Doug Gabriel is Branson's only 10 time winner of "Male Vocalist of the Year!" Doug Gabriel comes to Amana on July 16 to 18, 2015 and performs his award winning show on the Old Creamery Theatre's Main Stage. Shows are on July 16, 17, and 18 at 2:00 pm and an extra evening performance on July 18 at 7:30 pm.

The Doug Gabriel Show has become a tradition with Branson visitors and Doug is celebrating 20 years of performing in Branson. The #1 Hits Tribute Show has become one of the most popular shows in the area. It appeals to all ages and is ranked as one of the top three shows to see in Branson.

Doug is Branson's current Male Vocalist of the Year and his show has won Best Tribute Show, three years in a row!

Looking to laugh? Doug lightens the mood throughout the show. Great music and great giggles make a winning combination. Laugh the night away with Doug Gabriel! And Doug has assembled a show with chart topping hits from the 50's to today. You will experience some of the greatest music ever performed.

Tickets are $33 for adults and $18.50 for students. Season tickets are not valid for this special event. Call the box office for tickets and information 319-622-6262 or visit us online at www.oldcreamery.com.

MOUNT CARROLL, IL - The timeless Broadway musical Peter Pan flies on to the stage at Timber Lake Playhouse for the first time ever this week. Opening Thursday, July 2nd and running through Sunday, July 12th, the musical stars Rosie Upton as Peter, Cody Jolly as Captain Hook, and it is directed by Zachary L. Gray.

Peter Pan is the musical version of the beloved J. M. Barrie play about the boy who wouldn't grow up that premiered in 1904 and has since become one of the most famous stories and characters in literature, theatre and film. The musical features songs like "Never-Neverland," "I'm Flying," "I Gotta Crow," "I Won't Grow Up" and more written by Carolyn Leigh, "Moose" Charlap, Betty Comden and Adolph Green, and Jule Styne. Mary Martin made the songs famous.

After convincing Wendy Darling to fly to Neverland with her brothers to take on the role of mother to the lost boys, Peter leads them on series of adventures. First the boys have to make peace with Tiger Lily and the Indians, and then defend Neverland from Captain Hook and his band of incapable pirates when they try to steal Wendy to be their own mother. Ultimately, Wendy and the boys must decide to stay with Peter and stay young forever or return home, where they are certain to eventually grow up.

"Our director and our designers have put together a beautiful production. This show is beloved by generations, but I had forgotten how funny the thing actually is," Artistic Director James Beaudry said. "It's one of the actual funniest musical comedies ever written, and with actors like Rosie and Cody, we're constantly in stitches."

"We audition over 1,200 people all over the country, and Rosie and Cody were the only people we saw that we knew could do Peter and Hook the way they're meant to be done. Our audiences are going to adore them," Beaudry continued.

The rest of the cast includes resident performers Holly Moss as Wendy, Tia Pinson as Tiger Lily, Amelia Jo Parish as Smee, and Paige ManWaring as Mrs. Darling. The ensemble includes resident company members and children from around the region.

A full-length show that is appropriate for all ages, Peter Pan performs: Thursday, July 2 at 7:30 p.m.; Friday, July 3 at 2:00 p.m.; Sunday, July 5 at 2:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m.; Tuesday, July 7 at 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.; Wednesday, July 8 at 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.; Thursday, July 9 at 7:30 p.m.; Friday, July 10 at 11:00 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, July 11 at 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.; and Sunday, July 12 at 2:00 p.m.

Tickets are $17 for children, students and active duty military personnel, $22 for seniors and $25 for adults. Groups of 10 or more can get $20 tickets. For reservations, call the box office at 815-244-2035 or visit www.timberlakeplayhouse.org. TLP is located at 8215 Black Oak Road in rural Mount Carroll, Illinois.

The TLP production of Peter Pan features flying by Hall Associates Flying Effects. This program is partially sponsored by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.

