02/02/2026
CANTERBURY SUMMER THEATRE ANNOUNCES 2026 SEASON!
Canterbury Summer Theatre, one of the Midwest's oldest professional summer companies, is proud to announce its slate of productions for 2026, the 58th season for CST!
Artistic Director, Ray Scott Crawford, will return for his 41st season leading the company. He will be joined by David Graham in his thirteenth summer as Associate Artistic Director.
All performances will be in the intimate, air-conditioned Canterbury Theatre, located in the Uptown Arts District of Michigan City, Indiana, at 807 Franklin Street.
For Season Discount Cards or other information, please email Canterbury at [email protected] or call (219) 874-4269.
The 2026 Canterbury 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: Joey helps out with Denny's wife and kids; Denny keeps Joey away from the bottle. 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. Following its premiere in Chicago, the play was produced on Broadway starring Daniel Craig and Hugh Jackman!
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 of the Declaration of Independence, this Tony-nominated, nostalgic musical r***e takes us back to turn-of-the-century America and is a brew of popular songs from 1890 to 1917. Tintypes is an epic work about the end of an era, filled with memorable songs of the era and both hilarious and moving storytelling!
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
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 s*x!
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!
