Editing South Bend, Indiana (section)

====Theatrical buildings====

[[File:Palace Theater, Morris Performing Arts Center, in South Bend.jpg|right|thumb|200x200px|Morris Performing Arts Center in South Bend]]
The [[Morris Performing Arts Center]], built in 1922, included the Palace Theater, a venue for [[vaudeville]]. The theatre's heyday was in 1940 with the premiere of ''[[Knute Rockne, All American]],'' starring [[Ronald Reagan]]. A crowd estimated at 24,000 gathered outside. The theater was scheduled for demolition in 1959, when E. M. Morris purchased the facility and sold it to the city for one dollar, after which it was renamed the Morris Civic Auditorium. A total renovation as well as expansion of the stage area was completed in 2000. The Morris Performing Arts Center also includes the restored Palais Royale Ballroom.<ref name="MorrisCenter">Morris Performing Arts Center. "[http://www.morriscenter.org/history.html About] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071009164057/http://www.morriscenter.org/history.html |date=2007-10-09 }}". Retrieved on January 6, 2008.</ref> The center houses the Broadway Theater League and the South Bend Symphony Orchestra. The orchestra's Shanghai-born former conductor, [[Tsung Yeh]], was the first conductor ever to hold music directorships of both a western symphony orchestra and a major Chinese orchestra.<ref name="South Bend Symphony Orchestra">{{Cite web|url=http://www.southbendsymphony.com/maestro.php|title=South Bend Symphony Orchestra Maestro|access-date=June 9, 2009|archive-date=December 3, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091203202542/http://www.southbendsymphony.com/maestro.php|url-status=dead}}</ref>

South Bend is also home to The South Bend Hot Patooties, a group that performs a shadowcast of [[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]].<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.thestatesb.com/event/rocky-horror-picture-show-film-with-south-bends-hot-patooties-shadowcast/ |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151001024157/http://www.thestatesb.com/event/rocky-horror-picture-show-film-with-south-bends-hot-patooties-shadowcast/ |url-status = dead |archive-date = October 1, 2015 |title = Upcoming Events – Rocky Horror Picture Show film with South Bend's Hot Patooties Shadowcast! - The State of South Bend |date = October 1, 2015 }}</ref> The group has performed at various South Bend venues including the State Theater, Legends of Notre Dame, The Potawatomi Conservatories, and the historic [[Birdsell|Birdsell Mansion]].<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.facebook.com/RHPSsouthbend?fref=ts |title = Security Check Required |website = Facebook.com |access-date = August 27, 2017 }}</ref>

[[South Bend Civic Theater]], founded in 1957, was for many years located at The Firehouse, 701 Portage Avenue. It was a small intimate black box theater. In 2007, a new theater opened at 403 North Main Street in what was formerly the Scottish Rite Building. This facility includes a 209-seat main stage auditorium and a 90-seat "black box" studio theatre.<ref name="Civic Theatre">[http://www.sbct.org/history.php South Bend Civic Theatre] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080105145555/http://www.sbct.org/history.php |date=January 5, 2008 }}. Retrieved on March 2, 2008.</ref> The theater produces more than a dozen plays per year, including several productions in its Family Series.