The Arts / Performance

Car trip vacation comedy opens at Circa '21

By Times staff | Wednesday, August 13, 2008 | () comments

From left, Tom Walljasper, Sandra D. Rivera , Tristan Layne Tapscott and Erin Dickerson perform in "Are We There Yet?" at Circa '21 Dinner Playhouse. (Contributed photo)

The ups and downs of family travel take center stage in Circa ‘21 Dinner Playhouse’s new musical, “Are We There Yet?” which opens July 26.

Parents played by Tom Walljasper and Sandra D. Rivera and children played by Tristan Layne Tapscott and Erin Dickerson explore the joys of a family vacation with songs such as “The Roller Coaster of Life,” “Baby Rap,” “Whiplash” and “Your Parents Push Your Buttons ‘Cause They Put ‘em There.”

Circa ‘21 veteran Ann Nieman directs, and Ron May, the well-known Moline High School music instructor who’s active in Opera Quad-Cities, directs the music.