Bankhead Presents Program | August 2025
Are You Ready For It? A Taylor Experience
Starring Traci Marie as Taylor
Paying tribute to Taylor Swift’s Iconic Eras Tour
SAT AUG 2 @ 8 PM
Taylor Swift has been ranked by Billboard as one of the greatest artists of all time, alongside other legends like The Beatles, Michael Jackon, and Madonna, to name a few. Swift has deservedly earned this spot, and is undoubtedly loved and adored by her fans, known to the world as “Swifties.” After close to 20 years in the music industry, Taylor Swift has proven herself as a music icon, being the first and only artist to win a Grammy for Album of the Year 4 years in a row.
In 2023, Taylor Swift began her iconic Eras Tour in the US. Since then, the Eras Tour has become a billion-dollar global phenomenon, and the highest grossing tour in history. Are You Ready For It? A Taylor Experience, recreates the magic of the Eras Tour in a spectacular, unforgettable show starring Traci Marie as Taylor. Traci’s attention to detail will not go unnoticed by Swifties. Her authentic costumes, mannerisms, and voice embody the essence of Taylor Swift. This theatrical style show is filled with everything you’d expect to see from the Eras Tour; choreography, stunning multimedia visuals, costume changes, and audience participation.
Traci, a small-town theater girl from the suburbs of Chicago, grew up surrounded by musical talent. Throughout her career, she has opened for national touring artists like Tony Orlando, The Righteous Brothers, Chubby Checker, and others. She’s performed with Felix Cavaliere of The Rascals, and Dennis Tufano of The Buckinghams fame. This former “Miss Congeniality” winner was also nominated for Tribute Artist of the Year (2024) for the Josie Music Awards.
Are You Ready For It? A Taylor Experience, features a live band tribute to the most successful tour in music history. Whether you’re a Swiftie, or new to Taylor’s music, this fast paced, energetic, captivating show, is a must see event!
The Great Dubois: Masters of Variety
SAT AUG 9 @ 8 PM
The World’s Most Unique 2-Person Circus Show!
The Great DuBois: Masters of Variety…a fast-paced, high energy circus show for all ages…showcasing incredible feats of juggling, hula hoops, unicycle, aerial, circus stunts, contortion, magic and audience interaction all wrapped up in a blanket of comedy. Simply put…the most unique 2-person circus show you will ever see!
Recently featured in Hugh Jackman’s hit movie The Greatest Showman, The Great DuBois have amassed an impressive list of credits, including appearances in the Tony Award-winning Pippin on Broadway, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Night with David Letterman, Britney Spears’ World Circus Tour, and the movie Burlesque, to highlight just a few.
The award-winning combination of Michael DuBois and Viktoria Grimmy have five generations of circus performing between them, and have wowed crowds at countless shows at theatres, universities, cruise ships, fairs, and festivals all over the world.
Michael DuBois has been performing for over 15 years and already has national television appearances including NBC’s Tonight Show & The Jay Leno Show, The Late Show with David
Letterman, and the hit movie The Greatest Showman starring Hugh Jackman. DuBois has performed at over 1000 Colleges and Universities across the United States, NBA halftime shows, theaters, and headlines multiple major cruise lines all over the world.
Michael was born and raised in the small town of Horseheads in Upstate New York and was yearly brought to see the Circus by his grandparents. As a kid, Michael was always involved in sports, music, and curious to learn any new skill he could. Michael later learned to juggle in middle school Gym Class, and purchased his first unicycle at a garage sale. After high school Michael attended PennState University where he ran the juggling club and magic club with his then performing partner Chris Chelko, and graduated with a degree in Business Management, and
Photography.
After graduation, Michael and Chris became full time performers and moved to New York City where they performed at hundreds of private events and universities. In 2009 Chris moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in Television producing, and Michael began his solo performances with his show the “Solo Circus.” After years of performing solo, Michael couldn’t be more excited to start performing the new show with his Wife and longtime partner in life and now performance, Viktoria. “The Great DuBois” have been performing together full-time since 2015, and live in Upstate New York on their 15 acre “Circus Estate” with their 3 cats.
