IOWA CITY, IOWA (May 17, 2023) — Riverside Theatre, Iowa City’s resident professional theatre, is thrilled to announce its upcoming production of Twelfth Night, Shakespeare’s iconic comedy, running for three weeks in Lower City Park, June 16 through July 2, 2023.

MOUNT CARROLL, ILLINOIS (May 5, 2023) — The Illinois Arts Council has awarded Timber Lake Playhouse a grant to continue their paid apprentice program for area teens interested in pursuing careers in the theatre arts. TLP is accepting applications for the apprenticeship program through May 26.

MOUNT CARROLL, ILLINOIS (April 14, 2023) — Timber Lake Playhouse (TLP), the premier professional summer theatre of northwest Illinois, is thrilled to announce that The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical, an “electrifying” (Newsday) musical adaption of The New York Times bestselling novel written by Rick Riordan, book by Joe Tracz, music and lyrics by Rob Rokicki, will open at TLP on May 12 for one weekend.

DUBUQUE, IOWA (March 27, 2023) — Twenty-three local dancers, ranging from third-graders to college students, were cast to perform alongside American Midwest Ballet (AMB) in the company’s touring production of The Wizard of Oz, presented in collaboration with Dubuque’s Academy of Ballet, at 7PM, Friday, April 21, 2023, and 1PM, Saturday, April 22, 2023, in John and Alice Butler Hall, Heritage Center, University of Dubuque.