Live Performance: "The Man Who Bought Minneapolis"

Name: Live Performance: "The Man Who Bought Minneapolis"
Start: 2026-04-26T19:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-04-26T21:00:00-05:00
Location: 240 Summit Ave., Saint Paul, MN, United States, Minnesota 55102

Schedule

Sun Apr 26 2026 at 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

240 Summit Ave., Saint Paul, MN, United States, Minnesota 55102 | St Paul, MN

Join us for a very special staging of The Man Who Bought Minneapolis written by playwright, director, and History Theatre co-founder Lance S. Belville. This critically acclaimed one-man show will be staged for a limited time in the historic setting of Hill’s own home.
James J. Hill's detractors called him a ruthless “Plunderer of the Prairie.” He saw himself as an ambitious dreamer. History labeled him “The Empire Builder.” The Man Who Bought Minneapolis, a play in two acts, reveals both the public and private lives of controversial railroad tycoon James J. Hill, whose presence and vision dominated the Northwest.
CREATIVE TEAM AND CAST
Written by Lance S. Belville
Directed and Produced by Lynn Lohr
James J. Hill . . . Jim Cunningham
Co-Producer/Production Manager . . . Tom Berger
ACT I
Executive Offices of the St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Manitoba Railroad Company
Christmas Time, 1886
Intermission (20 minutes)
ACT II
The Home of James J. Hill, Summit Ave., St. Paul
Christmas Time, 1915
Cost is $15 per person.