Viktoria Grimmy is a 5th generation Circus performer who was featured in the Tony Award winning revival of Pippin on Broadway. She has toured with Britney Spears’ World Circus Tour, Big Apple Circus, Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey, and many more. If you think you recognize her you just might… She has been seen in many national commercials, had a role in the movie Burlesque, and most recently Viktoria was featured in the film The Greatest Showman starring Hugh Jackman.
Viktoria was born into a multi generational Circus family who toured with the Soviet Circus. After a beautiful career in Russia, Viktoria’s parents wanted to expand their opportunities to the United States, where they moved with the their children to New York City. Shortly after, The Grimmy Family Circus was touring private events and eventually with The Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey Circus for two years all over the USA. Viktoria has competed internationally and placed Bronze in the Monte Carlo Circus Festival among other prestigious circus competitions.
In 2009, Viktoria embarked on the Britney Spears World Circus Tour, performing in the biggest arenas all over the world for massive audiences. After tour, Viktoria had two incredible years working and performing in Los Angeles, before moving back to NYC to perform on Broadway with Pippin.
After years of performing on different projects, Viktoria was incredibly excited to finally pursue a show with her Husband Michael. So, in 2015 after her departure from Pippin, Viktoria and Michael finally started to focus on their two person circus variety show and exclusively working together. Being on set together for The Greatest Showman was an incredible treat especially because they were able to experience together.
Viktoria loves making costumes and spending time at her amazing “Circus Estate” in upstate NY with Michael and their 3 cats.
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Vicki Lawrence and Mama: A Two-Woman Show
SAT AUG 16 @ 3 PM & 8 PM
Multi-talented Vicki Lawrence is an actress, comedian, and singer known for the many characters she originated on CBS’s The Carol Burnett Show, where she appeared from 1967 to 1978, for the entire series run. One such character, Thelma Harper/Mama, was the central character of the ever popular television situation comedy series Mama’s Family. The show still can be seen daily in syndication throughout most of the country and is available as part of a Time-Life DVD collection.
Lawrence recently co-starred in the popular FOX-TV comedy series The Cool Kids, picked up for a full season of 22 episodes due to its Friday night success, a comedy about a rowdy, rag-tag group of friends living in a retirement community who are willing to break every rule in order to have fun. Lawrence’s co-stars included David Alan Grier, Martin Mull, and Leslie Jordan.
Lawrence spends much of her time on the road with her stage production Vicki Lawrence and Mama, A Two Woman Show. She also enjoys speaking to women’s organizations and other great causes, where she shares her life story of fame, activism, and her continuing success. All the while she approaches everything with her characteristic sense of humor, reminding us all that “Life is much too serious to be taken seriously!”
Lawrence has multiple Emmy Award nominations, winning one in 1976. She is a multiple Golden Globe nominee, all for The Carol Burnett Show. In 1973, Lawrence recorded the hit song “The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia.” It reached Number One on both the United States and Canada top charts.
In the past, Lawrence hosted a popular game show, Win, Lose or Draw, her own daytime talk show, Vicki!, and appeared in many theatre productions. She was the only talk show host since Oprah to be nominated for a Daytime Emmy in her freshman year. Through the years Lawrence has made appearances on other television programs, such as Laverne & Shirley, Major Dad, Roseanne, Hannah Montana, and Yes, Dear. Lawrence has also appeared with Burnett, Korman, and Tim Conway in the Burnett show retrospectives. On stage Vicki has appeared in numerous productions, including Carousel, Send Me No Flowers, No, No, Nanette, Chapter Two, Hello, Dolly!, I’m Getting My Act Together and Taking It On The Road, Annie Get Your Gun, and live from the Grand Ole Opry, Nunsense 3: The Jamboree, which aired on TNN.
Vicki is not only a successful actress, she also is involved in many causes close to her. She was the honorary head of the D.A.R.E program, raised money to protect widows and families of slain police officers in Long Beach, CA, supports the Humane Society, and works with the American Heart Association as well as WALK FOR THE CURE. Her efforts to protect women’s rights were recognized in 1988 when Vicki was the first woman to be honored as “Person of the Year” by the Coalition of Labor Union Women.
Lawrence was diagnosed with chronic idiopathic urticaria (CIU) around 2011. She teamed with the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America and has become the spokesperson for the campaign CIU & You. She appeared on The Doctors in 2015 to relay her story and talk about CIU and promote the CIU & You campaign.
