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Rockton-Roscoe News: Monday, April 21, 2025

Theater on Saturday, upcoming events

Apr 21, 2025 — 3 min read

Wood Duck at Nygren Wetlands. Photo: Steve Fehlberg

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When South Beloit High School Theater presented their first musical last December, A Charlie Brown Christmas, the copyright owner wouldn't let us mention it, afraid that people would go to see it instead of a nearby professional production. Now, for the first time, we can announce a live show on the stage of South Beloit High School. The comic play, Bedtime Stories (As Told by Our Dad) (Who Messed Them Up) will be presented Saturday, Apr. 26, 2025, 6:30 pm, at South Beloit High School. In this play, it's Dad's turn to tell his three rambunctious kids their bedtime stories, but when he gets fuzzy on the details, the classics get creative: a prince with a snoring problem spices up The Princess and The Pea, The Boy Who Cried Wolf cries dinosaur instead, and Rumpelstiltskin helps turn all that pesky gold into straw. You may think you know your fairy tales, but not the way Dad tells them.
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Monday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7am. Cloudy, with a high near 54. Breezy, with a west wind 20 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.
Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 38. West northwest wind 10 to 15 mph becoming light and variable in the evening. (Forecasts courtesy of the National Weather Service).