Amateur theatre
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Amateur theatre, also known as amateur dramatics, is theatre performed by amateur actors and singers. Amateur theatre groups may stage plays, revues, musicals, light opera, pantomime or variety shows,
Gobowen Amateur Dramatic Society's presentation of See How They Run, 1954
Beeston Musical Theatre Group performing My Fair Lady in Nottingham, England, 2011
Actors of the Smith College Club of St. Louis are sketched rehearsing for an all-woman amateur benefit performance of George Bernard Shaw's "Arms and the Man" in December 1908. No men were allowed in the rehearsals or at the performance. The illustration is by Marguerite Martyn of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Roxy Community Theatre, Leeton, NSW
Community theatre
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Community theatre is theatrical performance made in relation to particular communities—its usage includes theatre made by, with, or for a community. It may refer to a production that is made entirely
Amateur theatre
…from the open air, community centres, or schools to independent or major professional theatres. Amateur theatre is distinct from the professional or community theatre because performers are usually not paid. Amateur actors are not typically members of actors' unions. Opinions vary on how to define "amateur" in relation…
Amateur actors performing a scene from Snow White, a musical comedy