Our first season had only one show and was performed at The Peanut Gallery, a small art gallery in downtown Rock Island. The gallery is now closed and the building will shortly be torn down. It was on the south-west corner of 3rd avenue and 21st street in Rock Island, IL.

Measure for Measure (click for script) or for Reviews

Measure was perfomed in March 2003, was directed by J.C. Luxton and our cast was:

Original review by Ruby Nancy appeared in the Quad City Times newspaper.
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Prenzie starts with Shakespeare's 'Measure'

There once was a time when theater folks were mostly traveling bands of players who would put on a show wherever they were pulling out something already written, using props and costumes on hand, using actors for whatever roles cropped up, and creating a "stage" from whatever space was available.

Thank goodness some traditions never die.

The Prenzie Players, a brand-new theater group in the Quad-Cities dedicated to producing the works of William Shakespeare, launch their first show this weekend, and the topnotch "Measure for Measure" is I sincerely hope the first of many, many more to come.

Here are all the Prenzie-cut scripts from every show we've done.

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Shakespeare in the Peanut Gallery
Wednesday, 19 March 2003

About a year ago, Genesius Guild members J.C. Luxton and Cait Wooley had an idea: to bring Shakespearean theatre to a more intimate space than the outdoor Lincoln Park venue in which the Guild performs every summer.

Now their idea has evolved into reality as a group of nine actors called the Prenzie Players will produce Measure for Measure at the Peanut Gallery (located on the corner of Third Avenue and 21st Street in Rock Island) on March 21 and 22.