Entertaining hypnotist to perform in West Plains Jan. 25

Hypnotist Chris Jones will perform at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 25, at the West Plains Civic Center theater in a program sponsored by the University/Community Programs (U/CP) Department at Missouri State University-West Plains.

Tickets are $10 each and are available through the West Plains Civic Center box office, 110 St. Louis St., from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekdays, or by phone at 417-256-8087. MSU-WP students with a BearPass ID will be admitted free. 

Promotional material says Jones offers “a high-energy show that is interactive for both those being hypnotized and those watching from the audience, organizers said. His antics are guaranteed to make audiences cry from laughing, they added, recalling Jones’ 2015 performance on “America’s Got Talent,” when he hypnotized judge Howie Mandel, a well-known germaphobe, to make him shake hands.