The Four Flags Players are looking for a home.

The Niles community theater group has been using the Niles First Presbyterian Church as its venue for several years, but the group is now hoping to find a place to call its own.

“First Presbyterian has been very generous, but we are at the point now where we want our own place,” said Dale Banks, the president of the Four Flags Players.

The players will hold a a kick-off fundraiser to help pay for a building on Saturday, April 9 at Riverfront Cafe in downtown Niles. A dinner theater production of “The Swansong” will be presented at 7 p.m. The play is directed by Niles resident Cathy Heide.

Banks said the dinner theater will be the first of several more fundraising efforts.

The group is currently looking at buildings in the area for purchase.

“Having our own building fits right into our vision, which is we are always looking to bring in young people into the theater community,” he said, adding that having a building would allow the FFP to host more theater workshops.

“It would give us more flexibility to offer our services instead of relying on the church,” Banks said. “And people will always know where to find us.”

The Barn Swallow Theatre, a Cass County community theater group, recently procured a building of its own. The group raised money and purchased the old Hope United Methodist Church building on U.S. Highway 12 near Adamsville Road in Edwardsburg.

Tickets for the FFP fundraiser are $30 per person, which includes a buffet dinner. Call 695-1150 to reserve tickets.

For more information on the Four Flags Players, visit www.nilesffp.org.

Four Flags Players Schedule

April 9 — Riverfront Cafe Mystery Dinner
April 16 — Kiwanis Mystery Dinner Theatre at St. Joe Kicker’s Club
May 7 — Mystery Dinner Theatre, First Presbyterian Church in Niles
May 14 — Buchanan Senior Center Mystery Dinner Theatre
June 17-19 — “The Gine Game”
July 1-3, 8-9 — “Arsenic and Old Lace”
Sept. 9-11, 16-17 — “The Importance of Being Earnest”