Meanings
nountheater kid (plural theater kids)
plural theater kids · alternative UK theatre kid
- USinformalA school student who has a great affinity for theater (drama).
Here’s Cooley, defending his geek cred over the clamorous strains of Donna Summer and chiptune: “People definitely thought I was weird, because of my eccentric interests. I wore anime shirts, and I was a theater kid, and I was friends with all the girls who had rainbow hair.”
2023 April 26, Michael Paulson, quoting Justin Cooley, “Meet the 19-Year-Old ‘Kimberly Akimbo’ Actor Who’s Charming Broadway”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
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APA
theater kid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/theater%20kid
MLA
“theater kid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/theater%20kid. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “theater kid,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/theater%20kid.
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