Picks of the Week
Tribune accepting submissions for annual Festival Guide
SOUTH BEND — The Tribune is now accepting submissions for its Festival Guide, which will be published May 12. Submissions must include the name of the entertainment event, a brief description, dates, times, location (including numbered street address), the full price range for admission (including if free), a phone or website for use by the public, and a daytime phone number for use by The Tribune. High-resolution JPEG photos (300 dpi/1MB or larger) are welcome via email. Incomplete submissions will be rejected. Deadline is 5 p.m. May 3. To submit an event, email events@sbtinfo.com, with “Festival Guide” in the subject line; or mail to Festival Guide, South Bend Tribune, 635 S. Lafayette Blvd., Ste. 138, South Bend, IN 46601. No information will be taken over the phone.
American Theatre Guild brings ‘Stomp’ to the Morris
SOUTH BEND — American Theatre Guild presents “Stomp” at 7:30 p.m. April 2 at the Morris Performing Arts Center, 211 N. Michigan St.
Created by Luke Cresswell and Steve McNicholas, “Stomp” creates a unique combination of percussion, movement and visual comedy.
Both household and industrial objects — supermarket carts, plumbing fixtures, paint cans, Zippo lighters, stiff-bristle brooms — find new life as musical instruments in the hands of an idiosyncratic band of body percussionists.
It is a journey through sound, a celebration of the everyday and a comic interplay of characters wordlessly communicating through dance and drum.
Tickets are $75-$40.
For more information, call 574-235-9190 or visit morriscenter.org or broadwayinsouthbend.com.
Batter up! The Acting Ensemble presents ‘Love and Baseball’
MISHAWAKA — The Acting Ensemble presents a staged reading of “Love and Baseball” at 7:30 p.m. April 2 at 602 E. Mishawaka Ave.
Written by Jerry Montoya, the baseballthemed romantic comedy takes place over four years and during three meetings between Will, a struggling filmmaker, and Michele, a razorsharp philosophy teacher.
A chance meeting creates sparks between Will and Michele, but like the pristine moments of an unforgettable baseball game, love is also a sport of luck, skill, and timing. Their romance is born in short bursts with uncommon honesty, resulting in the pain and passion that is created when idealized love meets reality.
Directed by Philip Schatz and starring Lisa Blodgett and Darrin Sims, with Shane Miller as the narrator.
Tickets are $11-$10.
For more information, call 574-217-8873 or visit actingensemble.com.
A.J. Croce presents ‘Croce Plays Croce’ at The Lerner in Elkhart
ELKHART — A.J. Croce performs “Croce Plays Croce: 50th Anniversary Tour” at 7:30 p.m. April 2 at The Lerner Theatre, 410 S. Main St.
The son of the late Jim Croce, A.J. Croce has released 10 studio albums that have charted 20 Top 20 singles with airplay on Top 40, Americana and blues radio, including “Fit to Serve,” “Twelve Tales,” “Cage of Muses,” “Just Like Medicine” and “By Request.”*
Although he released two albums in the 1960s, Jim Croce burst into the national limelight with 1972’s release of “You Don’t Mess Around with Jim,” followed in 1973 by “Life and Times” and the posthumous release “I Got a Name,” following his death Sept. 20, 1973, in a plane crash.
All three albums were reissued on vinyl and CD in the box set “The Definitive Croce” in 2023 to mark the 80th anniversary of his birth and 50th anniversary of his death.
“Croce Plays Croce” features A.J. performing a complete set of classics by Jim Croce, some of his own songs, and songs that influenced both him and his father.
The set list includes such Jim Croce songs as “Operator,” “You Don’t Mess Around with Jim,” “Time in a Bottle” (a song written for A.J.), “Rapid Roy (The Stock Car Boy)” and “Lovers Cross.” Classic covers may include songs by Lieber and Stoller, Bessie Smith, and other folk and roots artists.
Tickets are $76.50-$36.50.
For more information, call 574-293-4469 or visit thelerner.com.