CULVER — The Culver Town Council held a work session before its regular monthly meeting on Thursday night with those involved with the redevelopment of the Culver theatre property on Lakeshore Drive in downtown Culver.
Demolition of the old structure took place on July 6, 2026, and the non-profit group — the Maxinkuckee Performing Arts Theater Foundation (MPAT) — has been working with the Town since early this year and has been raising money and planning the replacement of the historic structure with a larger, modern performing arts venue. Early in the year, the group contracted with a small theatre business consultant — Webb Management Services — to undertake several studies.
Kurt Neubauer – President of MPAT — reported to the Council on the initial studies by Webb.
“It’s just pretty plain obvious that having a single-screen cinema has not really been effective use of space … or highly used facility. Our consultants made it very clear to us that trying to run any type of single-screen movie theater would make no revenue at all and would really sit empty most of the time.”
Current plans would include two multi-purpose rooms, a flat-floored performance area and retractable seating, along with a catering kitchen and currently the possibility of a dining area on the roof of the structure.
For more information you can visit CulverTheater.org
