🦈 Our season has a new fin-tastic twist! We’re adding The Shark is Broken by Ian Shaw & Joseph Nixon to our lineup.
The first summer blockbuster movie is being filmed—but no one working on the film would know it. Dive deep into the tumultuous, murky waters of the making of a major motion picture with testy, feuding costars, unpredictable weather, and a shark prop whose constant breakdowns are looking like an omen for the future of the movie. In this comedy co-written by Ian Shaw and Joseph Nixon, the short tempers of Jaws stars Robert Shaw (father of co-writer Ian), Richard Dreyfuss, and Roy Scheider take center stage as they bond, argue, drink, gamble, and pray for an end to the shoot, not knowing it will change their lives forever. 🛥🦈
Show dates are July 7, 2026 – July 18, 2026
Please note: this production is not included in our season ticket package.
Season tickets for our 2025–2026 season are now on sale! Each pass includes six tickets for just $90. But if you purchase before the end of July, you’ll receive an early bird discount and pay only $80 per pass.
Call our box office at 205.621.2125 to place your order.
Our 2025-2026 Season includes six mainstage shows: The Second-to-Last Chance Ladies League; Dial M for Murder; Christmas Queens; The Cottage; Much Ado About Nothing; and Red, White, and Tuna.
South City Theatre has a holiday gift for you: six performances of the rollicking comedy, “A Tuna Christmas” by Ed Horton, Jaston Williams, and Joe Sears. Directed by Sue Ellen Gerrells. Performances are set for Dec 8, 9, 15 and 16 @ 7:30 p.m. and matinees on Dec 10 and 17 at 2 p.m. South City Theatre is located at 2969 Pelham Parkway in Pelham, Al. Tickets in advance online are $18 general admission and $15 for seniors over 60 and students under 18. All tickets at the door are $20. Call the box office at 205 621-2128 for reservations or buy tickets online at https://app.arts-people.com/index.php?ticketing=soct
In Tuna, the third smallest town in Texas, living is far from easy – even in the 24 hours before Christmas. Bertha Bumiller decorates the tree by herself, again – her kids and philandering husband who knows where. Director Joe Bob Lipsey’s “A Christmas Carol” may never see opening night if Tuna Electricity turns off their lights for missed payments. R.R. Snavely sees aliens. The Smut Snatchers of the New Order are determined to find (and excise) the dirty words in Christmas carols. And Vera Carp will do just about anything to hold on to the trophy for the annual yard decorating contest, although the mysterious Christmas Phantom may have other ideas.
Spend the holidays in the fictional town of Tuna, Texas where laughter abounds when three performers: David Coker, Robin Rushing, and Alan Ashman play twenty-one different characters with dozens of costume changes. This play is a fun-filled, satirical look inside the workings of a small town at Christmas. This isn’t your typical holiday show, and may not be appropriate for some people. Happy Holidays!
When we produced the gospel musical Smoke on the Mountain in 2019, audiences raved and clamored for more, and we are obliging!
South City Theatre, Pelham’s award-winning community theatre, is staging the sequel to one of Branson, Missouri’s best loved shows when we tour “Smoke on the Mountain Homecoming” to area churches this July.
Here’s how Branson describes the show:
“Smoke on the Mountain” is a … breath of fresh mountain air! It’s a drama, comedy, and gloriously good gospel music production, gift-wrapped and given to delighted audiences by a smart, but slightly off-kilter clan of church choir members – The Sanders Family Singers. Imagine the setting… a devoted congregation, an era just after World War II, a small town in North Carolina, and the Saturday night sing at the Mount Pleasant Baptist Church is the biggest thing happening in town every week. Come on in for a sing-along with this talented collection of actors, singers, and musicians that make up the Sanders clan; they’ll entice you with more than 25 different classic gospel tunes, a tad bit of downright contagious laughter, and a few touching moments that just might shake a tear or two from the driest of eyes. They’re a slightly imperfect bunch, but they’re happy and lovable and generously talented!”
Fun for the entire family!
You have 5 opportunities to enjoy this nostalgically, heart-warming musical:
July 14 and 15, 2023 7:30 pm The Episcopal Church of the a Holy Spirit, 858 Kent Dairy Rd, Alabaster, 35007
July 21, 2023 7:30 pm Restore Campus, First United Methodist, Alabaster, 128 Market Street, Alabaster, 35007
July 22, 2023 7:30 pm First Christian Church, Birmingham, 4954 Valleydale Rd., Birmingham, 35242
July 23, 2023 2:00 pm Restore Campus, First United Methodist Church, 128 Market Street, Alabaster, 35007
Drumroll please! We are thrilled to announce our upcoming 2023/24 season at South City Theatre!
From classic thrillers to moving dramas and hilarious comedies, our 2023-2024 season is sure to leave you spellbound. And there are sure to be a few surprises along the way!
August: Covering Dish
October: Dracula
December: A Tuna Christmas
February: Crimes of the Heart
April: The Wild Women of Winedale
June: Catfish Moon
Stay tuned for more information on seasons tickets.
Would you like to be a director for the upcoming season? Send an email to donna.williamson@southcitytheatre.com with your resume by May 31, 2023, to be considered for the upcoming season.
Thursday’s April 20 performance has been cancelled. The two performances on April 21 & 22 at 7:30 pm are available at the special rate of $10 each. https://www.southcitytheatre.com/get-tickets/ for tickets.
Seven letters. Two people. One vanity plate. Kathleen, a Scarsdale socialite, wants something Harry, a short-order cook from Brooklyn, already has. Harry has his reasons for refusing to exchange plates. Kathleen resolves to use her feminine charms and her checkbook to make Harry fork over the goods. But nothing is simple, and what begins as a ridiculous squabble over a seemingly unimportant matter turns into a poignant, funny, and bumpy ride toward the mending of two broken lives. A MUST SEE!
Directed by Clay Boyce and starring Alan Ashman, David Gauntt, Patrice Headington, Keith Ngo, and Elane Barlow.“This sentence by Edmond Rostand, the author of “Cyrano de Bergerac” describes our show perfectly: panache: “A little frivolous perhaps, most certainly a little theatrical, panache is nothing but a grace which is so difficult to retain in the face of death, a grace which demands so much strength that, all the same, it is a grace … which I wish for all of us.” says director Clay Boyce.
Please note that this show contains adult themes and may not be suitable for some audiences.
Season Tickets for the 2022-2023 Season are on sale now.
Each ticket package includes five flex tickets to be used at your discretion. Use them all for one performance or spread them out over the season. Each package costs $80. Contact our box office manager at 205.621.2128 to purchase.
Due to circumstances beyond our control, we regretfully must cancel our production of Panache. We will be reaching out to those of you who have already purchased tickets for this production soon. You will be able to move your reservation to another production, change your purchase to a donation, or request a refund.
We are grateful for your continued support and look forward to seeing you at a future production.
Due to circumstances beyond our control, we regretfully announce our November production of All Together Now has been cancelled. Patrons who’ve bought tickets will receive a refund through our box office manager. Call 205-621-2128 for more information.
