Back by Popular Demand! Sweet Dreams of Patsy…

Sweet Dreams of Patsy

Three Performances Only to Celebrate the 4th! Direct from Branson, Alice Faye returns with her much-loved tribute to the great ladies of Country Music. If you were lucky enough to catch Sweet Dreams of Patsy in March then you know how amazing this show is!  Close your eyes, sit back and enjoy all your favorite […]

Are you All Crazy About Patsy Cline?

Sweet Dreams of Patsy

Fri Mar 13, 2020 7:30 PM Bluff City Theater, Hannibal, MO Featuring Alice Faye as the legendary Patsy Cline Direct from Branson Bluff City Theater presents an up-close-and-personal evening with the music of Patsy Cline in a 90-minute show dedicated to Patsy and other country legends. Over 15 of Patsy’s hits are featured in this […]

Get Tickets Now for The Big Reveal 2020!

Join us for The Big Reveal 2020 Saturday, November 16th 7-9 p.m. Karlock’s Kars and Pop Culture Before you know it, 2020 will be here and along with it, an exciting new season of professional theater right here in Hannibal.  Come join us for the Second Annual Big Reveal Event and be among the first […]

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…

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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 […]

FREE  ADULT IMPROV ACTING CLASS Thursday, May 2nd, 7:00-8:00 pm Ready to experiment with your creative expression, spontaneity, and have fun while stepping out of your comfort zone? This FREE introductory acting class is designed to give participants a sample of what theater improvisation is all about. Theater improv exercises and techniques have been used […]

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 […]

Are You A Fan of American History?

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History buffs are going to love The Interrogation of Nathan Hale by Captain John Montresor.  Based on real-life events, David Stanley Ford’s thoughtful and intense script captures the final hours of Nathan Hale before he is executed as the first spy in the service of America.  Through the eyes of young Hale and Montresor, a […]