10th Annual Brilliance at The Bankhead
starring LeAnn Rimes
SAT AUG 23
LeAnn Rimes is an international multi-platinum selling acclaimed singer and ASCAP award-winning songwriter who has sold more than 48 million units globally, won 2 Grammy® Awards; 12 Billboard Music Awards; 2 World Music Awards; 3 Academy of Country Music Awards; 2 Country Music Association Awards and one Dove Award. At 14, Rimes won “Best New Artist” making her the youngest recipient to take home a Grammy® Award. LeAnn has been honored with the Ally of Equality Award by the Human Rights Campaign for over 20 years of equal rights support, the 2019 HOPE Award for Depression Advocacy, and 2009 ACM Humanitarian Award, among other recognitions, solidifying her dedication to making the world a better place.
The powerhouse vocalist lit up television screens throughout the 2018 holiday season as she starred and served as an Executive Producer in Hallmark’s “It’s Christmas, Eve,” which earned the highest TV original movie debut to-date for the channel premiering to over 4.3 million viewers. In 2020, Rimes shined the brightest and won season four of FOX’s The Masked Singer, with Entertainment Weekly stating that she delivered “… the most beautiful performance in the history of The Masked Singer.”
Passionate about using her voice to help heal the world, LeAnn released a chant record in November of 2020 called CHANT: The Human and The Holy (EverLe Records / Thirty Tigers). Rimes continued her wellness journey with two seasons of her iHeartRadio podcast, Wholly Human, which brings her lifestyle blog, Soul of EverLe, to life and introduces fans to the teachers and wise souls that have made a positive impact on her life. LeAnn served as the inspiration judge on the discovery+ competition series, Meet Your Makers Showdown, which recently streamed. LeAnn also recently celebrated her 25th anniversary as a recording artist, commemorating the release of her debut album “Blue,” and released her latest studio album, God’s Work, in 2022.
The Princess Bride
An Inconceivable Evening with Cary Elwes
SAT AUG 30 @ 2 PM & 8 PM
Join Cary Elwes (Westley) for a behind-the-scenes look at life on and off the set of the classic film, The Princess Bride.
After a screening of the iconic movie, Elwes will engage in a moderated discussion revealing never before shared secrets and tales of inconceivable antics!
Journey back to the lands of Florin and Guilder in an adventure filled with fencing, fighting, torture, revenge, giants, monsters, chases, escapes, miracles, and of course, true love.
Elwes has been in a multitude of films and tv shows, including Robin Hood: Men in Tights, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Saw, Twister, Liar, Liar, Stranger Things, and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. He recently starred in Guy Ritchie’s Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre, Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part 1 with Tom Cruise, Zack Snyder’s sci fi epic Rebel Moon, and his latest movie, Guy Ritchie’s The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, based on the true story of the first British secret mission during World War II.
Now Elwes is hitting the road to share with fans the personal stories behind the making of this piece of cinematic history.
Don’t be a “Humperdinck,” make haste to see The Princess Bride: An Inconceivable Evening with Cary Elwes for a night you will always “tweasure.”
UNCLE Credit Union Art Gallery at the Bankhead Theater
Fragile Earth: A Call to Action
Quest Science Collaboration
Now thru October 19, 2025
Thursdays — Sundays, 1 pm — 5 pm
FREE & OPEN to the Public
*PLEASE NOTE: The Art Gallery is CLOSED on Saturdays & Sundays when matinee performances take place at The Bankhead. Upcoming closures include: SAT 8/16, THU 8/21—SUN 8/24, & SAT 8/30.
Fragile Earth: A Call to Action is an art exhibit that explores the delicate balance of our planet’s ecosystems and the urgent need for environmental stewardship. Featuring works from local and regional artists, the exhibit showcases a diverse range of mediums, including painting, sculpture, photography, and interactive installations. Each piece serves as a poignant reflection on humanity’s impact on the Earth and a rallying cry for meaningful action to combat climate change. The Reception for “Fragile Earth” at the UNCLE Credit Union Art Gallery is on Saturday, September 6, from 1-4 pm. Learn More …
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