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The Story of Batesville Community Theatre

Since 1971, Batesville Community Theatre has been a cornerstone of the arts in Batesville, Arkansas, bringing stories to life on stage for more than 50 years. From classic plays and beloved musicals to original revues, youth theatre camps, and community showcases, our productions have entertained, inspired, and connected audiences across generations.

Each season adds to our ongoing legacy of creativity, learning, and shared experiences, made possible by the passion of our performers, volunteers, and supporters. What began as a small community effort has grown into a vibrant theatre organization that continues to enrich the cultural life of Batesville.

Discover our rich history and explore the roots of Batesville Community Theatre, including the milestones and memories that have shaped our stage.

Black and white photo of two people dressed in Western costumes, sitting on a bench, with a curtain backdrop, for the 1980 production "Annie Get Your Gun."

1971-1985

  • Warm Wednesday, Directed by Roy Henderson

    Caught in the Villain’s Web, Directed by Jennifer Engles

    Pool’s Paradise, Directed by John Homesley

    Arsenic and Old Lace, Directed by John Homesley

    Dust on the Christmas Star, Directed by Jennifer Engles

  • Our Town, Directed by Charles Hathcock

    Blithe Spirit, Directed by Roy Henderson

    Harvey, Directed by John Homesley

  • Wait Until Dark, Directed by Wayne Brewies

    The Little Foxes, Directed by Charles hathcock

    Barefoot in the Park, Directed by John Homesley

    Oklahoma! Directed by John Homesley

  • Inaugural Awards Banquet

    The Fantasticks, Directed by John Homesley

    Oliver, Directed by John Homesley

    Dracula, Directed by Gordon Bolar

  • The Rivalry, Directed by Roy Henderson

    Cabaret, Directed by Gordon Bolar

    Look Homeward Angel, Directed by Charles hathcock

    Luv, Directed by Gordon Bolar

    South Pacific, Directed by John Homesley

    Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Directed by Gordon Bolar

  • Bus Stop, Directed by Charlotte Cole

    Guys and Dolls, Directed by Roy Henderson

    Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Directed by Gordon Bolar

  • Ten Little Indians, Directed by Charles Hatchcock 

    All That Jazz, Directed by Tim Blythe

  • A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Directed by Aline Mobley

    Jack the Ripper, Directed by Jay Summers

  • Spoon River Anthology, Directed by Charlotte Cole

    California Suite, Directed by Eastern Hale

  • Annie Get Your Gun, Directed by Jay Summers

    Don’t Drink the Water, Directed by Jim Clayton

  • Camelot, Directed by Charles Hathcock

    Man of LaMancha, Directed by Jay Summers

  • You Know I Can’t Hear You When The Water’s Running, Directed by Greg Golden, Jim Clayton, George Lankford, and Camille Anderson

    We Never Did Have No Drums and a Horse Stepped On Our Bugle, Written and Directed by Freeman Mobley

    Arsenic and Old Lace, Directed by Jim Clayton

  • Carnival, Directed by Jay Summers

    You Can’t Take It With You, Directed by Paul Younghouse

  • You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown, Directed by Brian Goesl

    Feiffer’s People, Directed by Elva Hansen

  • Winnie the Pooh, Directed by Donna Wallace

    The Murder Room, Directed by George Lankford

Four people dressed in costumes and makeup, including a princess, a clown, a witch, and a character with face paint, posing together for a photo.

