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Disney's The Little Mermaid
Disney's The Little Mermaid
4/26 - 5/12/2024


Based on the beloved Hans Christian Andersen tale and the classic animated film, Disney’s The Little Mermaid makes a splash as a hauntingly beautiful love ...


The notorious and as-yet undiscovered genius, Vincent Van Gogh, presents Sherlock Holmes with a most unusual case. Aided by his partner Dr. Watson and his ...


It’s the day before Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee, and her son, the playboy Prince of Wales, arrives at 221B Baker Street pursued by Anarchist assassins. ...


London: November, 1905. England and the world are changing. As civilization edges towards the horrors of World War I, every day brings new tensions in ...


RELATED STORIES

Winners Announced For The 2023 BroadwayWorld South Bend Awards


by BWW Awards - January 18, 2024

Winners have been announced for the 2023 BroadwayWorld South Bend Awards! See who was selected audience favorite in South Bend! Winners include South Bend Civic Theatre and more....

Last Chance to Vote for the BWW South Bend Awards; Voting Ends 12/31


by BWW Awards - December 26, 2023

It's the final week left to vote for the 2023 BroadwayWorld South Bend Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...

2 Weeks to Vote for the BWW South Bend Awards; SPRING AWAKENING, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, South Bend Civic Theatre & More Lead!


by BWW Awards - December 18, 2023

There's just two weeks left to vote and we have the latest standings as of Monday, December 18th for the 2023 BroadwayWorld South Bend Awards! Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...

BroadwayWorld South Bend Awards December 5th Standings; SPRING AWAKENING Leads Best Musical!


by BWW Awards - December 05, 2023

It's December, and the first standings of the month have been announced as of Tuesday, December 5th for the 2023 BroadwayWorld South Bend Awards! Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...

Latest Standings Announced For The 2023 BroadwayWorld South Bend Awards; THE OUTSIDERS Leads Best Play!


by BWW Awards - November 27, 2023

Happy Holidays! The latest wave of standings have been announced as of Monday, November 27th for the 2023 BroadwayWorld South Bend Awards! Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...

Latest Standings Announced For The 2023 BroadwayWorld South Bend Awards; SPRING AWAKENING Leads Best Musical!


by BWW Awards - November 20, 2023

The latest wave of standings have been announced as of Monday, November 20th for the 2023 BroadwayWorld South Bend Awards! Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...

South Bend Symphony Orchestra Releases Dia De Los Muertos Documentary On October 22


by A.A. Cristi - October 23, 2023

'Feels Like Home - A South Bend Celebration of Dia de los Muertos' premiered on October 22, with a live screening to follow on October 26. ...

Notre Dame Film, Television, and Theatre Presents DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT, A New Student Written Musical


by Stephi Wild - February 07, 2023

Notre Dame's Department of Film, Television, and Theatre (FTT) announces Dawn's Early Light, a new musical by Notre Dame student Solomon Duane '24, at the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center's Philbin Studio Theatre, February 23 – March 5....

South Bend Symphony Orchestra Presents Community Foundation Performing Arts Series Next Month


by Stephi Wild - July 25, 2022

This fourth event in the FREE Community Foundation Performing Arts Series features a full concert by the South Bend Symphony with a musical theme of love and passion. There will also be a special preview of the Symphony’s upcoming performance of “West Side Story” with South Bend Civic Theatre this O...

JOE TURNER'S COME AND GONE Comes to South Bend in 2022


by Stephi Wild - December 23, 2021

Joe Turner's Come and Gone will open the 2022 season at South Bend Civic Theatre. The second installment of playwright August Wilson’s American Century Cycle, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone is set in a Pittsburgh boarding house in 1911. ...

Past Shows

August Wilson's The Piano Lesson


1990 Pulitzer Prize winner for Drama, the revered American playwright August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson sets out to explore the possibility of acquiring a sense ...

Kalamazoo
Kalamazoo
2/14 - 2/18/2024


When Peg, a 70-something, Irish Catholic bird lover meets Irving, a 70-something Jewish, metal detector-toting East Coaster on an online dating site, it feels like ...

