SOUTH BEND CIVIC THEATRE

About the Theatre

South Bend Civic Theatre (SBCT) was founded in 1957 by two University of Notre Dame graduates who believed community theatre should be an important part of this area’s culture, and who also believed that living in our community were aspiring actors and actresses who needed to show and form their talents. While early performances were held in homes, hotels, and various locations at Notre Dame, SBCT staged most of its productions after 1968 at the Firehouse, a local historic landmark located on Portage Ave, in South Bend’s historic Near Northwest neighborhood.Beginning in 2000, SBCT began staging larger productions outside the Firehouse, and exploring options for a new permanent venue. In January 2007, the beginning of the Civic’s 50th Anniversary year, SBCT celebrated the opening of its new home in the heart of downtown South Bend, in what had formerly been a First Church of Christ Scientist. The historic domed structure is an architectural wonder and sealed SBCT’s position as a pillar of the region’s art community.

South Bend Critics Wanted

BWW is always seeking talented theater enthusiasts to head up feature coverage our over 130 regional areas. As a Contributing Editor, you will have the opportunity to review the shows of your choice, conduct interviews with local and touring talent, design features of your own choosing for publishing, and work/network with your local theater press reps to bring exposure to the theatrical offerings in your area.

All applicants should have excellent writing skills and an interest for giving local theaters and productions some prominence on BroadwayWorld.com.

Your compensation as a featured writer with us not only includes exclusive press seats to all of the shows you cover (as is standard in your area and arranged between you and the theater) but also the opportunity to be published under your own byline and publishing profile on both the local and main pages of the site for maximum exposure to our 5M+ monthly visitors.

If this sounds like you, please send a resume and one writing sample to social@broadwayworld.com.

Waitress

Jul 11 – Jul 27, 2025

Stuck in a small town and loveless marriage, Jenna, a waitress at Joe's Pie Diner, tries to escape her everyday life through the pies she expertly bakes. After finding out she is unexpectedly pregnant, She enters a nearby baking contest in hopes of using the prize money to open...

August Wilson's The Piano Lesson

Mar 15 – Mar 24, 2024

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 of self-worth by denying one’s past. Set in Pittsburgh in 1936, A battle is brewing in a Great Depression Era...

Kalamazoo

Feb 14 – Feb 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 love at first click. But after a crazy margarita-filled first date, they discover love isn’t any easier the second...

Disney's Newsies

Mar 25 – Apr 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 Tony Awards® for Best Score and Best Choreography, NEWSIES has audiences and critics alike calling it “A...

A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC

Mar 11 – Mar 27, 2022

Rocky Horror Picture Show

Oct 15 – Oct 30, 2021

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

A CHRISTMAS CAROL

Mar 3 – Mar 19, 2021

Vincent

Feb 12 – Feb 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, a frequenter of prostitutes, a derelict and soon to be forgotten artist of trifling quality.Others denounce him as a wayward priest and unwelcome...

Shelter In Place: A living room vaudeville

Aug 2 – Aug 6, 2020

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 that. Nathan, a world-renowned operatic baritone, and Julie, a gifted pianist and musical director, will bring their original cabaret performance to the South...

LIGHTS UP! A virtual celebration of the arts

Jul 25

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 will be celebrating the return of theatre with an evening of cabaret performances called LIGHTS UP! The event will showcase the high caliber of...