{"id":2407554,"date":"2026-05-08T12:28:04","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T12:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2407554"},"modified":"2026-05-08T12:28:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T12:28:04","slug":"upstage-theatre-company-seeks-site-approval-for-peoria-liquor-license","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/upstage-theatre-company-seeks-site-approval-for-peoria-liquor-license\/","title":{"rendered":"Upstage Theatre Company seeks site approval for Peoria liquor license"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div id=\"videoWrap\" class=\"spacer-large videoWrap\" style=\"position:relative\"><media-video video-id=\"75003034007\" title=\"Meet Journal Star food and dining reporter Cas Waigand\" poster=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/10\/25\/NJOS\/7ab55f56-90e7-479e-aec2-0bec91a80cc1-102022_cyds01.jpg?crop=5700,3207,x0,y191\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\" placement=\"snow-video-story-priority\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"uwVideoPlaceholder\" slot=\"placeholder\" style=\"z-index:19;width:100%;padding-bottom:56.25%;position:relative\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"vidplaybtn\" style=\"display:-moz-box;display:-ms-flexbox;display:-webkit-flex;display:flex;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,.4);border:2px solid #fff;border-radius:80px;cursor:pointer;height:80px;width:80px;position:absolute;top:50%;left:50%;transform:translate(-50%,-50%);z-index:10\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidplayicon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/appservices\/universal-web\/universal\/icons\/icon-play-alt-white.svg\" alt=\"play\" style=\"height:40px;margin:auto 18px auto 27px;width:40px\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div slot=\"videoDetails\" id=\"videoDetails\" class=\"videoDetails\" style=\"padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px\">\n<div id=\"videoDetailsContainer\" class=\"videoDetailsContainer\" hidden=\"\">\n<p>Meet Journal Star food and dining reporter Cas Waigand<\/p>\n<p>Journal Star reporter Cas Waigand covers food and restaurant news throughout the Peoria area.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/media-video><\/div>\n<p>PEORIA \u2013 <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/upstagetheatrepeoria.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Upstage Theatre Company<\/a> hopes to soon obtain a liquor license to serve alcohol at its events.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"600\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\" momentum=\"\"\/>\n<p>Owner Jolene Howard went before the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peoriagov.org\/552\/Liquor-Commission\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Peoria Liquor Commission<\/a> on Monday, May 4 to request site approval for a Class K rental hall license with a live entertainment subclass at 416 Hamilton Blvd. in Downtown Peoria. The Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Hall \u2013 known as GAR Hall \u2013 is listed in the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/subjects\/nationalregister\/database-research.htm#table\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">National Register of Historic Places<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Howard told commissioners Upstage Theatre Company hosts musicals, murder mysteries and melodramas. Productions also include catered food, she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe&#8217;d like to do some cocktails because that would be really fun to have signature cocktails for each show,\u201d Howard said. \u00a0<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"\/><media-image image-set=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2026\/05\/07\/NJOS\/89971486007-050626-garhall.jpg bestCrop, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2026\/05\/07\/NJOS\/89971486007-050626-garhall.jpg?crop=4799,3599,x270,y0 4:3, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2026\/05\/07\/NJOS\/89971486007-050626-garhall.jpg?crop=2700,3599,x1350,y0 3:4, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2026\/05\/07\/NJOS\/89971486007-050626-garhall.jpg?crop=5399,3037,x0,y281 16:9\" image-alt=\"\" credit=\"MATT DAYHOFF\/JOURNAL STAR\" caption=\"The GAR Hall at 416 Hamilton Blvd. in Downtown Peoria.\" orientation=\"horizontal\" class=\"spacer-large\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Currently, Upstage Theatre Company hosts shows about every other month, but Howard said they would like to offer even more moving forward.<\/p>\n<p>The commission voted to recommend site approval for the space. The matter is now slated to go before the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peoriagov.org\/157\/Mayor-and-City-Council\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Peoria City Council<\/a> during its May 26 meeting.<\/p>\n<p><cta-atoms-container-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/cta\" class=\"spacer-large\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><em>Craving more food news? 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