Chris Hicks

The Adventures of Sam Steele continues at The Black Box Theatre, 1623 5th Avenue in Moline Thursday through Saturday, April 2, 3 and 4, at 7:30 p.m.

Hooooo-wee! Dig out your cowboy boots and Stetson hats and head on down to Circa 21 Dinner Theatre’s current production of Honky Tonk Angels by Ted Swindley and directed by Tristan Tapscott. Tapscott has pulled out all the stops to deliver a Texas-sized, down home celebration of country music’s female icons.

Playcrafters Barn Theatre’s lead-off to its 2026 season is a remarkable production of the 2008 Tony Award-winning script God of Carnage by French playwright Yasmina Reza and directed by Jeremy Mahr, who can take well-deserved pride in his production. God of Carnage continues at Playcrafters Barn Theatre, 4950 - 35th Avenue in Moline, Friday and Saturday, March 6 and 7, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, March 8, at 3:00 p.m.

Now playing at The Black Box Theatre in Moline is Barely There Theatre’s offering of local playwright Alexander Richardson’s thought provoking script “word play” and, in his own words, “This play is about four adults stuck in that phase of life between where their parents have relinquished stewardship but before the realities of family, duty, and obligation have set in.”

Welcome to the 2026 Quad Cities theatre season. Kicking it off is Circa 21’s current production, Lucky Stiff, with book by Lynn Ahrens and music by Stephen Flaherty, which will make you forget all about those sub-zero temperatures outside. It features mistaken identities, a dog-loving caseworker, and a shooting-prone mistress.

Well, it turns out I lied. Actually, The Lion in Winter was NOT the close of the Quad Cities’ theatre season. The close-out is actually Playcrafter’s Barn Theatre’s production of Christopher Sergel’s adaptation of the 1948 book Cheaper by the Dozen a real-life recounting of growing up in a household of 12 children authored by two of those children: Frank Gilbreth, Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey and here directed by Emma Terronez.

T’was late in November and all through the Quads, stirring about were theatre squads; acting and lighting, performers and crews; The Black Box Theatre called on its muse. On Mahr, on Adams, on Walsh and on Henning. On Lund, on Holdridge on Lamb and on Hill. Your show is worthy of a Broadway Playbill.

The Sound of Music continues at Quad City Music Guild in Moline’s Prospect Park, Friday and Saturday, November 21 and 22 at 7:30 p.m.

A Sherlock Carol continues at Richmond Hill Players Barn Theatre in Geneseo, Thursday through Saturday, November 20 through 22 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, November 23 at 3:00 p.m.

White Christmas continues at Circa ‘21 Dinner Playhouse, 1828 – 3rd Avenue in Rock Island through December 28 with matinee performances on Wednesdays, evening performances Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays and Dinner performances on Sunday.