One of the greatest and most beloved musicals in the history of American theatre opens Countryside Community Theatre's 2026 summer season at Eldridge's North Scott High School Fine Arts Auditorium, with Guys & Dolls running July 3 through 12, and treating audiences to a nine-time Tony Award winner that the New York Times called “the show that defines Broadway dazzle.”

The one-act version of a Tony-nominated delight the New York Times described as "a high-energy ... hymn to the glories of girlishness,” the theatrical version of a beloved Reese Witherspoon comedy enjoys a June 24 through 27 run with the Timber Lake Playhouse's Legally Blonde: The Musical Jr., a hilarious, tune-filled treat sure to demonstrate why Broadway World called the original show “a bright testimony to the power of women and importance of self-love.”

A powerful stage play inspired by the soul of Marvin Gaye that explores love, music, and the moments that shape us, the world premiere of Funky Soul enjoys a June 26 through 28 run at St. Ambrose University's Galvin Fine Arts Center.

A student-performed version of the Broadway classic whose original production earned five Tony Awards (including Best Musical) and the first-ever Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, The Music Man Jr. enjoys a June 26 through 28 run at the Coralville Center for the Performing Arts, the Young Footliters Youth Theatre presentation treating audiences to such timeless show tunes as “Seventy-Six Trombones, “Ya Got Trouble,” and “Till There Was You.”