1986-2000

  • By Strouse, Directed by Sharon Douglas

    Charlotte’s Web, Directed by Donna Wallace

    The Masque of Beauty and the Beast, Directed by Donna Wallace

  • The Apple Tree, Directed by Robert Steinmiller

    Picnic, Directed by Vivian Morrison

    The Fantasticks, Directed by Tim Blythe

  • An Evening with Sharon Douglas, Directed by Sharon Douglas

    The Pied Piper, Directed by Donna Wallace

    The Sleeping Beauty, Directed by Donna Wallace

  • Tiger at the Gates, Directed by George Lankford

    Steel Magnolias, Directed by Tim Blythe

    Mother Hicks, Directed by Donna Wallace (First production with an American Sign Language interpreter)

  • Two Murders: Murder Well Rehearsed and Trifles, Directed by George Lankford

    The Velveteen Rabbit, Directed by Donna Wallace

  • The World of Carl Sandburg, Directed by Gordon Boyer

    One Night Only, Directed by Tim Blythe

    Little Women, Directed by Donna Wallace

  • Into the Woods, Directed by Bill Kennedy

    Don Juan in Hell, Directed by Gordon Boyer

    An Evening of Short Plays: The Boy Who Ate The Moon, Overtones, Here We Are, and The No Count Boy, Directed by Gordon Boyer

    Smoke on the Mountain, Directed by Alan Bailey

  • “1776” Directed by Tim Blythe

    Love Letters, Directed by Gordon Boyer

    The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, Directed by Donna Wallace

  • Luv, Directed by Charles Hathcock

    Foxfire, Directed by Tim Blythe

    Gift of the Magi, Directed by Donna Wallace

  • The Rainmaker, Directed by Cliff Fannin Baker

    A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Directed by Michael Counts

    Greater Tuna, Directed by Cathy Tomlin

    Narnia, Directed by Donna Wallace

  • Summer and Smoke, Directed by Charles Hathcock

  • Robber Bridegroom, Directed by Patrick Crommett

    Wind in the Willows, Directed by Donna Wallace

  • Sunsets, Directed by Gordon Boyer

    Everyman, Directed by Karen Holyer

    A Christmas Carol, Directed by Patrick Crommett

  • Handy Dandy, Directed by Gordon Boyer

    The Wizard of Oz, Directed by Donna Wallace

  • The Foreigner, Directed by Kelley Grooms

    The King and I, Directed by Patrick Crommett

Theatre actors performing on stage in colorful costumes, with a scenic backdrop of trees and a river.

2001-2015

  • BCT At 30, Directed by Dana Bone and Joni Ragsdale

    Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat, Directed by Donna Wallace

  • John Brown’s Body, Directed by Unknown

    Into the Woods, Directed by Donna Wallace

    Four Fairy Tales, Directed by Amanda Pickett

  • Old Friends, Directed by Unknown 

    Macbeth, Directed by Amanda Pickett

    Annie, Directed by Donna Wallace

  • Godspell, Directed by Amanda Pickett

    Three Terrific Tales, Directed by Amanda Pickett

    Hallows Eve Tales, Directed by Amanda Pickett

    Best Christmas Pageant Ever, Directed by Robin King

  • Girlhood Diaries, Shakespeare, Directed by Amanda Pickett

    Sleeping Beauty/Snow White, Directed by Amanda Pickett

    Tempest, Directed by Amanda Pickett

    Nunsense, Directed by Teah Barham

  • Beauty and the Beast, Directed by Amanda Pickett

    Romeo and Juliet, Directed by Amanda Pickett

    The Spirit of Christmas, Directed by Unknown

    Harriet Tubman, Directed by Unknown

  • Alice in Wonderland, Directed by James Gage

    A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Directed by Amanda Pickett

  • Steel Magnolias, Directed by Amanda Pickett

    Two Fairy Tales, Directed by Amanda Pickett

    Jekyll and Hyde, Directed by Amanda Pickett

    Little Shop of Horrors, Directed by Shani Kramer

  • Our Town, Directed by Counts

    Stella and the King of Dreams, Directed by Sarah Stricklin

    Aladdin, Directed by Ginger Sandy

  • I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, Directed by Amanda Pickett

