Special Event!  Saturday February 9, 2019

An Evening with Tom Chapin

Children’s Concert 1 p.m. | Family Concert 7:30 p.m.

Rowland Performing Arts Center at HLGU

Bluff City Theater is proud to bring this famed American musician, songwriter and entertainer to Hannibal for one evening only!  The son of iconic jazz musician Jim Chapin and brother to the late, great Harry Chapin, Tom is a three-time Grammy award winner with 27 albums to his credit.

Supported in part through a generous contribution from

Dr. George & Marilyn Welch Kerkemyer

The Interrogation of Nathan Hale

(by Captain John Montressor of HRM Expeditionary Forces)

Historical Drama

Written by David Stanley Ford

Directed by A. S. Freeman

Through the eyes of two men, we examine the idealistic underpinnings of the founding of America as a way of probing its terrible flaws and its wondrous virtues.  Both points of view-necessary to understand who we are as a nation.

March 21-30, 2019

Supported in part through a generous contribution from

Dr. Curtis & Debra Burton

Shame The Devil!

An Audience with Fanny Kemble

Historical Biopic

Written by Anne Ludlum

Directed by John Contini

Shame The Devil is a story about emancipation- Noted actress and essayist Fanny Kemble from her alcoholic and abusive husband and her leading role in the fight to end slavery in America

April 18-27, 2019

Supported in part through a generous contribution from

Independent’s Service Company

The Insane Sisters

OR The Price Paid for Challenging a Company Town

World-Premiere!

Drama

Written by Clark A. Cruikshank from the book by Gregg Andrews

Directed by Jennifer Stewart

The Insane Sisters traces the dire consequences two siters suffered at the intersection of gender, class and the law in Hannibal of 1910.  Told through the lens of Mark Twain’s wry wit, The Insane Sisters proves once again that truth can be stranger than fiction.

June 20-29, 2019

Supported in part through a generous contribution from

Dr. Michael & Sharon Bukstein

The Almost True and Truly Remarkable Adventures of Israel Potter

Comedy

Written by Joe Bravaco and Larry Rosler (from the novel by Herman Melville)

Directed by Herbie Barnes

This satirical romp through American history a follows  a madcap series of improbable events that sees hapless farmer Israel Potter thrust into one adventure after another each preventing a return to his homeland.  Herbie Barnes directs this production in the commedia del’arte style featuring an ensemble cast of comedic talent.

July 18-27, 2019

Supported in part through a generous contribution from

Nora Creason & Don Metcalf

Madam!

Musical (based on a true story)

World-Premiere!

Book, Music and Lyrics by Colin Healy

Directed by Sydnie Grosberg Ronga

After “falling prey to the charms of an itinerant salesman” young Eliza Haycraft is shunned by family and thrown out of her community.  Illiterate and lacking any skills, she chooses one of the only options open to women like her-prostitution.  Within a decade, Eliza has become the most-successful Madam in the city and one of the richest women in the territory.  In a lively and lyrical production,  Madam! explores the issues of misogyny, hypocrisy and class in mid-19^th century America.

August 15-24, 2019

Supported in part through a generous contribution from

Kathleen & Harold Haycraft