Thank you for considering a contribution to the Morris Performing Arts Center and the Raclin Murphy Encore Center. Your support will allow us to make significant progress toward ensuring the next 100 years of fulfillment through the arts for the next generation. 

The Morris Performing Arts Center has a rich history of vast community support. In fact, it’s been a collection of motivated, arts-loving citizens who have stepped in to save and keep the Morris for South Bend that allows us to celebrate 100 years and look toward the next 100 together. 


The Next 100 Years

Morris Performing Arts Center

Whatever lies outside the walls of the Morris Performing Arts Center, here it feels like magic. Through the foresight and gift of Ella Morris, we can offer the community the ability to explore different worlds, places, and times.  Your patronage is what allows future generations to take in the wonder of the arts.

Raclin Murphy Encore Center

The Raclin Murphy Encore Center will house the Equity in the Arts program space as well as a sensory room, two lobby areas, a lounge, kiosks to purchase tickets and other amenities to make your time at the Morris an unforgettable experience. 

Equity in the Arts

Equity in the Arts means You no matter your background or where you are from, the Morris Performing Arts Center Raclin Murphy Encore Center, and the Equity in the Arts space open its doors to all members of our community, offering artistic programs, creative experience, and dialogue about the human experience. Many of our offerings are free, and the focus is on giving YOU opportunities to experience the cultural dynamic of our community.  

Equity in the Arts Programs:

  • South Bend High School Music Festival
  • Manuscripts in May
  • Festival of Dance/Residency 
  • Sole Art Competition
  • South Bend Summer Movie Musical Sing-Along
  • Dia de Los Muertos
  • Gallery exhibitions featuring local artists, student art

Gifts to the Morris 100 are 501c3 eligible through the VPA Foundation and are tax-deductible for our contributors.

To contribute to this important campaign, please fill out the form below. Should you have any questions, please contact Amy Roush at 574-235-9372 or [email protected]

If you’d like to contribute via personal check, please use the following instructions:

Morris 100
Attn: Amy Roush
301 S. St. Louis Blvd. South Bend, IN 46617

If you’d like to contribute via a donor advised fund, please use the following instructions:

Tax ID: 27-3843043
Name: Venues Parks & Arts Foundation
Address: 301 S. St. Louis Blvd. South Bend, IN 46617

2022 Society Donors

Ernestine Morris Carmichael Raclin
Carmi & Chris Murphy
The Carmichael Foundation 
Leighton-Oare Foundation
Northern Indiana Regional Development Authority
Community Foundation of St. Joseph County
Anonymous 
Tire Rack
Yatish & Joan Joshi
Michael & Karen Leep & Family
Burkhart-Miller Families
1st Source Bank 
1st Source Bank Foundation
Theater League & American Theatre Guild
Jennifer & Frank Perri Family
Cressy Foundation 
Heart of a Warrior Fund 
Linda & Bipin Doshi
Mary & Greg Downes
Ginny & Dave Gibson
Drs. Jim & Holly Harris
South Bend Orthopaedics 
Kurt Janowsky & Jory Fitzgerald
Matthew Kahn & Janine Felder-Kahn
Regina & Brad Emberton
Marijo & Kevin Kelly Family
Laura & Pat Flynn Family
Andy & Duke Jones
Connie & Mike Joines
Sharon & Matt Edmonds
Anita & Tom Veldman
Barb & John Phair
Carla & Mark Myers
Gibson Insurance
JSK Hospitality
AJ (Anant) & Priti Patel
Jerry Thoma
Hillman Family Fund

Concerts & Events

The Morris brings in various types of concerts and events for all ages, including comedians, country artists, popular lecturers, and more.

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