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Evansville Civic Theatre seeks to enhance and enrich our community by cultivating an appreciation for the performing arts and providing an outlet for self-expression and education through high quality entertainment.
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Be The Light That Keeps Us Going
Main Stage Productions
Next to Normal
With book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey and music by Tom Kitt
Dad's an architect; Mom rushes to pack lunches and pour cereal; their daughter and son are bright, wise-cracking teens, appearing to be a typical American family. And yet their lives are anything but normal because the mother has been battling bipolar disorder for 16 years. Next to Normal takes audiences into the minds and hearts of each character, presenting their family's story with love, sympathy and heart.
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Dates & Times:
Sept 18th-21st & 25th-27th 2026
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​Fridays & Saturdays @ 7:30 PM
Sundays @ 2:00 PM
Triangle
By Laurie Brooks
Set against the backdrop of the historic Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire of 1911, this stylistically thrilling play explores the immigrant experience then and now through the tragedy of the "fire that changed America." Sophie, a 16-year-old seamstress who died in the fire, haunts Malena, a modern Hispanic girl who is in conflict with her sister, Isabel. Sophie is filled with guilt because she did not save her sister, Rose, from the fire and now cannot find her. When Sophie, along with the ghosts of other dead factory girls, appears to her, Malena encourages Sophie to tell her story, never imagining that they will all be transported back in time to relive the tale.
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Dates & Times:
February 4th-7th 2027
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Thursday-Saturday @ 7:30 PM
Sunday @ 2:00 PM
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
By Dale Wasserman from the novel by Ken Kesey
After being convicted of a petty crime, a charming, rebellious rogue named McMurphy contrives to serve his short sentence in an airy mental institution rather than in a prison. This, he soon learns, was a mistake. He immediately clashes with the authoritarian head nurse, Nurse Ratched. Despite Ratched’s strict reign, McMurphy quickly takes over the yard, leading others out of introversion, staging a revolt so that they can see the World Series on television, and arranging a rollicking midnight party with liquor and women. But McMurphy’s brash insubordination will have its consequences.
Dates & Times:
November 13th-15th & 20th-22nd 2026
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Fridays & Saturdays @ 7:30 PM
Sundays @ 2:00 PM
Lysistrata
By Aristophanes Adapted by E. H. Wasserman
The Greek city-states have been locked in civil war for twenty years. The rival provinces of Athens and Sparta struggle endlessly for control over contested territories, and the war threatens to wipe out the male population. Lysistrata, an Athenian woman, decides to take matters into her own hands. She summons women from all over Greece, and persuades them not to sleep with their husbands until a peace treaty has been ratified. Colorful, low humor drives this version. Chorus of old men rap, old women sing a rock tune, Myrhinne slaps Ben-Gay on her husband’s sensitive areas and runs away laughing. I hope Aristophanes would approve.
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Dates & Times:
March 19th-21st & 25th-27th 2027
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Thursday-Saturday @ 7:30 PM​
Sunday @ 2:00 PM
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Pride & Prejudice
By Kate Hamill
This isn’t your grandmother’s Austen! Bold, surprising, boisterous and timely, this Pride and Prejudice for a new era explores the absurdities and thrills of finding your perfect (or imperfect) match in life. The outspoken Lizzy Bennet is determined to never marry, despite mounting pressure from society. But can she resist love, especially when that vaguely handsome, mildly amusing and impossibly aggravating Mr. Darcy keeps popping up at every turn?! Literature’s greatest tale of latent love has never felt so theatrical or so full of life as it does in this effervescent adaptation. Because what turns us into greater fools than the high-stakes game of love?
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Dates & Times:
December 10th-13th 2026
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Thursday-Saturday @ 7:30 PM
Sunday @ 2:00 PM
The Third Act
by Joe Atkinson
Set in a single family kitchen over the course of one year, The Third Act follows the McKay family across four holidays, bringing old roles, new tensions, and long-avoided truths to the surface.
As relationships shift and the past refuses to stay buried, Maureen, who has spent a lifetime holding everything together, finds herself facing an unexpected question: What comes next when everything changes?
By turns funny, sharp, and deeply human, The Third Act is an intimate portrait of family, loss, and the courage it takes to begin again.
Dates & Times:
May 19th-23rd 2027
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Thursday-Saturday @ 7:30 PM
Sunday @ 2:00 PM