SILENT SKY
9/9 - 9/18/2022


When Henrietta Leavitt begins work at the Harvard Observatory in the early 1900s, she isn’t allowed to touch a telescope or express an original idea. ...

Sense and Sensibility
8/11 - 8/28/2022


"Sense and Sensibility" by Jon Jory, adapted from the novel by Jane Austen (February 17 – March 18, 2012) Fortune lost to fate. Romance lost ...

Something Rotten!
7/15 - 7/31/2022


Welcome to the Renaissance and the outrageous, crowd-pleasing musical farce, Something Rotten. Created by Grammy Award-winning songwriter Wayne Kirkpatrick, and successful screenwriters Karey Kirkpatrick and ...

JOE TURNER'S COME AND GONE
6/10 - 6/19/2022

South Bend Fringe Festival
5/23 - 5/26/2022

THE LONESOME WEST
5/13 - 5/22/2022

NOISES OFF
4/22 - 5/1/2022

Disney's Newsies
3/25 - 4/2/2022


They delivered the papers, until they made the headlines… Direct from Broadway comes NEWSIES, the smash-hit, crowd-pleasing new musical from Disney. Winner of the 2012 ...

A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC
3/11 - 3/27/2022

Rocky Horror Picture Show
10/15 - 10/30/2021


Marsh River Theater presents The Rocky Horror Picture Show. For tickets and more information, visit the website....

Silent Sky
9/10 - 9/19/2021


When Henrietta Leavitt begins work at the Harvard Observatory in the early 1900s, she isn’t allowed to touch a telescope or express an original idea. ...


South Bend Civic Theatre Emily Mann, adapted from the book Having Our Say by Sarah L. and A. Elizabeth Delany with Amy Hill Hearth, based ...


Comedies don't come any blacker than this spellbinding stunner of a play by Martin McDonagh, it tells the tale of a writer in a totalitarian ...

The Lonesome West
4/16 - 4/25/2021


A return to Leenane and one of Jobsite's favorite playwrights! Jobsite has previously produced McDonagh's The Pillowman, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, and The Beauty Queen ...


South Bend Civic Theatre Martin McDonagh...


Maureen, a lonely spinster in her forties, lives with her diabolically manipulative mother Mag in an isolated cottage in a backwater village in the west ...

A CHRISTMAS CAROL
3/3 - 3/19/2021

Vincent
Vincent
2/12 - 2/21/2021


A few days after the death of little known painter Vincent Van Gogh, rumors are flying in Paris. Some say he was a penniless madman, ...

The Man Who Came to Dinner
12/2 - 12/20/2020


South Bend Civic Theatre Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman...

Shelter In Place: A living room vaudeville


If you've got to shelter in place, you might as well find some humor in it -- and Nathan and Julie Gunn can help with ...

LIGHTS UP! A virtual celebration of the arts


Our stage may be dark for a while longer, but we'll be bringing the LIGHTS UP! for a special virtual event.On Saturday, July 25, we ...

Elf
11/29 - 12/22/2019


This family musical brings the 2003 movie to a new level with cheerful, Christmas-infused songs. Buddy always believed he was like every other elf in ...

The Santaland Diaries
12/6 - 12/21/2019


Based on the personal experiences of David Sedaris, this adult comedy puts a satirical twist on the commercialism of Christmas. Crumpet, the Macy’s elf-gone-bad, is ...


Christopher John Francis Boone possesses extraordinary abilities. He is fascinated by outer space and does high-level “maths” in his head… for fun! These abilities are ...

The Hunchback of Notre Dame
10/4 - 10/20/2019


The Victor Hugo novel and Disney film songs are reborn on stage in this topsy-turvy musical. Quasimodo, the deformed bell-ringer at the Notre Dame Cathedral, ...

The Liar
9/6 - 9/15/2019


Mistaken identities, secrets, and blatant lies all play a role in this Restoration comedy. Dorante is incapable of telling the truth. Clinton is incapable of ...

