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Shows whose first performance is between October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025, will be eligible for next year's awards and are listed below in gray once the run is over.

Shows in orange below were eligible for the 2024 awards and will be listed here for archival purposes until the next season is announced.

all for One productions
3901 S. Wayne Ave
Fort Wayne, IN 46807
(260) 745-4364
Website

2024-25 Season

  • Father Brown - September 20-22, 27-29, 2024
  • Longing for the Light: A Christmas Celebration - December 6 & 7, 2024
  • Walk Two Moons - March 7-9, 14-16, 2025
  • Out of the Box - TBD

Arena Dinner Theatre
719 Rockhill St
Ft. Wayne, IN 46802
(260) 424-5622
Website

2024-25 Season

  • Murdered to Death - October 25-26 & November 1-3, 8-9, 2024
  • Christmas My Way - December 6-7, 13-5, 20-22, 2024
  • The Last Quiz Night on Earth - January 17-18, 24-26, February 1, 2025
  • I Hate Hamlet - March 14-15, 21-23, 28-29, 2025
  • Girls' Weekend - May 1-2, 9-11, 16-17, 2025
  • Big Fish - June 13-14, 20-22, 27 & 28, 2025

Auditions (see info)

  • Girls' Weekend - TBA (Director: Sue Kahn)
  • Big Fish - TBA (Director: Ben Wedler)

Ecstatic Theatrics
(260) 750-9013

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2024 Season

  • SNAFU in Santa's Workshop - December 21 & 22, 2024 (TekVenture, 1830 Wayne Trace)

Fire & Light Academy
(260) 241-3378
Performances at the PPG ArtsLab
300 E. Main Street
Fort Wayne, IN 46802
Website 
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2024-25 Season

  • Mill Girls - November 7-9, 14-16, 2024
  • The Best Christmas Pageant Ever: The Musical - December 5-7, 12-14, 2024
  • Godspell - January 9-11, 16-18, 2025
  • The Mystery of Tom Sawyer (written by Harvey Cocks) - April 4-5, 10-12, 2025
  • The Korczak's Children - May 1-3, 2025
  • 42nd Street - May 15-17, 22-24, 2025

First Presbyterian Theatre
300 W. Wayne St.
Fort Wayne, IN 46802
(260) 422-6329
Website 
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2023-24 Season

  • Disney's Beauty and the Beast - September 13-15, 20-22, 2024
  • Five Lesbians Eating a Quiche - January 24-26, 31, February 1-2, 2025
  • 26 Pebbles - March 14-16, 21-23, 2025
  • Jesus Christ Superstar – May 9-11, 16-18, 2025

Fort Wayne Civic Theatre
1940 Bluffton Road

(in the Foster Park Plaza just West of the Clyde Theatre)
Box Office: (260) 424-5220
Business: (260) 422-8641


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2023-24 "On the Road" Season

  • Rocky Horror Show - September 13 & 14, 2024 (Directed by A.J. Lorenzini at Foellinger Outdoor Theatre)
  • White Christmas - November 23 & 24, 2024 (Directed by Leslie Beauchamp at Embassy Theatre)
  • Waitress - February 8 & 9, 2025 (Directed by Capri Parrish Williams at Embassy Theatre)
  • Red - March 21 to April 6, 2025 (Directed by Andrew Holderfield at the Fort Wayne Museum of Art)
  • Freaky Friday - May 17 & 18, 2025 (Directed by Doug King at Embassy Theatre)

Auditions:

  • Freaky Friday - Sunday, March 2, 2025 (Directed by Doug King at Embassy Theatre)

Fort Wayne Youtheatre
Performances: First Presbyterian Theater
300 W. Wayne Street
(260) 422-6900
Website
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2024-25 Season

  • Shuddersome: Tales of Poe - October 18-20, 2024 (First Presbyterian Theater stage)
  • Anastasia - December 13-22, 2024 (First Presbyterian Theater stage)
  • Something Happened in Our Town (Linda L. Ruffolo Young Heroes of Conscience Series) - February 21-23, 2025 (First Presbyterian Theater stage)
  • Dragons Love Tacos (Stories from the Stacks: Theatre for Young Readers collaboration with the Allen County Public Library) - April 26-27, 2025 (Allen County Public Library main branch)

Auditions

  • Dragons Love Tacos - March 3-4, 2025 from 4:30-6:30 pm (ArtsLab)

Gaslight Playhouse
Community Learning Center
401 East Diamond Street
Kendallville, Indiana 46755

Website

2024-25 Season

  • Drop Dead: November 8-10, 2024
  • Puffs: February 21-23, 2025
  • Big Fish: July 25-27, 2025

Genesis Outreach
Website

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(260) 744-2800

2024 Season

  • Parade - November 1-3, 7-10, 2024 (at First Presbyterian Theater)

Huntington Theatre Guild: Act II
(260) 355-5103
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2024 Season

  • Holiday Cabaret - December 7, 2024, 2 pm & 7 pm (Huntington University Longaker Recital Hall)
  • Miscast Cabaret - February 7 at 7pm & February 8 at 2 pm and 7 pm, 2025 (New Hope Church, Huntington)

