Canterbury Summer Theatre
2023 Canterbury Summer Theatre Season
Join us for 55th anniversary season of productions---a summer of comedy, love, music, drama and thrills---performed at the intimate Canterbury Theatre in the vibrant Uptown Arts District in Michigan City!
The Violet HourBy Richard Greenberg
June 14-17
It’s
April 1st, 1919, and the young independent publisher John Pace
Seavering is setting up his office: a couple of dilapidated rooms in a
Manhattan tower. With only enough capital to publish one book, John
finds himself besieged by two authors. Denny McCleary, John’s brash and
gifted college friend, has produced a manuscript so large, it lives in a
trio of crates. . But John is also being lobbied to publish the memoirs
of Jessie Brewster, the popular black jazz singer who is also John’s
very secret mistress. As John deals with these two, another drama is
playing out in the outer office--a mysterious machine has arrived and is
spewing out stacks of pages while John’s hapless assistant strives
vainly to stem the flood. However, what's written on these pages will
throw John’s every hope and plan into disarray!Dames At SeaBook and Lyrics by George Haimsohn and Robin Miller
Music by Jim Wise
June 21-July 1
A
long-running off-Broadway hit, which brought stardom to newcomer
Bernadette Peters, this delightfully campy show revels in nostalgia for
Hollywood musicals of the '30s. Sweet little Ruby from faraway Hometown,
U.S.A. has come to the big city make her mark on Broadway. Who should
she chance to meet but another boy from Hometown, U.S.A.: Dick, a
sailor, who also has ambitions as a songwriter. Ruby begins in the
chorus, and by the end of the day, in true Hollywood fashion, Dick saves
her doomed Broadway show with a smash tune and Ruby becomes a star on
the deck of a battleship, which just happens to be passing by. Dames at
Sea is a non-stop ride of romance, laughs and musical delights!The Pin-Up Girlsby James Hindman and Jeffrey Lodin
July 5-15
From
The Andrew Sisters to hip-hop! From World War I to Afghanistan. The
Pin-Up Girls sing a cavalcade of hits inspired by letters home from our
troops overseas! While singing at their local VFW hall, Leanne and her
friends stumble upon a huge stash of letters that go back a hundred
years. Inspired by what they find— funny, romantic, heartbreaking and…
sexy— the ladies put on a show that celebrates the guys and gals who
fight to defend our country!Honky Tonk Angelsby Ted Swindley
July 19-29
When
three gutsy gals from different backgrounds take charge of their lives,
they decide to follow their honky tonk dreams to the city of Nashville.
Combining 30 classic country tunes (including “Stand By Your Man,” “9
to 5,” “Harper Valley PTA” and more!) The Honky Tonk Angels is a
hilarious, foot-stomping good time from the creator of Always…Patsy
Cline!Scotland YardBy Jeffrey Hatcher
August 3-5 (No Wednesday performance)
In
the last decade of the twentieth century, a beautiful young woman in
nineteenth-century clothing is found floating on an iceberg in the
middle of the North Atlantic. When rescued, she says only one word:
Titanic. The woman, Winifred, is taken to an isolated spot on the coast
of Maine where an expert on the sinking of the liner, a mysterious man
named John, has arranged to interrogate her for six days. His goal: to
crack her story, get her to confess she’s a fake, and reveal her true
identity; his one clue: her enigmatic references to an unknown place
called “Scotland Road.”. By the play’s end, one of the characters is
dead, all the character’s identities have been questioned, and John and
Winifred’s shared secret is revealed as they make one final journey to
Scotland Road!
See all five shows for $80 with our Season Discount Cards!
For information regarding tickets,
please call (219) 874-4269, or e-mail info@canterburytheatre.org
Summer Performance Times
Wednesdays 2:00 PM
Thursdays--Saturdays 7:00 PM
Student, senior and group discount ticket rates available
Canterbury Merchandise!
Canterbury Summer Theatre merchandise (clothing, caps, tote bags, key chains, and more) is now available through our online store! A portion of sales goes toward our production costs, so visit our store and help support Canterbury!
You can visit the CST store at http://www.cafepress.com/canterburysummertheatre