About Us

Canterbury Theatre is a beloved institution in the La Porte County region, providing quality entertainment programming for over 58 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 2026 Summer Season!

A Steady Rain
By Keith Huff
June 17-20

Joey and Denny have been best friends since kindergarten, and after working together for several years as policemen in Chicago, they are practically family. But when a domestic disturbance call takes a turn for the worse, their friendship is put on the line. The result is a harrowing journey into a moral gray area where trust and loyalty struggle for survival against a sobering backdrop of pimps, prostitutes, and criminal lowlifes.

Tintypes
Book by Gary Pearle, Mary Kyte and Mel Marvin
Music and lyrics by Various American Composers
June 24-July 3 (no show on July 4)

Tintypes is a tune-filled panorama; a musical melting pot; the Great American Songbook come to life. It offers snapshots – tintypes, if you will – ­of America in its last Age of Innocence. As our nation celebrates the 250th anniversary, this Tony-nominated, nostalgic musical revue takes us back to turn-of-the-century America and is a brew of popular songs from 1890 to 1917.

Calvin Berger
Book, music and lyrics by Barry Wyner
July 8-18 

Based loosely on Edmond Rostand's classic play, Cyrano de Bergerac, this musical comedy is the hip and hilarious story of unrequited feelings, love notes and physical insecurity among four high school seniors. At a contemporary high school, Calvin Berger is smitten by the beautiful Rosanna, but he feels insecure because of the size of his nose. Rosanna, in turn, is attracted to the good-looking newcomer, Matt, who is painfully shy and inarticulate around her, although the attraction is mutual. Hoping to get closer to Rosanna through his eloquent love notes, Calvin offers to be Matt's "speech writer," all the while ignoring the signals of attraction from another girl, his best friend!

The Taffetas:
A Musical Journey Through the
 Fabulous Fifties
Conceived, written, and vocal arrangements by Rick Lewis
July 22-August 1

Featuring over 40 tunes from the pop charts of the 50's, this nostalgic musical features a girl group, The Taffetas, out of Muncie, Indiana as they appear on a national network TV show in the 1950's. The four sisters are small town folks, naive and vulnerable, hoping the Ed Sullivan show will launch their singing careers. We are catapulted back to a time of large hair, angora sweaters, hula hoops and poodle skirts—where teens were innocents in matters of love and sex!

Red, White and Tuna
By Ed Howard, Joe Sears and Jaston Williams
August 5-8

This side-splitting comedy takes the audience through a satirical ride into the hearts and minds of the lovable and eccentric citizens of Texas' third smallest town, Tuna. The 4th of July Tuna High School Class Reunion sets the stage for a show full of fireworks and fun from the land where the Lion's Club is too liberal and Patsy Cline never dies!