About Us

Canterbury Theatre is a beloved institution in the La Porte County region, providing quality entertainment programming for over 56 years. Established in 1969, our theatre is a staple in the community, offering a wide range of productions and events for audiences of all ages. We are a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, located in the Uptown Arts District of Michigan City, IN.

Each summer, we produce a season of comedy, music, drama and thrills, presented by professional theatre artists from around the country.

Our intimate 130-seat performance facility is also available for rental during the year, excluding June and July.

At Canterbury, we are passionate about the arts and believe in the power of live theatre to inspire, challenge, and entertain!

Our revenues primarily come from ticket sales. If you would like to help us keep the lights on, please make a tax-deductible donation here through PayPal

Join Us For Our 2025 Summer Season!

The Effect
By Lucy Prebble
June 18-21

Hearts racing. Minds reeling. Knees buckling. Connie and Tristan have palpable chemistry—or is it a side effect of a new antidepressant? They are volunteers in a clinical trial, but their sudden and illicit romance forces the supervising doctors to face off over the ethical consequences of their work. The Effect takes on our pill-popping culture with humor and scintillating drama!

A Year with Frog and Toad
Book and lyrics by Willie Reale
Music by Robert Reale
June 25-July 5 (no show on July 4)

A hit on Broadway and nominated for three Tony Awards – including Best Musical. Based on Arnold Lobel's well-loved books, and featuring a jazzy, upbeat score, this whimsical show follows two great friends – the cheerful, popular Frog and the rather grumpy Toad – through four fun-filled seasons. The pair celebrate and rejoice in the differences that make them unique and special. Part vaudeville, part make believe... all charm!

Baby (Updated Version)
Book by Sybille Pearson
Musci by David Shire
Lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr.
July 9-19

Revised by the authors for a new generation of parenthood, this musical comedy examines the journey from morning sickness to hormone injections to existential angst. Three couples on a university campus deal with the impending arrival of a baby at different stages of life. Danny and Lizzie are college students, barely at the beginning of their adult lives; thirty-somethings Nicki and Pam will do whatever it takes to conceive; Alan and Arlene are looking forward to seeing their last child graduate from college... when a night of unexpected passion lands them back where they started!

The Mad Ones
Book, music and lyrics by
Kait Kerrigan and Bree Lowdermilk
July 23-August 2

18-year-old Samantha Brown sits in a hand-me-down car with the keys clutched in her hand. As she relives her senior year, we meet Sam's well-intentioned helicopter mother Bev and her high school sweetheart of a boyfriend Adam, but it's her best friend Kelly that haunts her. When Kelly is killed in a car wreck, Sam loses not only her best friend but also the part of herself that was learning to be brave. Now, Sam has to make a decision: Will she follow her mother's dreams for her, or will she summon the courage to drive away from her friends and family into a future she can't imagine?

Laundry and Bourbon
By James McClure
August 6-9

The setting is the front porch of a home in Maynard, Texas, on a hot summer afternoon in 1975. Elizabeth and her friends, Hattie and Amy Lee, are whiling away the time folding laundry, watching TV, sipping bourbon and Coke, and gossiping about the many open secrets which are so much a part of small-town life, but one woman discovers that she is the source of a particularly devastating rumor!