With the company's second mainstage production of its 2023-24 season, the student talents of Davenport Junior Theatre will be taking audiences on a rollicking underwater adventure in the February 17 through 25 run of Finding Nemo Jr., the 60-minute musical based on the beloved animated film that boats a cast of 41, eight youths running the booth and backstage, and seven additional front-of-house team members ages 10 to 18.

Described by the New York Times as “intense and exciting” and by The New Yorker as “smart, eloquent entertainment,” Tony-winning author John Logan's two-character Red enjoys a February 23 through March 3 run hosted by Circle's Edge, an offshoot of City Circle Theatre Company, with this acclaimed drama about noted painter Mark Rothko being staged in an actual art studio: Coralville's social painting and crafting venue Brush & Barrel.

Currently touring in support of his new album Long Way from Home, the Billboard-charting country singer/songwriter George Ducas serves as the second featured performer in the Rhythm City Casino Resort Rhythm Room's “Country Vibes” series, the artist's February 17 engagement showcasing the talents that resulted in a Grammy nomination and the writing of hit singles for the likes of Garth Brooks, Gary Allan, and George Jones.

With his 2023 release Wilderness Within You lauded by Glide magazine as recording that "leaves you with an uneasy feeling in the best way possible," Americana and roots-rock singer/songwriter Parker Millsap headlines a February 16 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, the artistic previously lauded by Saving Country Music as “fearless in both what he's willing to say and how he's willing to say it.”