Oliver!
7/12 - 7/28/2019


In Victorian London, young orphan Oliver Twist searches for a home, a family, and - most importantly - love. When Oliver escapes the workhouse where ...

Between Riverside and Crazy
6/7 - 6/16/2019


Retired cop and recent widower Walter “Pops” Washington and his ex-con son are barely holding on to their apartment on Riverside Drive. The NYPD is ...

On Golden Pond
5/10 - 5/19/2019


Every summer, Ethel and Norman stay in their summer house on Golden Pond. This summer proves to be unique when their daughter comes to visit ...


Lot’s Wife is an epic tale of love, violence, betrayal and liberation from oppression. It begins with the Israeli invasion of Gaza, spans the millennia ...

Grand Concourse
4/12 - 4/21/2019


Shelley, an urban nun who has ditched her habit, runs a no-nonsense soup kitchen. She has dedicated her life to religious service, but now finds ...

Caroline, or Change
3/15 - 3/31/2019


Tony Kushner’s (Angels In America) powerful musical tells the story of Caroline, an African-American maid in Louisiana at the height of the Civil Rights Movement. ...


A TWO DAY CELEBRATION OF FEMALE ART, ARTISTS, AND ACTIVISM IN CONJUNCTION WITH INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY....

Fahrenheit 451
3/1 - 3/2/2019


Fahrenheit 451 takes us to a world where books are burned, ideas are feared, and firemen make fires. In this 24th century drama Guy Montag, ...

The Christmas Sooner
The Christmas Sooner
12/1 - 12/23/2018


Based on the true story of the Rouse Simmons, a Great Lakes schooner whose captain risks life and limb to transport Christmas Trees from Michigan's ...

A Nice Family Christmas
A Nice Family Christmas
11/30 - 12/15/2018


It’s Christmas Eve, and a young newspaper reporter on the brink of being fired has been assigned a last-chance story about a typical family Christmas ...

As You Like It
As You Like It
11/9 - 11/18/2018


Forced into exile in the Forest of Arden, lovers Rosalind and Orlando become entangled in a beguiling game of love, longing, and mistaken identity. Shakespeare’s ...

The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden
10/12 - 10/28/2018


Frances Hodgson Burnett’s beloved victorian classic, The Secret Garden, blossoms anew in this enchanting Pulitzer Prize-winning musical adaptation. When young Mary Lennox loses her parents ...

Topdog/Underdog
Topdog/Underdog
8/10 - 8/19/2018


Suzan-Lori Parks’ darkly comic fable of brotherly love and family identity, is also an exploration of the way we are defined by history. The play ...

My Fair Lady
My Fair Lady
7/13 - 7/29/2018


In what is often referred to as “The Perfect Musical,” pompous phonetics professor Henry Higgins is so sure of his abilities that he takes it ...

Skylight
Skylight
6/8 - 6/17/2018


On a chilly night in East London, schoolteacher Kyra Hollis receives an unexpected visit from Tom Sergeant, Kyra’s one-time boss and long-time lover. Tom and ...

The Nerd
The Nerd
5/4 - 5/13/2018


Willum’s birthday party is about to get a jolt of excitement. Rick, a fellow ex-soldier who had saved Willum’s life in Vietnam (but who he ...

for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf


“for colored girls...” consists of a series of poetic monologues and tells the stories of seven women who have suffered oppression in a racist and ...

Return to the Forbidden Planet


Blast off! on a routine flight as part of Captain Tempest’s intergalactic crew, but beware of the mad scientist Dr. Prospero and his uncontrollable space ...

Show Some Skin


Show Some Skin is a student-led initiative that invites members of the Notre Dame community to share narratives about identity and difference. We solicit anonymous ...

A Christmas Story
A Christmas Story
12/1 - 12/23/2017


An endlessly delightful holiday classic: Humorist Jean Shepherd's memoir of growing up in the Midwest in the 1940s follows eight-year-old Ralphie in his quest to ...