Huntington University
2303 College Ave
Huntington, IN 46750
(260) 356-6000 
Website

2024-25 Season

  • Much Ado About Nothing - October 2-5, 2024
  • 'Tis the Season - November 22-23, 2024 (Zurcher Auditorium)
  • Newsies - March 27-29, April 3-5, 2025 (Zurcher Auditorium)
  • Senior Showcase - April 25, 2025 (Longaker Recital Hall)

Indiana Music Theatre Foundation (IMFT) 

Fort Wayne Summer Music Theatre
RFK Studios
2446 Lake Ave
Fort Wayne, IN
Website

2024 Season

  • The Songs of Stevie Wonder February 23 & 24, 2024
  • The Longest Night (an original play by Darby LeClear) - April 12-21, 2024
  • The "Do Not Sing" List (showcasing everyone's favorite overdone audition songs) - June 14 & 15, 2024
  • Legally Blonde the Musical (Fort Wayne Summer Music Theatre) - July 12-21, 2024 (North Side High School)
  • Chicago - September 19-29, 2024 (Arena Dinner Theatre)
  • Christmas on Lake 2024 - December 13 & 14, 2024

2025 Season

  • The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - April 17-19, 25-27, 2025 (at the University of St. Francis, North Campus, 2702 Spring Street) (Director Darby LeClear)
  • Avenue Q - Sepember 12-21, 2025 (Performed at Arena Dinner Theatre) (Directors Andrew Sherman & Alex Leavell, Musical Directors Christy Maloney & Peter Klopfenstein)
  • Company - November 14-23, 2025 (Performed at University of St Francis, North Campus, 2702 Spring Street) (Director & Choreographer Leslie Beauchamp, Musical Director Ben Wedler)

2025 Cabaret Season

  • A Celebration of Aretha Franklin Concert - February 14 &15, 2025
  • Flops! The Best Songs from Broadway's Biggest Bombs - June 13 & 14, 2025 (Director Aaron Hawley)
  • Christmas Cabaret - December 20, 2025 (Director Andrew Sherman, Musical Director Peter Klopfenstein)

2025 Fort Wayne Summer Music Theatre production

  • Sweeney Todd - July 11-13, 18-20, 2025 (Performance location TBD) (Director Andrew Sherman) - (NOTE: Fort Wayne Summer Music Theatre is performed by high school students)

Oak Farm Montessori Theatre Company
Community Learning Center

401 E. Diamond St.
Kendallville, IN 46755

2024-2025 Season

  • Stone Dragon Stew - (Elementary Play) - October 18, 2024
  • A Night with Shakespeare - (Secondary Play) - December 13-15, 2024
  • Into the Woods - (Secondary Musical) - May 2-4, 2025

PFW Department of Theatre
2101 E. Coliseum Blvd.
Ft. Wayne, IN 46805-1499
(260) 481-6555
Website
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2024-25 Season

  • The Catastrophist – September 20-22, 26-28, 2024
  • Cabaret – November 15-17,  21-23, 2024
  • The 24-Hour Plays – December 7, 2024 (Studio Theatre in Kettler Hall)
  • John Proctor Is the Villain - February 21-23, 27- March 1, 2025 (Content advisory: The production contains adult language and thematic material, including frank discussion of sexual misconduct)
  • Elephant & Piggie's "We Are in a Play!" - April 18-19, 24-26, 2025

Parlor City Shakespeare Company
Parlor City Plaza
Bluffton, IN
Website
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TBA

Pulse Opera House
127 N Wayne St
Warren, Indiana 46792
Just off exit 78 on I-69
(260) 375-7017
Website
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2024 Season

  • Elf, Jr. (featuring a cast of youth age 6-18) - November 29, 30 & December 1, 6, 7, 8, 2024

2025 Season

  • The War of the Worlds: The 1938 Radio Script – February 28 to March 2, 7-9, 14-16, 2025 (age 55+ only; no memorization)
  • The Boxcar Children - May 2-4, 9-11, 16-18, 2025 (School shows TBD during the school day)
  • Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of the Crown Jewel - July 18-20, 25-27 & August 1-3, 2025
  • Witness for the Prosecution - September 12-14, 20-22, 26-28, 2025
  • Wizard of Oz: Youth Edition (age 7-18) - November 23-24, 28-30, December 5-7  (School shows TBD during the school day)

Summit City Music Theatre
Various locations
Website
Tickets
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2024 Season

  • Equals (A New Play by Dakota Norman and Gavin Thomas Drew) - March 2, 2024, at the Local Archive at the Landing (Directed and conceived by Dakota Norman)
  • The Producers - June 21-30, 2024 at Carroll High School Auditorium (Directed by Chapman Shields)
  • Guys and Dolls in Concert - July 20-28, 2024, at Performance Hall at PFW (Directed by Gavin Thomas Drew)
  • A Christmas Carol 2024 - December 6-8, 13-15, 2024 at Salomon Farm Park (Directed by Gavin Thomas Drew)

