MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM
MAY 18-28
The third installment of August Wilson’s American Century Cycle. “Ambition and art collide with the business of the blues in this red hot play filled with music that made the ’20s roar. An American masterpiece, August Wilson’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom is set in 1927 Chicago during a recording session at a white-owned studio with the legendary singer — inspired by real-life Mother of the Blues Gertrude “Ma” Rainey.” – LA Times
WARNER STUDIO
SOUTH BEND CIVIC THEATRE
You’re invited to a Community Dinner with Dig In and South Bend Civic Theatre
MAY 21
5 PM
Come celebrate, honor, and discuss Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, the third play in August Wilson’s American Century Cycle. Over dinner join neighbors, friends, cast, and crew. We’ll gather in the banquet hall of South Bend Scottish Rite, next door to South Bend Civic Theatre, on Sunday, May 21 at 5 p.m.
Dinner is provided free of charge, but registration is required. Reserve your seat at the table by visiting
this link.
Dig In is a grassroots project that facilitates conversations over communal meals. Its mission is to build relationships, promote truth-telling, and take action to support multiracial democracy.
South Bend Scottish Rite Building.
427 N. Main St.
South Bend, IN 46601
(Just north of the Civic Theatre)
GUYS & DOLLS
JUNE 16-JULY 2
Guest performer Maestro Alastair Willis, of the South Bend Symphony Orchestra, in the role of high roller Sky Masterson takes a bet on making missionary Sarah Brown fall for him, but he never gambled on falling in love himself.
WILSON AUDITORIUM
SOUTH BEND CIVIC THEATRE
CLASSICS IN THE COURTYARD: Pride and Prejudice
AUGUST 11-27
This year’s Classics in the Courtyard pairing features Pride and Prejudice and A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
RICHARD PFEIL FAMILY COURTYARD
ST. JOE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
CLASSICS IN THE COURTYARD: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
AUGUST 11-27
This year’s Classics in the Courtyard pairing features Pride and Prejudice and A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
RICHARD PFEIL FAMILY COURTYARD
ST. JOE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
THE SWEET DELILAH SWIM CLUB
SEPTEMBER 8-17
Follow the close friendship of five unforgettable southern women over the span of thirty-three years. As their lives unfold and the years pass, these women increasingly rely on one another, through advice and raucous repartee, to get through the challenges (men, sex, marriage, parenting, divorce, illness, aging) that life flings at them. A hilarious and touching comedy about friendships that last forever.
WARNER STUDIO THEATRE
SOUTH BEND CIVIC THEATRE
CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
OCTOBER 13-29
Regional Premiere! Take a magical journey into Willy Wonka’s scrumptious and fanciful candy factory. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a new musical based on the 1964 children’s novel of the same name by Roald Dahl. Includes the classic songs “The Candy Man” and “Pure Imagination” along with delicious new musical numbers from Marc Shaiman, the Tony-winning genius behind Hairspray.
WILSON AUDITORIUM
SOUTH BEND CIVIC THEATRE
BETTER HOMES
NOVEMBER 10-19
World Premiere! Based on Gabrielle Robinson’s “Better Homes of South Bend: An American Story of Courage,” playwright Caleen Jennings has woven together a “great work of black joy!” In 1950, a group of African American workers at the Studebaker factory in South Bend met in secret. Their mission: to build homes away from the factories and slums where they were forced to live. Witness this triumphant true story come to life on stage as these courageous families rise against the entrenched racism of the time.
WARNER STUDIO THEATRE
SOUTH BEND CIVIC THEATRE
A HOLIDAY INN SPECTACULAR
DECEMBER 8-17
A new family-friendly holiday tradition. Presented in hybrid concert/performance style and based on the iconic film, this joyous musical features laugh-out-loud comedy and a parade of hit Irving Berlin songs, including Blue Skies, Easter Parade, Steppin’ Out With My Baby, Heat Wave, Be Careful, It’s My Heart, Cheek to Cheek, Shaking the Blues Away, White Christmas and many more!
WILSON AUDITORIUM
SOUTH BEND CIVIC THEATRE
PAST SHOWS
MY HEART SAYS GO
April 14 – 23
Regional Premiere! A celebration of risk-taking and the power of persistence, My Heart Says Go follows a first-generation college student who defies his father and drops out of medical school to pursue his dream of becoming a singer-songwriter. This new pop musical is about listening to your heart, overcoming obstacles, and never giving up on those you love. Original music and lyrics by CIVIC alum Jorge Rivera-Herrans, star of In the Heights, in partnership with Notre Dame Research and the Department of Film, Television, and Theatre.
WILSON AUDITORIUM
SOUTH BEND CIVIC THEATRE
FINNEGAN'S FAREWELL
APRIL 28, 29 – 7:30 PM
April 30 – 2 PM
Tickets: $10.00
Bo Petersen is a professional South African actress, currently living in the United States.
“Pieces of Me” is an autobiographical play that exposes the devastating emotional cost of living secretly as a mixed-race family under the vicious racist apartheid regime and the legacy it bore.
(All proceeds from Saturday April 29 will go to Connect 2 Be The Change‘s trip to Washington DC for National Gun Violence Awareness Month.)
WARNER STUDIO
SOUTH BEND CIVIC THEATRE
FINNEGAN'S FAREWELL
JANUARY 10 – 22
An interactive dinner show with music, from the co-creators of Tony & Tina’s Wedding, takes you through the funeral service & Irish wake of Paddy Finnegan. Music, food, and family drama abound in this rip-roaring laugh of an evening! (This show is not available via Flexpass Experience.)
FUNDRAISER AT FIDDLER’S HEARTH
PRESENT LAUGHTER
FEBRUARY 10-19
Noël Coward’s Present Laughter follows a
self-obsessed actor in the midst of a mid-life crisis. Juggling his considerable talent, ego, and libido, the theatre’s favorite leading man suddenly finds himself caught between fawning ingénues, crazed playwrights, secret trysts, and unexpected twists.
WARNER STUDIO THEATRE
SOUTH BEND CIVIC THEATRE
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