This live performing arts theater located in the arts and theater district of downtown along Mass Ave features performances of music, dance, magic, comedy, and plays. The District Theatre has long been a haven for marginalized communities to express themselves in a safe and welcoming environment.
Located in the historic Herron-Morton Place neighborhood in downtown Indianapolis, Footlite Musicals brings the best of Broadway musical theatre to Indy. Catch shows like The King & I, Annie and The Producers, enjoy the winter cabaret show or attend summer performances by Young Artists Productions. Want some quick pre-show entertainment? Arrive early and check out Footlite's two-manual, eleven-rank Page Theatre pipe organ, one of only a few left in the country!
Actors Theatre of Indiana, the resident professional theatre company of The Studio Theater at Allied Solutions Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel, has provided eleven seasons of high-powered musical theatre productions, world premieres, and innovative community works.
A few miles southeast of downtown Indianapolis sits an indoor tennis facility turned church, turned theater. Buck Creek Players, started in 1973 as a traveling theater for elementary and high schools, now provides big names and local performances in their set location. Seating 130 people, Buck Creek Players brings shows like Frankenstein and White Christmas for their year-round calendar.