2025 Season

  • TBA

Three Rivers Music Theatre
416 W. 4th Street
Fort Wayne, IN 46808
Website
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2024-25 Season

  • Six: The Musical (Teen Version) - July 19-21, 26-28, August 2-3, 2024
  • Bat Boy - September 13-15, 20-22, 27-29, 2024
  • Doubt: A Parable - November 8-10, 15-17, 22-24, 2024
  • Anything Goes - March 7-9, 14-16, 21-23, 2025
  • Most Wanted: A True Crime Musical (by Tyler Hanford) - May 2-4, 9-11, 2025

2024-25 Cabaret Season

  • Big Gay Cabaret - June 21-23, 2024
  • Fright on 4th - A Fright Night Cabaret - October 19, 2024 (9:30 pm & midnight)
  • Make the Yuletide Gay - December 13-15, 2024
  • Burlesque: Sultry Songs of the Stage & Screen - January 17-19, 2025
  • Broadway Spectacular! - April 4-6, 11-13, 2025
  • It Takes Two - May 16-18, 2025
  • The Big Gay Cabaret 2025 - June 20-22, 2025
TimeVista Theater
Website
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2024 Season

  • The Minutes (by Tracy Letts) - October 4-6, 12-13, 2024 (at USF North Campus Auditorium, 2702 Spring Street, Fort Wayne)

Wells County Creative Arts Council
211 Water Street, Suite B
Bluffton, IN 46714
(260) 824-5222
Website
Facebook

2025 Season

  • Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - March 6-8, 2025
  • Newsies Jr. - June 13 & 14, 2025 (junior summer intensive dates June 2-14, 2025 - Registration opens March 1, 2025)
  • The Aristocats Kids - June 27 & 28, 2025 (junior summer intensive dates June 16-28, 2025 - Registration opens March 1, 2025)
Whitley Arts Partnership

2024 Season

  • The Music Man - August 2 & 3, 2024 (Columbia City High School)

Chronological Listing (Subject to change without notice): 

Performance Three Rivers Music Theatre Cabaret: Burlesque: Sultry Songs of the Stage & Screen 1/17/25 1/19/25 January 17-19, 2025
Performance Arena Dinner Theatre The Last Quiz Night on Earth 1/17/25 2/1/25 January 17-18, 24-26, February 1, 2025
Performance First Presbyterian Theatre Five Lesbians Eating a Quiche 1/24/25 2/2/25 January 24-26, 31, February 1-2, 2025
Performance Fort Wayne Civic Theatre Waitress 2/8/25 2/9/25 February 8 & 9, 2025 (Embassy Theatre)
Performance Fort Wayne Youtheatre Something Happened in Our Town (Heroes of Conscience Series) 2/21/25 2/23/25 February 21-23, 2025 (First Presbyterian Theater)
Performance Gaslight Playhouse (Kendallville) Puffs 2/21/25 2/23/25 February 21-23, 2025
Performance PFW Department of Theatre John Proctor Is the Villain 2/21/25 3/1/25 February 21-23, 27- March 1, 2025
Audition Fort Wayne Civic Theatre Freaky Friday 3/2/25   Sunday, March 2, 2025
Performance all for One productions Walk Two Moons 3/7/25 3/16/25 March 7-9, 14-16, 2025
Performance Three Rivers Music Theatre Anything Goes 3/7/25 3/25/25 March 7-9, 14-16, 21-23, 2025
Performance Arena Dinner Theatre I Hate Hamlet 3/14/25 3/29/24 March 14-15, 21-23, 28-29, 2025
Performance First Presbyterian Theatre 26 Pebbles 3/14/25 3/28/25  March 14 to 28, 2025
Performance Fort Wayne Civic Theatre Red 3/21/25 4/6/25 March 21 to April 6, 2025 (Fort Wayne Museum of Art)
Performance Huntington University Newsies 3/27/25 4/5/25 March 27-29, April 3-5, 2025 (Zurcher Auditorium)
Performance Three Rivers Music Theatre Cabaret: Broadway Spectacular! 4/4/25 4/13/25 April 4-6, 11-13, 2025
Performance PFW Department of Theatre Elephant & Piggie's "We Are in a Play!" 4/18/25 4/26/25 April 18-19, 24-26, 2025
Performance Fort Wayne Youtheatre Dragons Love Tacos (Stories from the Stacks) 4/26/25 4/27/25 April 26-27, 2025 (Allen County Public Library main branch)
Performance Arena Dinner Theatre Girls' Weekend 5/1/25 3/17/25 May 1-2, 9-11, 16-17, 2025
Performance First Presbyterian Theatre Jesus Christ Superstar 5/9/25   Opens May 9, 2025
Performance Fort Wayne Civic Theatre Freaky Friday 5/17/25 5/18/24 May 17 & 18, 2025 (Embassy Theatre)
Performance Arena Dinner Theatre Big Fish 6/13/25 6/28/25 June 13-14, 20-22, 27 & 28, 2025
Performance Gaslight Playhouse (Kendallville) Big Fish 7/25/25 7/27/25 July 25-27, 2025


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