One Slight Hitch
One Slight Hitch
11/10 - 11/19/2017


It's Courtney's wedding day, and her mom is making sure that the groom is perfect, the dress is perfect, and the decorations (assuming they arrive) ...

Sister Act
Sister Act
9/15 - 10/1/2017


Sister Act is the feel-good musical comedy smash based on the hit 1992 film, featuring original music by Tony and eight time Oscar winner, Alan ...

Black Eagles
Black Eagles
8/11 - 8/20/2017


America's first black fighter pilots, the Tuskegee airmen, are the central focus of this historical drama. As they battle opponents in the skies over Europe ...

The Wizard of Oz
The Wizard of Oz
7/14 - 7/30/2017


This is the classic story of Dorothy, the girl from Kansas, who goes searching over the rainbow for her heart’s desire. In the process she ...

Outside Mullingar
Outside Mullingar
6/9 - 6/18/2017


Anthony and Rosemary grew up next to each other on neighboring farms in rural Ireland. Rosemary fell in love with Anthony at the age of ...

A Streetcar Named Desire
A Streetcar Named Desire
3/31 - 4/9/2017

Miss Saigon
Miss Saigon
10/2 - 10/25/2015


Miss Saigon is an epic, daring musical that is universal in its emotional power. Set amidst the turmoil of the Vietnam War, Miss Saigon is ...

A False Lie
A False Lie
8/14 - 8/22/2015


On an otherwise ordinary, early fall day on Cape Cod, two strangers meet, both attempting to escape their lives. After a frosty introduction, over the ...

White Christmas
White Christmas
11/23 - 12/21/2014


A heartwarming musical adaptation of the classic film, a song and dance team follows romance to a Christmas show at a lodge in Vermont. Featuring ...

Take Me Out
Take Me Out
11/7 - 11/23/2014


Baseball superstar Darren Lemming has it all: fame, fortune, and a winning team; and he just announced to the world that he is gay. Darren’s ...

Frankenstein
Frankenstein
10/17 - 11/2/2014


South Bend Civic Theatre is proud to present an original adaptation of the novel by Mary Shelley. Growing out of actor and designer workshops at ...

Treasure Island: A Musical Panto


SBCT introduces young audiences to the world of the Panto – a theatrical form of knockabout fun! Taking the classic tale of pirates and adventure, ...

Avenue Q
Avenue Q
9/12 - 9/28/2014


A hilarious modern musical that explores a group of fascinating characters making their way in a big city with big problems. In this world, puppets ...

A Wrinkle In Time
A Wrinkle In Time
8/8 - 8/17/2014


Based on the Newberry Award winning book and read by generations of children, A Wrinkle in Time takes Meg, her brother Charles and friend Calvin ...

The Producers
The Producers
7/11 - 8/7/2014


From the zany imagination of Mel Brooks comes the blockbuster musical that won a record 12 Tony awards. Downtrodden producer Max Bialystock and his meek ...

South Pacific In Concert
South Pacific In Concert
6/18 - 6/22/2014


A special presentation of the powerful music of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein’s classic musical. Some of the region’s best talents backed by a full ...

To Kill A Mockingbird
To Kill A Mockingbird
5/30 - 6/8/2014


One of the best-loved novels of all time takes the stage in an unforgettable story of growing up and seeing the world through new eyes. ...

Red Herring
Red Herring
4/25 - 5/11/2014


Its 1952 – a time of “I Like Ike,” McCarthyism, and Cold War espionage. A detective and her FBI agent boyfriend must unravel a murder, ...

The Wiz
The Wiz
3/28 - 4/13/2014


Winner of 7 Tony Awards including Best Musical, this urban retelling of “The Wizard of Oz” has become a landmark production enjoyed by all audiences. ...

The Clean House
The Clean House
3/7 - 3/23/2014


Brazilian immigrant Matilde is hired as a housekeeper by busy doctors Lane and Charles – only she’d rather tell jokes than clean! An alliance with ...

