It was fitting that Richmond Hill Players staged the romantic comedy-drama “The Rainmaker” by N. Richard Nash this past Sunday afternoon, when it poured on my way east on I-80 to see the matinee of this eminently satisfying show. At the Barn Theatre in Geneseo, directed by Joe DePauw, it’s unpretentious, funny, and by turns tragic and […]
Richmond Hill Players continue their 2026 season with the romantic comedy-drama “The Rainmaker” by N. Richard Nash. The show is presented Thursdays through Sundays, June 4-14 at the Barn Theatre in Geneseo, directed by Joe DePauw. In the story (which premiered in 1953 as a live TV play), during a paralyzing drought in the American West, a […]
Circa ’21 and Richmond Hill Players, despite being very different venues with very different shows (a large dinner theater presenting mainly musicals and a small barn theater in the round offering primarily straight plays), share some key commonalities. The Rock Island and Geneseo houses both seem to pride themselves on staging comforting, feel-good stories, and […]
Richmond Hill Players begin their 2026 season continues with the comedy “The Charitable Sisterhood of the Second Victory Trinity Church,” by Bo Wilson. The show will be presented Thursdays through Sundays, April 16-26 at the Barn Theatre in Geneseo. Mike Skiles, Geneseo, directs the play. The roads are flooded, the bridges are washed out, and less-generous […]
Richmond Hill Players’ final play for the 2025 season is a true holiday treat, in every sense of the word. “A Sherlock Carol” — a comedy/mystery by Mark Shanahan – is a supremely clever, well-crafted, smart, meticulous and affectionate tribute to two of the most famous literary characters ever: both haunted men of Victorian England, […]
Richmond Hill Players conclude their 2025 season with “A Sherlock Carol,” a holiday comedy by Mark Shanahan. The show will be presented Thursdays through Sundays, Nov. 13-23 at the Barn Theatre in Geneseo. The play (directed by Joe DePauw, Geneseo) is described in a press release as “a festive literary mash-up with surprises around every corner.” Moriarity […]
One-person and two-person plays seem like the most challenging, thrilling and satisfying productions an actor could ever participate in. The current, mesmerizing show at Richmond Hill Players in Geneseo — the mysterious thriller, “The Woman in Black,” adapted by Stephen Mallatratt from the novel by Susan Hill — is one such example. The vast majority of the two-hour […]
The Richmond Hill Players’ 2025 season continues with a thriller, “The Woman in Black,” adapted by Stephen Mallatratt from the novel by Susan Hill. The show will be presented Thursdays through Sundays, October 2-12 at the Barn Theatre in Geneseo. Dana Skiles, Geneseo, directs the play. The framework of this spine-tingler (penned in 1987) is unusual: a lawyer […]
“Marjorie Prime,” a play by Jordan Harrison now running at Richmond Hill Players, is one of the most haunting and sad pieces of theater I’ve ever seen. In the not-too-distant future (starting in 2062 specifically), with artificial intelligence deeply embedded in our daily lives, 85-year-old Marjorie struggles with her disparate, fading memories. She lives with her […]
Ken Ludwig’s website says that he may well be the most performed playwright of his generation, and the prolific comic writer has been frequently been performed in the Quad Cities, most at Playcrafters in Moline, Circa ’21 in Rock Island, and Richmond Hill in Geneseo. He has had six productions on Broadway and eight in […]
