Circa '21 Dinner Playhouse Information

Circa '21 Dinner Playhouse is housed in the historic Fort Armstrong Theatre. Opened in 1921, the theatre was originally a vaudeville and silent movie house, among one of the most popular and unique of its day. In August of 1976, the theatre was purchased for its present use as a dinner theatre. The interior was remodeled into Las Vegas styled seating and currently seats 334 on the main floor. Circa '21 Dinner Playhouse opened in June of 1977 as the Quad Cities' professional theatre. In 1978, following the opening of Circa '21, the Fort Armstrong Theatre was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The concept of dinner theatre was unique to the Quad Cities at the time and has since provided the area with over 250 productions of comedies, dramas, musicals, mysteries, children's shows and celebrity attractions such as Tony Bennett, Mickey Rooney, Phyllis Diller, Pat Boone, The Smothers Brothers, The Lettermen, Dennis Miller, and Roseanne. The actors and artistic staff at Circa '21 hail from all parts of the country. Circa '21 is proud to offer savory dining prepared right here in our own kitchen. The Circa '21 Bootleggers are your singing and dancing hospitality experts. This talented group of people will not only pour your coffee and bring your soup or salad, but they will also dazzle you with their amazing talent from the stage during the preshow revue. The Bootleggers are one of the very few performing dinner theatre wait staffs left in the country.