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Topic: community theatre

Posted By: Guests
Subject: community theatre
Date Posted: 4/24/03 at 12:28pm

can any one please give me a useful definition of community theatre?

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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 4/24/03 at 12:55pm

I thought there was a discussion of this on this message board in the past, but I can't seem to find it.

Here is how the AACT (www.aact.org) theater dictionary defines it:

"Community theatre" generally refers to a nonprofit theatre company that serves a locality, relies heavily on volunteers, and does not use Equity (union) actors on a regular basis. Community theatres tend to be operated for local recreation, education, and commonly seek to obtain the patronage and production participation of the community as a whole."

There is really no solid definition that applies to all community theatre but this one is pretty good.

Dan