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Highlands Playhouse
Written By: Donna Rhodes | Issue: 2018/09 - September
Quality, crowd-pleasing entertainment was born at Highlands Playhouse decades ago. As the fame of 362 Oak Street sky-rocketed, so did the region’s delight in its own community theatre. In fact, since the Playhouse opened, there’s been a giant, invisible arrow pointing toward it, reading: Bliss This Way.
This past season was a record-breaker, with more tickets sold and more money raised than ever before. You, the supporters, are why the board, staff, and actors break dozens of legs every year to make sure you get your B.Q. (Bliss Quotient).
Lance Matzke, the man tasked with putting the business in show, says, “We’re eager about what’s coming over next year’s horizon. The success of 2018’s productions/events and the promise of an excellent 2019 will pave the way for our move to the Performing Arts Center in 2020. While we’ll miss our beloved little theater, we’ll celebrate the size, accommodations, acoustics, and professionalism our new home will provide us.”
There’s a ton of effort that goes into the gearing up of just one season. Imagine what setting up a new season and a new facility will involve.
Lance says, “You’d be surprised at how much work goes into preparation of a season: selecting plays, casting, finding the right match of actors-to-parts, securing rights, acquiring housing for visiting artists, signing on images for advertising, designing/constructing sets, balancing the budget, and so much more. What is seen on the stage represents the fruition of a year’s worth of challenging labors.”
Next year the Playhouse team will be building on the successes of this year’s winning classics, “Guys and Dolls,” and “Damn Yankees” for its launching of the new facility the following year.
We look forward to celebrating 2019 with you. Let’s keep that bliss streaming at every show, screening, and gala. Thank you again, people of the Plateau, for your help in maintaining the high quality of our performances.
For more information about Highlands Playhouse, its relocation, and how you can help keep that red carpet rolling out year after year, contact Matzke at (828) 526-2695.
