Local Auditions- Oliver!

Lionel Bart's Oliver

Open Call for Local Actors- Children, Teens and Adults (No Experience Necessary) Bluff City Theater is inviting applications from those interested in appearing in our summer production Oliver!  Roles include the workhouse children (ages 7-13), Fagin’s Gang (ages 10-17) and a number of support roles for people of all ages.  This is an Equity SPT1 […]

Don’t Miss Hitz of the Blitz! Friday March 13th

It’s our biggest event of the year!  Our 2015 Gala Fundraiser will be held on Friday March 13th at the Mark Twain Brewing Company.  Just like last year, we’ll have more than a dozen local restaurants providing a tapas-style tasting menu.  This year’s theme is Hitz of the Blitz and we’ve assembled an international cast […]

Final Three Performances-Unfinished:The Last Fireside Chat!

If you haven’t seen Bluff City Theater’s new production yet, there is still time!  Shows run tonight, Friday, at 7:30 p.m. and again tomorrow. Saturday February 28th at 2:00 and 7:30 p.m. Audiences have been talking about the tremendous performance of Clark A. Cruikshank as Franklin Delano Roosevelt.  Using Roosevelt’s own words, Cruikshank explores FDR’s […]

Unfinished:The Last Fireside Chat Audience Comments

Bluff City Theater’s second play of the 2015 Season opened last night to enthusiastic audience response.  Written by and starring Clark A. Cruikshank as Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Rachael Bradney Rice as Margaret (Daisy) Suckley, the play explores the life and legacy of America’s 32nd president. Here’s what audiences are saying: The show truly is […]

Calling All Talented Kids! (Please share)

Lionel Bart's Oliver

Seeking children 7-17 who like to perform Bluff City Theater is inviting talented children and youth to try out for a role in our upcoming summer production of Oliver!  Auditions will be held in the theater at 212 Broadway on Wednesday, March 11th from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. but you need to register first […]

Here’s a Great Way to Introduce Friends and Family to BCT!

Farmers and Merchants Bank Hannibal

Many of you have been calling the box office to enquire about extra tickets for friends and family.  We’re thrilled that you like us enough to recommend our shows!  Thank you. But here’s a way you can always be ready for that extra guest- Pick up a Flex-Pass or two and keep it handy.  Flex-Passes […]

Clark A Cruikshank Brings FDR to Life in a New Play

Unfinished:The Last Fireside Chat opens at Bluff City Theater this Friday in World Premiere.  We commissioned this play as part of our WWII-themed Winter Season.  I’ve been sitting in on rehearsals and am pleased with how it is developing.  Introducing a new play is very different from remounting an old one.  Everything about the play […]

Bluff City Theater: Breaking News!

Unfinished: The Last Fireside Chat opens in just a little over a week.  This intimate portrait of the 32nd president is set in The Little White House, Roosevelt’s summer retreat in Warm Springs, Georgia.  In a new play specially commissioned for BCT’s WWII series, Clark A Cruikshank explores the life and career of one of […]

Unfinished:The Last Fireside Chat Opening Soon!

A Democratic President, an opposing Congress, economic hardship, income and wealth disparity, unpopular foreign wars and a country tired of policing the world…this was the America that Franklin Delano Roosevelt inherited. Clark A. Cruikshank brings his new introspective work to the stage in the world-premiere production of Unfinished:The Last Fireside Chat.  Against great odds and […]

Final Two Days to Save 20%

Our $99 Subscription Offer Ends Saturday! If you’ve been putting off buying your 2015 BCT subscription (all five productions for just $99) it’s time to act.  There are still 3 opportunities to catch Andrew Edlin’s Churchill and four more spectacular shows this season.  Churchill runs this evening at 7:30 p.m. and again Saturday at 2 […]