If anyone can parody a parody -- along with its early roots, its subsequent wannabes, plus a bunch of random stuff -- it's Calvin Vo and T Green, founders of the theatrical troupe Haus of Ruckus, and their posse of benign troublemakers. They do so spectacularly in Dojo to Go, now running at St. Ambrose University's Studio Theatre, written by the prodigious pair and directed by Vo.

Friday's opening-night performance of director Jane Watson's The Sunshine Boys drew lots of big laughs from a smallish crowd. This one definitely deserves a bigger audience.

With gags and asides to the audience, An All-American Riot has a vaudevillian vibe, often fast-paced and engaging, which unfortunately makes the slower scenes drag by contrast.

Ten miles from the Mississippi River, the peaceful, corn-stippled town of Eldridge escaped the floods. Yet it is currently awash by the undersea explosion of music, color, joy, laughter, and drama that is Disney's The Little Mermaid, which is being produced by Countryside Community Theatre at the North Scott High School Auditorium.