The summer 2009 theater season is winding down and Quad-City region companies already are making plans for next season and next year.
Here are some of them:
Circa '21 Dinner Playhouse, Rock Island: "Holly Jolly Christmas," November-December; "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat," January-March; "Church Basement Ladies 2: A Second Helping," March-May; "Whodunit? ... The Musical," May-July; "Squabbles," July-August 2010; "A Closer Walk With Patsy Cline," September-November 2010.
Clinton Area Showboat Theatre, Clinton, Iowa: "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever," November-December; "Rent," June; "Noises Off," June; "Show Boat," July; "Big River," July-August 2010; "Sunday in the Park With George," August 2010.
Countryside Community Theatre, Eldridge, Iowa: "Oklahoma!," June; "Annie," July.
Harrison Hilltop Theatre, Davenport: "George Washington Slept Here," September; "Rocky Horror Show," October; "Of Mice and Men," November; "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" January-February; "Tired American Dream," March; "Rent," April-May; "Sunday in the Park With George," July; "Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead," July; "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee," August 2010; "The Rocky Horror Show," October 2010; "Waiting For Godot," December 2010.
New Ground Theatre, Davenport: "Swimming in the Shallows," October; "100 Saints You Should Know," November-December; "Great Falls," February; "Mr. Marmalade," May.
Prenzie Players, Davenport: "The Winter's Tale," November; "Troilus and Cressida," late winter; "Cyrano De Bergerac," spring.
Quad-City Music Guild, Moline: "Pajama Game," March; "Guys & Dolls," June; "Grease," July; "Curtains," August 2010; "White Christmas," December 2010.
Playcrafters, Moline: "Moon Over Buffalo," January; "The O'Connor Girls," March; "Any Number Can Die," May; "Fences," July; "Hard to Believe," September 2010; "Treasure Island," November 2010.
Richmond Hill Players, Geneseo, Ill.: "Wrong For Each Other," February; "Marvin's Room," April; "Funny Valentines," June; "A Turn For the Nurse," July; "Christmas Belles," August 2010; "The Shape of Things," October 2010.
Riverbend Theatre Collective, Davenport: "Spitfire Grill," June; "Striking 12," December; and a third show to be announced.
Timber Lake Playhouse, Mount Carroll, Ill.: "Hairspray," June; "Steel Magnolias," June; "Oklahoma!" July; "Love, Sex and the I.R.S.," July; "Curtains," July-August 2010; "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee," August 2010.
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