How to Use community theater in a Sentence

community theater

noun
  • There’s just a bit of a community theater feel to the whole thing.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
  • My mom performed in community theater and sometimes roped me into bit parts.
    — David G. Allan, CNN, 14 May 2023
  • By getting the town involved in community theater, of course!
    — Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2026
  • My parents were actors themselves and did a lot of community theater.
    — Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Which Wetzel, who does community theater herself, does not mind one bit.
    — Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2025
  • That belief in impact is what has kept him so devoted to community theater.
    — Maria Williams, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
  • For my 7th birthday, my mom took me and a group of my friends to the community theater’s ballet production.
    — Erik Pedersen, Oc Register, 15 Dec. 2025
  • The mom of five noticed her daughter’s talent and had her audition for a play at a local community theater.
    — Ilana Frost, Peoplemag, 1 Aug. 2024
  • Eisenberg appears to play a fellow actor in the community theater troupe.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 23 June 2026
  • Around that, the arts scene — visual arts, painting, community theater — is a lot stronger than a lot of places, especially in a town that size.
    — Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 9 July 2025
  • Davis finally got his dream part, at a community theater in 2014.
    — Zachary Pincus-Roth, Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2023
  • He was cast in a community theater production overseen by the local parish drama group that his father belonged to.
    — Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 11 Jan. 2026
  • They both were enrolled in acting, singing and dancing classes and earned roles in community theater productions.
    — Makena Gera, Peoplemag, 3 Aug. 2024
  • The idea grew from a Vermont community theater project to Tony-winning Broadway show.
    — Lauren Daley, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Mar. 2023
  • For Enos, who has a day job, acting and singing in community theater give her an outlet to perform — something she’s done since her freshman year of high school.
    — Jeanne Rawdin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Mar. 2025
  • The Hill family of 7 would act and sing in dozens of community theater productions together as the kids grew up.
    — Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Apr. 2024
  • The script is different than the ones used in the countless school, community theater and other productions of the musical.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Archer and his then-wife operated a community theater in Billings and held summer sessions for students.
    — Robert Anglen, AZCentral.com, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Finding a way to help Beatrice tell the story to itself became the next challenge, and so the idea of a community theater performance was born.
    — Nanfu Wang, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 June 2023
  • Don Gingold, a voice and community theater performer, will be reading passages from the novels that include the obscure terms his wife will define.
    — Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 21 July 2025
  • The nonprofit is the oldest community theater in the northwest suburbs and has been staging shows in Elgin for the last 74 years.
    — Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Outside of that, Rackers helped in community theater and pitched in over the summer at KC Cappies.
    — Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 21 May 2025
  • Today, what started as an organization geared to working with youths has expanded to include adults in a bonafide community theater.
    — Rick Mauch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Old Town Temecula has a historic feel and a community theater that hosts comedy shows, tribute bands, jazz concerts, and more.
    — Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 31 Oct. 2023
  • For budget experiences, plan a hike or camping trip, buy tickets to a community theater production, take a class together or head out for a round of laser tag or mini golf.
    — Food Drink Life, The Mercury News, 2 Dec. 2024
  • His eventual introduction to community theater in his teens was a revelation — people making scenes for a living, eight times a week.
    — Adam Bernstein, Washington Post, 29 June 2023
  • The theater and student center, for example, need significant repairs, but the community theater group doesn't have funding to sustain a project of that scale.
    — Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 10 Dec. 2024
  • His mother, Michelle, teaches voice and piano and directs community theater productions.
    — David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 23 June 2025
  • Every once in a while, a pitfall of community theater is glimpsed, but only momentarily, and here the heartfelt sense of fun overcomes any little shortcoming.
    — Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Soon, that initial music interest turned into piano lessons, community theater and her own experiments.
    — Britt Julious, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2024

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