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2022 QUILTA Awards
Posted on April 13, 2022
After a two-year hiatus, we celebrated the volunteer achievements of the 2020 and 2021 seasons last evening with our annual QUILTA ceremony, this year held at...
April Spotlight: Q&A with Trey Ehrhart
Posted on April 7, 2022
This month’s Spotlight features our Scene Shop Supervisor, Trey Ehrhart! Q. Tell us a little about yourself. A. My name is Trey, and I’m from Quincy....
Thomsen Talk: The Mame Effect
Posted on April 7, 2022
In 2003, in Watertown, WI, I directed the play Auntie Mame, based on the book by Patrick Dennis. Now almost 20 years later, in Quincy, IL,...
Blogging with Brendan: Bon Voyage, Miss Electricity! QCT on the Road Returns
Posted on March 7, 2022
After a two-year hiatus, one of our most beloved student theatre programs is back. QCT on the Road, our touring production, makes its triumphant return this...
Introducing the cast of MAME!
Posted on February 23, 2022
Fall in love with live theatre all over again as Quincy Community Theatre presents the classic Broadway musical, Mame, April 1-3 and 7-10. When young Patrick...
High Points with Hill: Coming Full Circle
Posted on February 8, 2022
Seven years ago, I walked into this building for my first day at a new job. At that point, I knew very little about the Oakley-Lindsay...
Thomsen Talk: Well, we have a whole new year ahead of us.
Posted on January 11, 2022
While she certainly held the song in high regard, “Over the Rainbow” wasn’t actually Judy Garland’s favorite song. That honor goes to a “not nearly as...
Please join us in welcoming Burgundy Hill as our new Executive Director!
Posted on January 11, 2022
We’re excited to announce the selection of Burgundy Hill as our new Executive Director. Hill will inherit the position from our former Executive Director Sara Reuschel...
You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown Cast Announced!
Posted on December 22, 2021
QUINCY, ILLINOIS December 22, 2021— You know them, you love them, and now you’ll see them live, on stage at Quincy Community Theatre this February! The gang’s...
Thinking of You
Posted on December 15, 2021
written by Dan Conboy It’s as if she knew you were coming. “Darling, I was just thinking of you!” Whether she was or wasn’t, it didn’t...
Thomsen Talk: We’re here, and we are so glad that you are, too.
Posted on December 14, 2021
This time last year, we were preparing a virtual presentation of A Christmas Carol. What we had thought would be our return to live theatre turned...
Blogging with Brendan: Theatre for Life
Posted on November 9, 2021
Like many other great QCT education programs that I (unfortunately) cannot take credit for, our partnership with College for Life was well-established prior to my arrival...