Happy World Theatre Day! We have so much to celebrate.
To our creative collaborators, thank you for your commitment, passion and for sharing your insurmountable talents with Civic. To our Members, patrons, sponsors, and supporters, thank you for putting your trust in us and empowering Civic to be a premier creative force in the region.
Inlander Best of the Inland Northwest Readers Poll 2025, Best Play of the Past Year: CATS
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s CATS isn’t the sort of musical that anyone decides to stage on a whim. As of this writing, it’s the fifth-longest-running Broadway show of all time and the progenitor of the “megamusical” — a distinction that it earned thanks to the elaborate costumes, bold choreography, ambitious set design and earworms like “Memory” that turned it into a massive cultural phenomenon. Undaunted, the vast collective talents of the Spokane Civic Theatre rose to the challenge and created a clear audience favorite in doing so. Theater industry professionals were equally wowed. The same production also took home 2024 BroadwayWorld Seattle Awards for Best Musical and Best Costume Design.
—E.J. Iannelli, The Inlander
Best Local Play of the Past Year
CATS, SPOKANE CIVIC THEATRE
2nd PLACE: Macbeth, Shakespeare Coeur d’Alene
3rd PLACE: The Buddy Holly Story, Spokane Valley Summer Theatre
The Company of CATS, 2024
Photograph by Marlee Melinda Andrews