READERS THEATRE: The Man Who Came to Dinner
Schedule
Sun Nov 30 2025 at 02:00 pm to 04:00 pm
UTC-05:00Location
403 N Main St, South Bend, IN, United States, Indiana 46601 | South Bend, IN
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The Man Who Came to Dinnerby Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman
November 30 and December 7
2:00PM
Warner Studio
Tickets: $10
Performed in 1986 at the South Bend Civic Theatre Firehouse, The Man Who Came to Dinner is a classic comedy about the world’s worst house guest. Sheridan Whiteside, a legendary and mean-spirited theater critic, slips on the ice while visiting the Midwestern Stanley family—and then, to everyone’s dismay, refuses to leave, inflicting himself on the Stanleys for six weeks over Christmas while entertaining a parade of snarky celebrity guests.
Playwrights Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman based the comedy’s characters on real-life friends of theirs, including theater critic Alexander Woollcott, playwright Noël Coward, comedian Harpo Marx, and infamous axe murderer Lizzie Borden. In 1942, The Man Who Came to Dinner was adapted as a feature film starring Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan, and Jimmy Durante.
CIVIC’s production of The Man Who Came to Dinner features many of CIVIC’s “Legends,” including several from the 1986 production.
Cast:
SHERIDAN WHITESIDE...............David Chudzynski
MAGGIE CUTLER........................Judy Spigle
BERT JEFFERSON.......................Michael Coffee
LORRAINE SHELDON..................Leigh Taylor
MISS PREEN................................Melissa Gard
DR. BRADLEY...............................Gary Oesch
BEVERLEY CARLTON..................John Corona
BANJO.........................................Russell Pluta
MR. EARNEST W. STANLEY.........Phil Kwiecinski
MRS. DAISY STANLEY.................Laura Moran Walton
RICHARD STANLEY.....................Jack Walton
JUNE STANLEY............................Chelle Walters
HARRIET STANLEY......................Mary Ann Moran
JOHN...........................................Greg Melton
SARAH.........................................Deborah Girasek-Chudzynski
PROFESSOR METZ.....................Doug Streich
SANDY.........................................Doug Streich
MRS. DEXTER..............................Carol Senkbeil
MRS. MCCUTCHEON..................Deb Nicholson
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