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New Play THE MYSTERY OF AMELIA EARHART Starring Leslie Goddard Debuts In Munster


by Blair Ingenthron - July 21, 2024

A new play, THE MYSTERY OF AMELIA EARHART, explores the life and disappearance of aviatrix Amelia Earhart, starring Leslie Goddard. Performances run through July 21 in Munster....

Theatre At The Center to Welcome the Holidays With CHRISTMAS FROM THE FARM Dinner-Show


by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 28, 2023

Join us for a fun and folksy holiday dinner-show at Theatre at the Center. Experience 'Christmas From the Farm' with live music, storytelling, and audience participation. Don't miss this nostalgic and heartwarming production. Get your tickets now!...

DOUBT Charity Reading To Take Place At The Center for Visual and Performing Arts This Month


by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 20, 2023

'Doubt - A Parable' by playwright John Patrick Shanley is being presented as a special one-performance event as 'a staged play reading with scenes' at 3 p.m. June 25, 2023 in Munster, Ind....

Kayla Boye's CALL ME ELIZABETH To Be Presented At Venus Cabaret Theater in June


by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 04, 2023

'Call Me Elizabeth,' a one-woman show about the early life of Elizabeth Taylor, will be presented June 16-18 by KB Productions at Venus Cabaret Theater. ...

Theatre at The Center Stage Rings in Holidays with DICKENS' CHRISTMAS CAROL DINNER SHOW


by Blair Ingenthron - November 20, 2022

Chicago Tribune Media Newspaper Columnist Philip Potempa and comedienne Jeannie Rapstad are joined by WJOB radio personality Tony Panek on the Theatre at the Center stage in December 2022 for a new and entertaining spin on Charles Dickens' holiday tale classic....

Past Shows


The Mystery of Amelia Earhart is a compelling new play that delves into the enigmatic life of the pioneering aviatrix and her mysterious disappearance. Starring ...

Christmas From the Farm 2023
Christmas From the Farm 2023
12/1 - 12/10/2023


Join Chicago Tribune Food and Entertainment Columnist Phil Potempa for a relaxing and nostalgic two-hour (including 15-minute intermission) stage visit of memories and storytelling, with ...

Dickens' Christmas Carol Dinner Show


A fast-paced 70-minute three-person cast show salute to “A Christmas Carol” starring Philip Potempa, Jeannie Rapstad and Tony Panek, featuring Foley-style radio sound effects....

Once Upon a Farm: A Story, a Family, a Tradition


A NEW One Man Multi-Media Play written, directed and performed by Columnist and Author Philip Potempa. Audiences are transported to a re-creation on stage of ...

Talley's Folly
4/30 - 5/31/2020


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All Shook Up
7/16 - 8/16/2015


Inspired by and featuring the songs of Elvis Presley. It's 1955, and into a square little town in a square little state rides a guitar-playing ...

Big Fish
5/7 - 6/7/2015


Based on the celebrated novel by Daniel Wallace and the acclaimed film directed by Tim Burton, BIG FISH centers on Edward Bloom, a traveling salesman ...

Plaid Tidings
11/15 - 12/23/2012


Plaid Tidings, the holiday sequel to Chicago’s longest running musical Forever Plaid, entertains Theatre at the Center audiences November 15 through December 23. Summoned by ...

42nd Street
9/13 - 10/21/2012


One of the longest running musicals in Broadway history, 42nd Street is based on Busby Berkeley’s 1933 movie and is considered the quintessential backstage musical. ...

Little Shop of Horrors
7/12 - 8/19/2012


The hilarious award-winning musical, Little Shop of Horrors was the third-longest running and the highest grossing production in Off-Broadway history, running 2,209 performances. A gleefully ...

Making God Laugh
3/3 - 6/10/2012


Produced in association with First FolioTheatre, the play is inspired by the Woody Allen joke, “If you want to make God laugh, tell him your ...

Always... Patsy Cline
2/23 - 4/1/2012


This international hit musical had its world premiere in 1988 and has enjoyed great success over the United States, including a long run Off-Broadway. More ...


oin this milestone production as Jim Post takes us on a journey of the American author and humorist’s life using Twainian wit and wisdom paired ...

Mark Twain and the Laughing River


Join this milestone production as Jim Post takes us on a journey of the American author and humorist’s life using Twainian wit and wisdom paired ...

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