Every venue we could confirm currently screens movies or stages live performances in Kirksville and Adair County, listed below. This is a directory of the venues themselves — for what’s actually playing and when, see our companion schedule story, linked at the bottom of this page and updated as new listings come out. Addresses, contact information and programming come from each venue’s own website as of September 2026 — call or check online to confirm show times, since those change week to week.
This list covers movie screenings and staged performances only. It does not include Truman State’s academic lecture series or non-theatrical campus events. If you know of another screen or stage operating in Kirksville or Adair County that belongs here, let us know.
Movies & Live Performance Venues
Downtown Cinema 8
Kirksville’s first-run movie theater — eight screens showing current national releases, with matinee and evening showtimes updated daily.
115 North Elson, Kirksville, MO 63501
Curtain Call Theatre
Kirksville’s all-volunteer community theater, operating since 1997 — stages several productions a year in its own 80-seat house and hosts a free classic-film series each fall.
512 West Elizabeth Street, Kirksville, MO 63501
Truman State University Theatre Department
Truman’s Communication and Theatre Arts Department stages a full season of mainstage plays, musicals and student showcases, most performed in the James G. Severns Theatre and Black Box Theatre inside Ophelia Parrish Hall.
Ophelia Parrish Hall, 100 E. Normal Ave., Kirksville, MO 63501
Kohlenberg Lyceum Series (Truman State)
Truman’s long-running performing arts series brings professional touring acts — comedy, dance, music — to campus several times a year, most shows in Baldwin Auditorium.
Baldwin Hall, 100 E. Normal Ave., Kirksville, MO 63501
Kirksville High School Theatre
KHS’s student theatre program stages a fall production, a spring musical and technical-theatre showcases through the year, performed on campus.
1901 E. Normal Ave., Kirksville, MO 63501
For current showtimes, ticket links and upcoming performance dates, see our schedule story: What’s playing and what’s coming up: a Kirksville theatre & film guide.
