Fall BCT Academy Sessions Begin Soon!
Register Now! One of the most important things we do here at Bluff City Theater is incubate local talent with the aim of creating a lasting theater culture in the Greater Hannibal Region. Theater arts enriche the quality of life for our residents young and old and BCT Academy is one way that youth gain […]
Madam-The Musical Features an Array of Historical Female Characters
While researching the background for his new musical Madam, based loosely on Eliza Haycraft, the infamous St. Louis Madam who died in 1871 as the richest woman in Missouri, playwright Colin Haycraft came across remarkable stories of women who bucked the hierarchy of male dominance that held women down and blocked them from fulfilling their […]
Why We Chose to Program a Play About Eliza Haycraft…
Madam-The Musical is a totally new play we commissioned to end our 2019 season dedicated to the theme of The American Experience. Back in March, we performed David Stanley Ford’s intense work The Interrogation of Nathan Hale as a way of exploring the idealistic aspirations of those who founded America- a nation that would treat […]
Reputation! Reputation! Reputation!
I have lost my reputation! Good […]
Performances resume tomorrow-you still have time to lock in savings.
OK, you’ve been putting it off…but we are pleased to tell you that it’s not too late to buy your 2019 Season Subscription to enjoy all five remarkable plays this season for the low, low price of just $105. That’s like getting one production for free! But after this weekend, it’s over. Audiences have been […]
Today is Monday March 25th…You Have Four Chances Left!
Last week, the curtain rose on another season at Bluff City Theater with our debut of A. S. Freeman’s powerful production of David Stanley Ford’s The Interrogation of Nathan Hale. History has a way of over-simplifying events and presenting complicated and messy affairs as summary headlines (#Nathanhalehero). But history is never simple and the […]
NATHAN HALE-OUR FIRST REHEARSAL!
Rehearsals started on a brand new Bluff City Theater season this past Tuesday in St. Louis. Director A.S. (Alex) Freeman brought the creative team together for some “table work” on The Interrogation of Nathan Hale. This is a first read-through of the script and discussion about the characters, themes and ideas the actors will be […]
Our Season Opens With a Story About The First American Hero…
The Interrogation of Nathan Hale by Captain John Montresor Of HRM Expeditionary Force This powerful story is set in the tent of Captain John Montresor, an Engineer in the British Army who carried 21-year-old Nathan Hale’s dying declaration letter to his family under a flag of truce. Because of this, we know a lot about […]
The Interrogation of Nathan Hale Leads Off a Stellar New Season in Hannibal!
Reprinted from Hannibal Magazine-March 2019 “I am so satisfied with the cause in which I have engaged that my only regret is that I have not more lives than one to offer in its service.” It is reportedly with these words that 21-year-old Nathan Hale went to the gallows as the first American spy to […]
“The music we play on long car rides…”
With over 27 albums and 3 Grammys, no one knows how to communicate with kids better than Tom Chapin. Tom’s music is targeted to kids from 3-13 and delivers a combination of catchy tunes, clever lyrics and lots of action. The kids in your life are going to have an experience they will never […]