1914 6 May 9/5 This meeting is for the purpose of forming a Little Theater Society for the promotion of a community theater.
1958 E. A. Wright vi. 179 Community theatres are usually organized not for the purpose of making money, but to satisfy the creative desires of their members.
2006 20 May (Mag.) 10/1 After that I took a two-year course specialising in community theatre, which included storytelling.