05 Jul 2022

"Silent Sky," July 14 through 24

By Reader Staff

Praised by the Chicago Tribune for its “warmhearted wit leavened with wistful regret” and “inner light of emotional honesty,” author Lauren Gunderson's astronomical drama Silent Sky enjoys a July 14 through 24 run at Geneseo's Richmond Hill Barn Theatre, with this moving play a work that, according to the Tribune, “shines with the luminous joy of re-centering women whose achievements have been too long overlooked by the telescope of history.”

05 Jul 2022

“A Raisin in the Sun,” July 15 through 24

By Reader Staff

A dramatic classic and iconic family saga that, in recent years, publications such as The Independent and Time Out have listed it among the best plays ever written, Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun receives a Playcrafters Barn Theatre staging July 15 through 24, this moving 1959 drama the inspiration for a film classic starring Sidney Poitier and the Pulitzer Prize-winning Clybourne Park.

04 Jul 2022

I Remember, Mama: Genesius Guild’s “Electra,” at Lincoln Park through July 10

By Madeline Dudziak

From my perspective, it’s always fascinating to hear from the director before a Genesius Guild production, and on Saturday night, Jill Sullivan-Bennin’s thoughts on Electra were certainly enlightening. Grief, it seems, is as timeless as life itself. And Sophocles’ tragedy certainly hammers the message in: Stephanie Burrough’s Electra spent nearly the entire show lamenting about the awfulness of everything in her life.

28 Jun 2022

Quad City Music Guild's “Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella,” July 8 through 17

By Reader Staff

A glorious stage fairytale boasting a legendary score by an iconic composing duo, the Tony-winning Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella will be presented by Quad City Music Guild July 8 through 17, this beloved classic with its fresh new script by Douglas Carter Beane an entertainment, according to the Associated Press, that "crackles with sweetness and freshness, combining a little Monty Python's Spamalot with some Les Misérables."

28 Jun 2022

“Your Better Self,” July 8 through 16

By Reader Staff

A world-premiere drama based on an influential yet rarely produced work from more than 100 years ago serves as the latest presentation at the Mockingbird on Main, with the Davenport venue, from July 8 through 16, treating audiences to the latest stage piece by frequent Quad Cities writer, actor, director, and designer Alexander Richardson: Your Better Self.

28 Jun 2022

“Rodgers & Hammerstein's State Fair,” June 30 through July 17

By Reader Staff

A Tony-nominated stage sensation by the legendary composing team behind The Sound of Music, Oklahoma!, South Pacific, and other iconic titles, Rodgers & Hammerstein's State Fair enjoys a Clinton Area Showboat Theatre run from June 30 through July 17, this beloved musical delivering such treasured show-tune staples as "It's a Grand Night for Singing," "It Might as Well Be Spring," and the state-specific "All I Owe Ioway."

27 Jun 2022

Gold Testament: Countryside Community Theatre's “Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” at North Scott High School, through July 3

By Pamela Briggs

I enjoy seeing a beloved musical that's so well-known I could easily sing along (though I never would). It's also fun seeing familiar faces and saying, "Hey, I know her!" "I acted with him!" Countryside Community Theatre's Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is that kind of show. It's both a classic and a family affair, as many summer productions with this company are.

25 Jun 2022

“Annie,” June 30 through July 10

By Reader Staff

Winner of seven 1977 Tony Awards and one of the 25 longest-running productions in Broadway history, the iconic comic-strip adaptation Annie will be brought to life at Mt. Carroll's Timber Lake Playhouse June 30 through July 10, the show described by the New York Times as "an intensely likable musical" that's also "an unstoppable sunshine steamroller."

21 Jun 2022

Genesius Guild's “Electra,” July 2 through 10

By Reader Staff

One of the most exciting and moving of all classical-Greek tragedies will be staged in Rock Island's Lincoln Park from July 2 through 10 when Genesius Guild stages its masked drama Electra, the Sophocles masterpiece set a few years after the Trojan War, and a one-act act theatre experience that the L.A. Post noted as "unique among Greek tragedies for its emphasis on action."

20 Jun 2022

Sweet Sorrow: Genesius Guild's “Romeo & Juliet,” at Lincoln Park through June 26

By Pamela Briggs

Romeo & Juliet is one of William Shakespeare's best-known plays – "most often heard of," I mean, because many don't actually know it.

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