    Chicken Little, Directed by Amanda Pickett

  • Civil War Chronicles I, Directed by Lankford

    The Foreigner, Directed by Ginger Sandy

    The Twelve Dancing Princesses, Directed by Suzanne Magouyrk

    A Curious Savage, Directed by Drury

  • Beauty and the Beast, Directed by Ginger Sandy

  • Civil War Chronicles II, Directed by Lankford

    Oliver! Directed by Ginger Sandy

    Arsenic and Old Lace, Directed by Annie Stricklin

  • Nunsense, Directed by Suzanne Magouyrk

    Mothers to Murders, Directed by Ginger Sandy

    BCT’s Barn-Raisin’ Hoedown with Danny Dozier and Friends, Directed by Suzanne Magouyrk

  • Love Letters, Directed by Sara Walker

    Mary Poppins, with West Magnet Dance, Directed by Ginger Sandy

    BCT’s 2nd Annual Hoedown, Directed by Suzanne Magouyrk

A woman dressed as a princess or fairy tale character and a person in a gingerbread man costume performing on stage with a forest background.

2016-2025

  • The Swansea, Written  by Annie Stricklin, Directed by Annie Stricklin and Georgette Sims

    Haphazardly Ever After, with North Arkansas Dance Theatre, Directed by Suzanne Magouyrk

    Christmas Radio Show, Directed by Christine Tully

  • Dear Edwina, with North Arkansas Dance Theatre, Directed by Shona Covington

    Shrek! The Musical, Directed by Sara Walker

  • Savannah Sipping Society, Directed by Colyn Bowman

    Annie, with North Arkansas Dance Theatre, Directed by Shona Covington

    You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown, Directed by Whitney Massey

  • The Edge of Darkness, Directed by Colyn Bowman

    Frog and Toad, with North Arkansas Dance Theatre, Directed by Shona Covington

    The Addams Family, Directed by Fonzie Geary

    A Christmas Carol, Revised and Directed by David Norris

  • 12 Incompetent Jurors, Directed by Jeanette Gibbs

    Virtual Variety Show, Directed by Unknown

  • Murder on the Menu, with Stella’s Brick Oven, Directed by Unknown

    The Odd Couple, The Female Version, Directed by Unknown

    50th Birthday Gala, All Together Now, Directed by Suzanne Magouyrk

  • Veronica’s Room, Directed by Colyn Bowman

    The Star-Spangled Girl, Directed by Colyn Bowman (First show in the BCT Performing Arts Center)

    Once On This Island, Directed by Unknown

    The Cry of the Peacock, Directed by Unknown

    The Aristocats Kids, Directed by Charliann Wade

  • A Cabaret, Directed by Unknown

    Drinking Habits, Directed by Unknown

    Bye Bye Birdie, Directed by Tommie McDonald 

    Twelve Dancing Princesses, Directed by Suzanne Magouyrk

    An Evening with Elvis, Directed by Bob Carius

    The Miracle Worker, Directed by Jeanette Gibbs

    Holiday Variety Show, Directed by Unknown

  • A Farce of Nature, Directed by Colyn Bowman

    All Together, Again! Directed by Suzanne Magouyrk

    Sleeping Beauty, Directed by Jeanette and Westley Gibbs

    Sarah, Plain and Tall, Directed by Unknown

    Next to Normal, Directed by Kristian Ameigh

    The Maltese Antidepressant, Written and Directed by Stephen Norris

    Festival of Trees, Directed by Suzanne Magouyrk

  • The Maltese Antidepressant, Written and Directed by Stephen Norris

    Farce of Habit, Directed by Colyn Bowman

    The Diary of Anne Frank, Directed by Jeanette Gibbs

    An Evening with Elvis, A Benefit Concert, Directed by Bob Carius

    Sordid Lives, Directed by Suzanne Magouyrk

    Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Directed by Kristian Ameigh

    Broadway Cabaret, Directed by Westley Gibbs and Julie Williams

    Café Murder, Directed by Debbie McGilton

    Second Annual Festival of Trees, Directed by Suzanne Magouyrk

    Madeline’s Christmas, Directed by Suzanne Magouyrk