Kaleidoscope Theatre

Kaleidoscope Theatre is Bay County’s long-running volunteer community theater, producing dramas, comedies and musicals since 1971. The company got its start when the Panama City Beach Civic Center offered it a place to perform. It incorporated as a nonprofit in 1976, and in 1978 it bought a small church on an acre of land and converted it into a 200-seat theater.

Today the theater is at 207 E 24th St, Lynn Haven, FL 32444; reach it at 850-441-3096 or kt-online.org. The current building opened in 1990 with The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas and has 262 refurbished seats, some of them salvaged from the historic Ritz/Martin movie theater in downtown Panama City. Season 52 opened in August 2026 with Curtains, a musical whodunit comedy, and spring 2026 brought Mel Brooks’ The Producers to the stage.

Kaleidoscope is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit run by volunteers, and its stated mission centers on presenting live theater, and teaching about it, for the cultural enrichment of Northwest Florida.

Productions typically run across several weekends. Shows typically run over several weekends, with evening performances and Sunday matinees; check the website for each production’s schedule. Tickets are sold through the theater’s website, and prices vary by production, so check kt-online.org for the current show, dates and pricing.