amateur theater
Nonprofessional dramatic performance
Amateur theater is dramatic performance by nonprofessionals, typically organized through community groups, schools, or local theater companies rather than commercial venues.
Participants act, direct, and produce plays for the love of it rather than as a profession, though the quality can range from rough to remarkably polished.
The term covers everything from church Christmas pageants to ambitious community productions of Shakespeare.
She's been involved in amateur theater since high school.
- actingTemporarily holding position
- community theatersLocal amateur performance venues
- community playhouseAmateur theatrical venue for residents
- directingOverseeing a production
- drama clubsStudent performance organizations
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- dramatic societiesdrama club, acting troupe, school plays, student productions, stage performances
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- stage showsplays, musicals, dramas, comedies, tragedies
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Paid dramatic performance venue
Broadway · West End · commercial theater · repertory theater · Lincoln Center
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Manhattan theatrical district
West End · Broadway musicals · touring productions · star vehicles · National Theatre
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