The Arlee Theater is host to local premiere
[February 20, 2026]
On Friday, February 27 the Arlee Theater will roll out the red carpet to
celebrate Love on Tap, a film from Inspirado Films (who also brought you
2023’s Walking with Herb) and Artist View Entertainment.
After her father’s death, stubborn brewer Amber Kein inherits a failing
small-town brewery and a mountain of debt, along with a fierce
determination to save it herself. Enter Samuel Madison, a polished
marketing pro secretly hired by her late father to keep the doors open.
As the unlikely pair race against time to revive the business, clashing
personalities, late nights, and too much beer spark something neither
expected. Love On Tap is a warm, funny romance about legacy, risk, and
love fermenting in all the wrong places.
This film is written by Mary Haarmeyer (Forget Me Not, Death
Everlasting) and Stafford Douglas, who you may recognize from his acting
career after having appeared in works including Better Call Saul, News
of the World, The Kid, and Criminal Minds. Douglas also won several
awards for “Thank You, 5” an award-winning comedic series he created in
2018 about community theatre. The film is brought to life by director
Keagan Karnes (Sunlight, Walking with Herb) and stars Alex Moffat (The
Bear, SNL, 80 for Brady), Kennedy McMann (Nancy Drew, Tell Me Lies, The
Good Doctor), Zoe Colletti (Only Murders in the Building, A Boy Called
Christmas, Fear the Walking Dead), and Steven Ogg (The Walking Dead,
Snowpiercer, Westworld, Emancipation). Disguised as a simple romantic
comedy, this movie is a tribute to rural life, the legacies our parents
leave behind, as well as the relationships that connect us all - and the
uniquely bigger-than-life characters you only find in a small town.
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Doors for this event will open at 6:15, with the movie beginning
promptly at 7pm. There has a been a slight change in the lineup;
while previously advertised that the director would be present for
this event, instead Executive Producer
 Kelsey
Landon will introduce the film at 7pm, and provide a Q&A after the
show. A limited number of advanced tickets are available on the
Arlee's website, or by scanning the QR code here with your
smartphone. It is worth noting admission for the Friday premiere
will be at a higher rate than usual, but the rest of the weekend
will be back to the Arlee's usual price. Guests attending the Friday
showing are invited to dress for the red carpet, should they so
choose.
For more information, visit
www.arleetheater.com. The Arlee is located at 139 S. Main Street
in Mason City, IL.
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