Chris Hicks

Nine opens at the Augustana College's Brunner Theatre mainstage on Thursday and continues Friday and Saturday, November 17 and 18 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, November 19 at 1:00 p.m.

Almost Maine continues at Playcrafters Barn Theatre, 4950 – 35th Avenue in Moline, Friday and Saturday, November 17 and 18 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, November 19 at 3:00 p.m.

Unnecessary Farce continues at Richmond Hill Players in Geneseo Thursday through Saturday, November 16 through 18 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, October 19 at 3:00 p.m.

Chris Hicks and guest co-host Dee Canfield talk with Alisha Hanes about life and theater in the Quad Cities, as she is in the midst of her recent lead role in Skeleton Crew at Playcrafters.

Suddenly Last Summer continues at The Black Box Theatre, 1623 5th Avenue in Moline, Thursday through Saturday, October 26 through 28 at 7:30 p.m.

There’s an Irish proverb that goes like this: “May misfortune follow you the rest of your life, and never catch up.” Unfortunately for Sharkey Harkin, his luck appears to have run out. Such is his fate when the Devil himself catches up with him in Richmond Hill Players current production of The Seafarer by Conor McPherson and directed by Justin Raver.

Playcrafters Barn Theatre’s current production of Skeleton Crew by Dominique Morisseau, here directed by Marquita Reynolds, may sound like it’s a Halloween spoof, but it’s actually much scarier and is particularly relevant in the midst of the current SAG and UAW labor disputes.

From Davenport Junior Theater, to New York, to LA, and back to the QC, we're talking community theater with Cynthia Taylor!

This week we welcome a first to the pod: a purveyor of professional theater! Brett Hitchcock from our very own Circa 21 Dinner Playhouse talks all things professional theater in a small town.