23 May 2017

DISNEY AND CAMERON MACKINTOSH’S MARY POPPINS OPENS TLP’S 56TH SEASON

By Dan Danielowski

MOUNT CARROLL – Timber Lake Playhouse opens its 56th Summer Season with Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s Mary Poppins. The production is one of the largest and most ambitious in the history of the company. Featuring songs like “Supercali-fragilisticexpialidocious,” “Step In Time,” and “ Feed The Birds,” Mary Poppins will begin Thursday June 1 and run through Sunday June 11.

15 May 2017

"Peter and the Starcatcher" Opening June 2nd

By QC Theatre Workshop

Playful, heart-warming, creative, and hilarious! The story of how Peter Pan became Peter Pan! This will be the first local production of this Broadway hit,  and it is a BIG project! We need your help to make it happen! Click here for more info.

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05 May 2017

Rock Island Riots of 1972

By Gaye Burnett

DAVENPORT, IA - Chicago-based artist to unearth stories of local race riots in a performance-based exhibit at the Figge.

24 Apr 2017

Davenport's Ben Greiner named to cast list for "A Flea in Her Ear."

By Jeniece Smith

ROCKFORD, IL (04/21/2017)-- Ben Greiner, of Davenport, has been named to the cast list for A Flea in Her Ear," a hysterical cocktail of chaos that could only have been devised by the master of comic stagecraft, Feydeau. This racuous bedroom farce runs April 27-30, 2017, and is directed by Rockford University Professor of Performing Arts Deborah Mogford.

20 Apr 2017

IOWA CITY COMMUNITY THEATRE BRINGS “THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK” TO THE STAGE THIS WEEKEND.

By Megan Yoder

APRIL 19, 2017 – Iowa City, Iowa – WITNESS a powerful production listening to the memoirs of a young Jewish girl this April as Iowa City Community Theatre presents a new translation by Wendy Kesselman of THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett and directed by Rachel Korach Howell, APRIL 21-30.

17 Apr 2017

TLP Kicks Off 2017 with Pump Boys and Dinettes

By Dan Danielowski

MOUNT CARROLL – Timber Lake Playhouse, the professional summer theatre of northwest Illinois, opens the 2017 season on May 5 with Pump Boys and Dinettes. The popular musical will play over two weekends for eight performances only. The musical continues to play to sold out houses around the country, 35 years after it’s Broadway premier.

17 Apr 2017

Showboat Theatre FUN-raiser

By Clinton Area Showboat Theatre

The Clinton Area Showboat Theatre (CAST) will be holding a fundraiser at the Clinton Hy-Vee Market Grille from 4:00pm-10:00pm on Friday, April 21st. The Market Grille will donate 25 % of their sales during this time to CAST, with all bar tips being donated to the organization as well. Proceeds from this fundraiser will benefit the Showboat’s 2017 professional Summer productions, educational Intern Program, and summer camps for children.

12 Apr 2017

Making God Laugh Opens April 20 on the Old Creamery’s Main Stage

By Lily Allen-Duenas

Amana- Making God Laugh opens on April 20 and runs through May 14 on the Old Creamery’s Main Stage, with shows on Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays at 2:00 pm and on Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 pm.

11 Apr 2017

THE TIN WOMAN OPENS AT THE BLACK BOX THEATRE

By Lora Adams

MOLINE, IL – The Tin Woman by Sean Grennan opens at The Black Box Theatre on April 20th.

Based on a true story, The Tin Woman is the story of Joy, the recipient of the heart, unsure whether she deserves this extraordinary gift, as well as the donors parents Alice and Hank as they come to accept their son’s death.

11 Apr 2017

Little Women - the Broadway Musical at UTHS

By Anthony Greer

The Panther Players at United Township High School are proud to present our 2017 musical, Little Women, April 26-29! Based on the classic novel by Louis May Alcott, Little Women tells the story of headstrong Jo March who struggles with the expectations put on her as a young woman in Civil War-Era New England. Jo, a prolific writer, uses her stories to make sense of the world around her and redefine what it means to be an accomplished female.

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