SOUTH BEND, Ind. — The South Bend Civic Theatre will present the zany musical “Monty Python’s Spamalot,” March 13 to April 4, 2015, in the Wilson Theatre, 403 N. Main St. in South Bend.

Lovingly ripped off from the classic film comedy “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” “Spamalot” retells the legend of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table, as they embark on their quest to seek the Holy Grail.

Audiences can follow the cast’s manic adventures through dark and very expensive looking forests as they encounter a homicidal Black Knight, the mysterious Knights Who Say “Ni,” a killer rabbit and the beautiful diva the Lady of the Lake, and attempt to survive a vicious French taunting.

The year 2015 marks the 40th anniversary of the legendary comedy troupe’s film skewering of the Arthurian legend Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Now a cult classic, fans all over the globe recite comedic lines and bits from the film at ever-annoying moments.

An homage to the film by Python member Eric Idle, who wrote the book, lyrics and music with John Du Prez and Neil Innes, the smash hit musical won three Tony Awards, including Best Musical, and received 14 Tony Award nominations.

Now SBCT takes on something very silly, “Monty Python’s Spamalot.”

Mark Abram-Copenhaver directs, with Heidi Ferris as musical director and Quinton McMutuary as choreographer.

The cast includes Lucy Barron, Brian Beckwith, Micah Bryan, Michael Clarkson, Ryan Clubine, Magdalena Conway, Sam Green, Daniel Grey, William Heckaman, Nicholas Hidde-Halsey, Allison Jean Jones, Dave Kempher, William Loring, Tyler Marcotte, Dani Mazick, Gary Oesch, Alexandra Sadowski, Doug Thompson, Mark Torma, Jeremy Weyer and Justin Williams.

Reserved tickets are $25 with performances at 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, and 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. For tickets, call the SBCT Box Office at 574-234-1112 or online at sbct.org.

SBCT’s full season sponsors are Villing and Company and Alfred and Martha Choitz; and the Wilson Theatre Series sponsor is the Community Foundation of St. Joseph County.