Producing Award-Winning theater in Northwest Indiana. Call 219.926.7875 for reservations or more information.
4th Street Theater is located in downtown Chesterton Indiana. We are an active member of the Northwest Indiana Excellence in Theater Foundation, a member of American Association of Community Theatre, and The Duneland Chamber of Commerce .
4th Street Theater is supported by Stuart and Benjamin Abelson Foundation Trust, Porter County Community Foundation, John W Anderson Foundation, Chesterton-Duneland Kiwanis, Indiana Arts Commission, and South Shore Arts
Songs for a New World
This contemporary song cycle weaves characters and history together, illuminating the timelessness of self-discovery.
Performances: March 27 - April 6, 2025
Happy Birthday Wanda June
a satirical play by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
A woman with a little boy has two suitors: a doctor and a vacuum cleaner salesman. Her husband, a famous big-game hunter and adventurer, disappeared years ago in the Amazon. She is about to be declared a widow when in he walks, khaki breeches, puttees, and all, together with the pilot with whom he crashed in the Amazon valley. It happens to be his birthday, an event which all those present had decided to celebrate and for which they had just purchased a cake on the spur of the moment. The cake had been intended for somebody named Wanda June, who apparently never got to celebrate at all. The adventurer turns out to be a wild champion of havoc who alienates friends and demolishes violins. He fails in his effort to get his son to shoot him – the boy doesn’t believe in that kind of old-fashioned heroism – and then in his own effort to shoot himself. He is a social flop out.
Auditions: Monday, March 31 and Tuesda,y April 1st at 7:00 pm
Performances: June 6 - 22, 2025
