Community Theatre in The US
See also: Regional theater in the United StatesCommunity theatre in the United States was an outgrowth of the Little Theatre Movement, a reform movement which began in 1912 in reaction to massive Victorian melodramatic theatre spectacles. However, the country’s oldest extant community theatre group, The Footlight Club, has existed since the 19th century and performed every year since 1877. The American Association of Community Theatre represents community theaters in the U.S., its territories, and its military bases around the world.
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