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 23, 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 FultonMarch 12, 20260Comments

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Twin Lakes Playhouse kicks off 55th season with world premiere of original melodrama

When the curtain rises Friday at Twin Lakes Playhouse, it will mark a first in the theater's 55-year history: the world premiere of an original play written by one of its own members. "The Villain of Pine Hollow," a melodramatic murder mystery penned by local theater veteran Mike Horberg, opens Jan. 30 and runs through…

ByChris FultonJanuary 30, 20260Comments

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Twin Lakes Playhouse moving forward with world premiere this week

Despite icy roads that have closed schools and canceled meetings across the area, the show will go on at Twin Lakes Playhouse. The playhouse will make history Friday when it presents the world premiere of "The Villain of Pine Hollow," the first original play ever staged in the theater's 55-year history. Written and directed by…

ByChris FultonJanuary 27, 20260Comments

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‘Nunsense’ named 2025 Play of the Year

The Little Sisters of Hoboken brought down the house. Twin Lakes Playhouse's production of "Nunsense" has been named the Mountain Home Observer's 2025 Play of the Year after shattering attendance records and delivering standing ovations throughout its three-week run. The musical comedy about five nuns staging a variety show to raise burial funds sold out…

ByChris FultonJanuary 16, 20260Comments

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World premiere of “The Villain of Pine Hollow” is just two weeks away!

The Twin Lakes Playhouse will make history Jan. 30 when it presents the world premiere of "The Villain of Pine Hollow," the first original play ever staged in the playhouse's 55-year history. Written and directed by longtime playhouse member Mike Horberg, with assistant direction by Jenny Horberg, the production promises a blend of mystery, humor…

ByChris FultonJanuary 16, 20260Comments

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Twin Lakes Playhouse to host world premiere of original play

The Twin Lakes Playhouse will make history Jan. 30 when it presents the world premiere of "The Villain of Pine Hollow," the first original play ever staged in the playhouse's 55-year history. Written and directed by longtime playhouse member Mike Horberg, with assistant direction by Jenny Horberg, the production promises a blend of mystery, humor…

ByChris FultonJanuary 13, 20260Comments

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Twin Lakes Playhouse to host world premiere of original play

The Twin Lakes Playhouse will make history Jan. 30 when it presents the world premiere of "The Villain of Pine Hollow," the first original play ever staged in the playhouse's 55-year history. Written and directed by longtime playhouse member Mike Horberg, with assistant direction by Jenny Horberg, the production promises a blend of mystery, humor…

ByChris FultonDecember 19, 20250Comments

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Twin Lakes Playhouse directors bring experience, artistic vision to original melodrama

Twin Lakes Playhouse has announced the cast and creative team for "The Villain of Pine Hollow," an original melodrama written and directed by Mike Horberg that opens the theater's 2026 season on January 30. The production, which runs through February 15, features a 20-member cast and marks Horberg's fifth directorial effort with the playhouse. His…

ByChris FultonNovember 25, 20250Comments

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Review: ‘Nunsense’ delivers divine comedy at Twin Lakes Playhouse

A cop pulls over a carload of nuns. The cop says, "Sister, this is a 55 MPH highway. Why are you going so slow?" The Sister replies, "Sir, I saw a lot of signs that said 41, not 55." The cop answers, "Oh, Sister, that's not the speed limit, that's the name of the highway…

ByChris FultonNovember 19, 20250Comments