Annie
11/29 - 12/15/2013


Everyone’s favorite orphan charms her way into your heart in this well-loved musical! During the Great Depression, the plucky girl escapes the clutches of the ...

Perfect Mendacity
11/8 - 11/17/2013


In a story pulsing with today’s issues, a scientist suspected of leaking a top secret government memo faces a daunting choice: lie to save his ...

Spider's Web
10/18 - 11/3/2013


The queen of suspense, Agatha Christie, spins a tale of murder, blackmail and deception. Complete with secret rooms, vanishing bodies, and signature plot twists, this ...

The Cherry Orchard
9/27 - 10/6/2013


In 1900 Russia, an aristocratic family faces uncertainty as change comes to their family home, including the impending destruction of their beloved cherry orchard. A ...

The Color Purple
9/6 - 9/15/2013


A vibrant saga of one woman’s triumph over adversity to discovery and love is the heart of this powerful musical based on the celebrated novel ...

I Hate Shakespeare
8/16 - 8/25/2013


What’s the big deal about Shakespeare? SBCT Kids4Kids will answer all the problems you have with Shakespeare in wild and wacky ways: Romeo and Julie ...

Top Secret: Summer Musical
7/12 - 7/28/2013


SBCT is proud to present a title so big, so exciting, that we are contractually prohibited from announcing it until March 1st! All we can ...

End Days
6/7 - 6/16/2013


Rachel is a teenager with problems way beyond normal – her dad just stays in his pajamas and never leaves the house, her mother has ...

August: Osage County
5/10 - 5/19/2013


Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the Tony award for Best Play, this blistering portrait of a family in crisis has been hailed as the ...

The Boxcar Children
5/3 - 5/5/2013


SBCT comes to Mishawaka to present the beloved children’s classic story of four orphans making it on their own. Read by children and the young ...


One sane man, sentenced to a mental hospital to avoid prison, inspires his fellow inmates as he rebels against the rigid authority of the tyrannical ...

Guys and Dolls
3/1 - 3/17/2013


A colorful world of gamblers and their gals take the stage as SBCT presents its first production of this classic of musical theatre. Tunes such ...

Blue
Blue
1/20 - 2/5/2012


“Blue” weaves the past and present of the successful Clark family. Mother Peggy strives to carve out her role in life while pushing her children ...

Strangers on a Train
Strangers on a Train
10/28 - 11/13/2011


When two strangers meet on a train, their banter leads to a bizarre bargain of evil, which one of them takes with deadly seriousness. Alfred ...

Jar The Floor
Jar The Floor
10/7 - 10/16/2011


A quartet of black women spanning four generations, plus the white friend of the youngest, gather to celebrate the matriarch’s ninetieth birthday in this heart-warming ...

Camelot
Camelot
9/9 - 9/25/2011


Rediscover Camelot with a 6th Century treatment, where dark magic rules in a violent, emerging civilization, and hope for the future lies with the legendary ...

The Adventures of Nate the Great


Get up-close-and-personal in the intimate surroundings of the Firehouse Theatre, a great spot for a child’s early experiences with live theatre! Nate the Great, along ...

Videos


Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella in South Bend Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella
Twin City Players (6/7 - 6/30)
Jesus Christ Superstar (Non-Equity) in South Bend Jesus Christ Superstar (Non-Equity)
Miller Auditorium (3/26 - 3/27)
Pretty Woman (Non-Equity) in South Bend Pretty Woman (Non-Equity)
Embassy Theatre (4/13 - 4/13)
MJ in South Bend MJ
DeVos Performance Hall (7/9 - 7/14)
Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles (Non-Equity) in South Bend Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles (Non-Equity)
Embassy Theatre (4/17 - 4/17)
Mamma Mia! in South Bend Mamma Mia!
Embassy Theatre (5/28 - 5/29)
To Kill a Mockingbird in South Bend To Kill a Mockingbird
DeVos Performance Hall (4/23 - 4/28)
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