Some of the most talented area actor / singers in a one-performance-only event! The second annual Rising Stars Musical Cabaret will take place Saturday, June 20 at 2:00 PM at the Coralville Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets are only $10 each, general admission.  Tickets are available at the door, or in advance through the CCPA Box Office: 319-248-9370, www.coralvillearts.org.

Representatives from nine corridor Junior and Senior High Schools come together in a performance of thrilling music and eclectic diversity!

Familiar songs from stage and screen (including some Disney tunes) to music from five decades of radio hits, including songwriters Carol King, Van Morrison, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller to lesser known character songs from Cabaret clubs across the world.  Solos, duets, group numbers and a sing-a-long, this afternoon will showcase the wide ranging talents of young performers in our area.

Cast includes:   Mary Kate Meade, Sage Spiker, Alison DeVore, Macayle DeVore, Emma Arp, Katey Halverson, Lucy Polyak, Sofia PerezRivera, Jessie Shaw, Lydia Jennissen, Mikayla Johnston, Chad Keitel,  David Daugherty, Caroline Brown, and Gabby Finlayson.

Drew Bielinski on Piano.

MOUNT CARROLL, IL - Timber Lake Playhouse continues its 54th season with a new kind of play, The Big Meal by Dan LeFranc, which is directed by Chuck Smith. Opening Thursday, June 18th, the play takes place entirely in restaurants and tells the funny, complicated and sometimes heart-breaking story of one big, noisy family over the course of several generations. Eight actors play all the members of the family at various ages in the play that will run through June 27th.

The Big Meal follows Sam and Nicole from first meeting through almost 80 years of moments that define their families. A series of dates, holidays and celebratory family dinners create the backdrop for the extraordinary stories of an ordinary family

Of this, playwright LeFranc writes, "Perhaps because my parents both worked in the service industry, my most vivid memories of family take place around laminated menus and sampler platters. Like many Americans, we spent a lot of time going out to eat. [...] So often, in fact, that many of these places came to feel like an extension of our living room. We laughed, cried, and fought like crazy for an audience of countless waiters and diners."

As the characters age and their families grow, new revelations are brought to light. Artistic Director James Beaudry says, "The play uses those moments we've all experienced in restaurants and family dinners?crying children, a couple clearly breaking up two tables away, the tensions between rival siblings?and makes one family's story feel like everyone's."

LeFranc describes these moments that feel universal and define families?"the great joys and disappointments of my parents' marriages; [...] the wonderful and weird relationships I have with my siblings; how much I look like my dad; the dizzy bliss of falling in love; what happens to parents when their kids become parents; the way the familial pecking order shifts; family and friends who have fallen ill; how death brings countless lives to a halt; how my grandmother lights up when I finally come to visit ... ."

All of this is accomplished in under 90 minutes, and the effect on the audience is astonishing. Time Out New York says, "You will be amazed," while the New York Daily News called the play, "Packed with humanity and humor." The Big Meal does contain adult language.

The cast includes Brigitte Ditmars, Jaguer Heier, Judy Knudtson, Victoria Kuzlik, Paige ManWaring, Matt W. Miles, Brian Pauley and Cullen Rogers. Acclaimed Chicago director Smith returns to TLP for his fourteenth consecutive season. His previous work at TLP includes Working, An Inspector Calls, Tuesdays With Morrie, Smokey Joe's Café and more.

Following The Big Meal, TLP will present Peter Pan, Greater Tuna, Big Fish and Big River to round out the lineup. The Magic Owl Children's Theatre at TLP will also present a stage adaptation of James and the Giant Peach in August. Tickets to all shows are available at the theatre box office, by calling 815-244-2035, and online at www.timberlakeplayhouse.org. Show times are available online.

Timber Lake Playhouse is located at 8215 Black Oak Road in rural Mount Carroll. This program is partially sponsored by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency, through federal funds provided by the National Endowment for the Arts.