🎭🔍 The Adventure of the Clutching Claw 🔍🎭
OR What’s the Matter Alma?
Presented by The Bluegrass Players

📅 PERFORMANCE DATES:
January 9-18

🎪 ABOUT THE SHOW:
Step back in time to the late 1890s at Wichita Hillside University, where a mysterious figure known as The Clutching Claw stalks the campus! This classic melodrama by James R. Hurst and Zoe Bell Hurst is packed with suspense, humor, and all the theatrical thrills that make melodrama so delightfully entertaining. Cheer for the hero, boo the villain, and gasp at every dramatic twist and turn! 🎩✨

From the kindly college president Dr. Penrose Playfair to his evil identical twin cousin Fenton Ormondroyd, from the brave hero Dick Bestman to the damsel in distress Genevieve Astor, this production features larger-than-life characters in a story full of intrigue, romance, and mystery. With a brilliant scientist hiding secrets, a sultry chanteuse, a suffragette secretary, and that terrifying Clutching Claw lurking in the shadows, every moment promises edge-of-your-seat excitement! Will good triumph over evil? Will the mystery be solved? Come find out in this thrilling Victorian adventure! 🕵️‍♂️🌟

🎯 TARGET AUDIENCE:
Perfect for families, mystery lovers, and anyone who enjoys classic melodrama with heroes, villains, and plenty of audience participation.

🤠 Blazing Guns at Roaring Gulch 🔫

or The Perfumed Badge

Presented by: Bluegrass Players

Dates: January 23-25 & January 30-31, 2026

Saddle up for a rip-roaring good time at the Roaring Gulch Hotel! Our hero, Harry Heartstone—a Pinkerton Detective—is in hot pursuit of the villainous outlaw Snipe Vermin. But there’s something awfully familiar about these two desperados… they’re twin brothers!
When a lovely lady sheriff, an evil hotel proprietress, a stage-struck farm boy, a stranded actress, a traveling showman, and his show girls all wind up at the same hotel, chaos ensues. With mistaken identities, dastardly schemes, and plenty of audience participation, you just know there’s going to be a shoot-out before the final curtain! This classic western melodrama is packed with laughs, cheers, and boos for the whole family.

Target Audience: Perfect for families and audiences of all ages who love interactive comedy and classic western fun!