities for or by the local community. This is a common, cross-linguistic compound pattern (local/community + venue) and therefore immediately predictable rather than idiomatic.
Etymology
Community theater comes from the simple idea of community, meaning local people, and theater, a place for plays, because neighbors would meet in a town hall or school to put on shows together. Since the shows were made 'by the community' and often used actors who were not professionals, the phrase now means 'theatrical productions performed by local amateur actors for members of the community'.