Young Actors Workshop brings ‘Kung Fu Kitty’ to Baxter County Library

A weeklong Young Actors Workshop for students in fourth through ninth grade is underway at the Baxter County Library, hosted by Twin Lakes Playhouse and the library. Playhouse member Ronna Fulton leads the workshop, with help from fellow member Josselyn Obregon. The program gives students a chance to explore theater while staging a production. This…

ByChris FultonJune 24, 20260Comments

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‘The Hallelujah Girls’ plays its final weekend at Twin Lakes Playhouse

Twin Lakes Playhouse closes its summer comedy "The Hallelujah Girls" with three final performances June 26 through 28, the last chance to catch the show before it ends its run. The Jones Hope Wooten comedy is set in the fictional town of Eden Falls, Georgia. After a classmate dies, one of five lifelong friends buys…

ByChris FultonJune 22, 20260Comments

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‘The Hallelujah Girls’ delivers Southern laughs at Twin Lakes Playhouse

Twin Lakes Playhouse has its summer comedy "The Hallelujah Girls" up and running, with two weekends of performances left before the show closes June 28. The Jones Hope Wooten comedy is set in the fictional town of Eden Falls, Georgia. After a classmate dies, one of five lifelong friends buys an abandoned church and turns…

ByChris FultonJune 17, 20260Comments

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Twin Lakes Playhouse opens ‘The Hallelujah Girls,’ a Southern comedy with heart

Grab a seat and get ready to laugh. Twin Lakes Playhouse raises the curtain this week on "The Hallelujah Girls," a fast-talking Southern comedy that mixes big laughs with a little wisdom about chasing your dreams before it is too late. The show opens Friday, June 12, at 7 p.m. and runs through June 28…

ByChris FultonJune 11, 20260Comments

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Twin Lakes Playhouse trades melodrama for Southern sass with ‘The Hallelujah Girls’ opens Friday

Twin Lakes Playhouse opens its summer comedy "The Hallelujah Girls" on Friday, with a run through June 28 at its Mountain Home stage. The Jones Hope Wooten comedy follows five lifelong friends in the fictional town of Eden Falls, Georgia. After a classmate dies, one of the women buys an abandoned church and turns it…

ByChris FultonJune 9, 20260Comments

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Twin Lakes Playhouse to hold auditions for ‘Murder on the Orient Express’

Twin Lakes Playhouse will hold auditions next weekend for its production of "Murder on the Orient Express," the Agatha Christie murder mystery. Tryouts are set for 10 a.m. Saturday, June 13, and 6 p.m. Sunday, June 14. The theater is casting actors of all ages and experience levels. The Playhouse also needs volunteers to work…

ByChris FultonJune 9, 20260Comments

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‘The Hallelujah Girls’ opens at Twin Lakes Playhouse on June 12

Twin Lakes Playhouse opens its summer comedy "The Hallelujah Girls" on June 12, with performances through June 28 at its Mountain Home stage. The Jones Hope Wooten comedy is set in the fictional town of Eden Falls, Georgia. After a classmate dies, one of five lifelong friends buys an abandoned church and turns it into…

ByChris FultonJune 2, 20260Comments

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Twin Lakes Playhouse trades melodrama for Southern sass with ‘The Hallelujah Girls’

Twin Lakes Playhouse opens its summer comedy "The Hallelujah Girls" on June 12, with a run through June 28 at its Mountain Home stage. The Jones Hope Wooten comedy follows five lifelong friends in the fictional town of Eden Falls, Georgia. After a classmate dies, one of the women buys an abandoned church and turns…

ByChris FultonJune 1, 20260Comments

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Murder, missed cues and a Star Wars joke: Twin Lakes Playhouse is ready to ‘Play On!’

The lights will go up April 17 on a murder mystery that nobody can quite get right, a playwright who keeps changing the killer, and a community theater troupe just trying to survive long enough to take a bow. That is, more or less, the point. "Play On!," the latest production from the Twin Lakes…

ByChris FultonApril 2, 20260Comments

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Lightsabers, love stories and a playwright nobody can stand: ‘Play On!’ opens next month at Twin Lakes Playhouse

Somewhere in the middle of "Play On!," a pair of actors will freeze in place, hold lightsabers aloft and pose while the Star Wars theme plays. It has nothing to do with the plot. Director Vance Jones does not care. "The audience will be like, what is happening," Jones said. He tried it at rehearsal.…

ByChris FultonMarch 27, 20260Comments