With the stage hit lauded by Broadway World as "entirely entertaining and enjoyable," the spooky, kooky, ooky musical-comedy version of The Addams Family makes its debut at Rock Island's Circa '21 Dinner Playhouse, its September 4 through November 2 run treating audiences to a Tony Award-nominated delight inspired by the beloved TV comedy and the iconic cartoon strip by series originator Charles Addams.

I’ll admit it: When I read the plot description of the Richmond Hill Barn Theatre's latest offering, The Money in Uncle George’s Suitcase, I presumed it was going to be a slightly predictable but funny little story.

A special theatrical event that explores the positive relationship that Iowa's Amana Colonies have had with the Meskwaki Indigenous people, the one-man drama Squatters on Red Earth enjoys a one-night-only staging in the Galvin Fine Arts Center of Davenport's St. Ambrose University on August 24, this tale of a peaceful encounter in the midst of the U.S. white settler land grab the latest stage work by former Poet Laureate of Iowa Mary Swander.

M: Spencer Donovan’s set was truly amazing. I really liked the study, for example, tricked out with matching antique chairs and sofa, not to mention a spiral staircase that leads nowhere but was actually used very dramatically.

K: And the turntable also allowed for set adjustments to happen offstage, leading to some big reveals when a room came back into view. Seriously, I was in love with this set.