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August 12-28
This year’s Classics in the Courtyard pairing features Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility about the Dashwood sisters and their coming of age, along with Wiliam Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing.
RICHARD PFEIL FAMILY COURTYARD
ST. JOSEPH COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
SILENT SKY |
Sept 9-18
The true story of nineteenth-century astronomer Henrietta Leavitt. Explore a woman’s place in society during a time of immense scientific discoveries, when women’s ideas were dismissed until men claimed credit for them. Social progress, like scientific progress, can be hard to see when one is trapped among earthly complications.
WILSON AUDITORIUM
FRANCES LUKE ACCORD |
Sept 23
When Nicholas Gunty and Brian Powers put their songs and voices together, there is a delicate magic that commands the room to attention. The duo is known as Frances Luke Accord, and they are what NPR’s Mountain Stage calls “the definition of lean-in music.” Their soft, contemplative vintage of indie-folk gestures toward a timelessness that honors the Simon & Garfunkel comparisons but pushes beyond into the world of Bon Iver, Jose Gonzalez, and progressive folk music.
WILSON AUDITORIUM
Oct 8-9
Featuring the South Bend Symphony Orchestra. A forbidden love emerges as tensions rise between rival gangs. Experience Romeo and Juliet reimagined in New York City in the 1950’s
MORRIS PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
BACKSTAGE ACCESS
Audition Announcement: West Side Story
West side story Title of Show: West Side Story Synopsis: Inspired by William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet, the story is set in the mid-1950s in the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City, then a multiracial, blue-collar neighborhood. The musical explores the rivalry between the Jets and the Sharks, two teenage street gangs of different ethnic backgrounds. The members of the Sharks, from Puerto Rico, are taunted by the Jets, a white gang.[1] The young protagonist, Tony, a former...
SBCT VACCINATION POLICY (updated 5/18/22)
SBCT IS CURRENTLY AT GREEN LEVEL (see below for details) In response to the CDC’s recent overhaul of its national COVID-19 recommendations (announced on Friday, February 25), the South Bend Civic Theatre is revising its COVID policy. Each Monday morning, the CIVIC will review the Community Level assigned to St. Joseph County by the CDC. Depending on the level – Red, Yellow, or Green – the policy will change as follows: RED LEVEL POLICY (High Risk): Staff and volunteers must be vaccinated and...
Audition Announcement: Silent Sky
Silent Sky Title of Show: Silent Sky Synopsis: 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. Instead, she joins a group of women “computers,” charting the stars for a renowned astronomer who calculates projects in “girl hours” and has no time for the women’s probing theories. As Henrietta, in her free time, attempts to measure the light and distance of stars, she must also take measure...
Audition Announcement: Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing Title of Show: Much Ado About Nothing Synopsis: William Shakespeare’s beloved comic play, about misunderstandings, love and deception, centersaround the courtship and scandal involving young Hero and her suitor, Claudio, but the witty war ofwords between Claudio’s friend Benedick and Hero’s cousin Beatrice delight at center stage. Sparkling with sparing wit, blooming love, and trickery from both friend and foe, will Don John’s scheme separate lovers and friends forever,...
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