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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 it into a day spa called SPA-DEE-DAH! The women start meeting there every Friday, and the loss pushes them to stop waiting on someday and chase the dreams they have put off.
The result is a fast-talking, screwball comedy about friendship and second chances. Audiences can expect quick one-liners, big personalities and a string of surprises before the final bow.
Cast member Vance Jones compared the show to a Southern stage favorite. “It has very much a Steel Magnolias feel, that friendship and camaraderie through thick and thin,” Jones said. “But it’s a lot more sass.”
Dianne Pankau directs, with Joanne Helms and Andrea McInnis as assistant directors. Laura Chandler leads the cast as Sugar Lee Thompkins, the friend who buys the church and keeps everyone focused on their goals.
The cast also includes Patty Kotlicky as Carlene Travis, Karen McKaig as Crystal Hart, Cindy Young as Nita Mooney, Sue Howe as Mavis Flowers and Nancy Leone as Bunny Sutherland. Jones plays Bobby Dwayne Dillahunt, an old high school sweetheart, and Gabe Potter plays Porter Padgett.
The playhouse credited Dauna Powell with Peglar Real Estate Group and Josselyn Obregon for helping bring the production to the stage.
Remaining performances run Fridays and Saturdays at 7 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. through June 28 at the playhouse, 600 W. Sixth St. in Mountain Home.
Tickets are $15 and available at tlpmh.org or by calling the box office at 870-424-0444. Twin Lakes Playhouse, an all-volunteer community theater, has been staging live productions in Mountain Home since 1971.
