Audience members sat with their toes in the sand, the sound of softly crashing waves adding to the ambiance of the already impressive show – it was the perfect setting for the telling of this beloved Disney story.  The Northwest Indiana...

Thursday evening marked week two of the Northwest Indiana Excellence in Theater Foundation’s (NIETF) Park Plays Summer event series, as community members gathered at the Indiana Dunes State Park for a live performance by Cory Goodrich. Goodrich, an...

 The Northwest Indiana Excellence in Theatre Foundation announces the return of the popular Park Plays series. Park Plays features free family entertainment on the shores of Lake Michigan on summer Thursday evenings. The 2020 season features:...

Who could have imagined we'd be in a time and place where theatre is closed down? How insane does that even sound? But that's exactly where we find ourselves. Separated. Isolated. Alone. The very antithesis of all that theatre is. Theatre brings...

We published hundreds of articles on the NWI.Life Entertainment Section this past year. We were there for the concerts and theatre productions, parades, and annual celebrations. With so much to choose from, we knew it would be a difficult choice, so...

Glamour, glitz, theatrics, but most importantly, community. The 27th annual Northwest Indiana Excellence in Theatre Foundation (NIETF) Gala was a special night for the theater community to celebrate the hard work accomplished throughout the 2018-2019...

In the early 1990s, a theater community was born. Only, it didn’t know it was a community quite yet. The Northwest Indiana Excellence in Theatre Foundation (NIETF) was formed in 1992 as a way to recognize and award local theaters and actors--think...