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On With The Show | Highlands Playhouse
Written By: Donna Rhodes | Issue: 2021/09 – September
A newly-invigorated calendar promises that there won’t be any Sleepy Season for Highlands Playhouse.
Imagine a year of Highlands Playhouse theatrical presentations with no seasonal intermissions, from now through January 2023.
It would be chock full of plays, musicals, first-run movies, curated films, and surprise one-night-only events like The Scott & Patti Show. Every month, right through the winter interlude into early spring, the Playhouse would offer exciting, engaging entertainment, live and filmed.
And here’s the good news: You don’t have to imagine it. It’s happening already.
According to Highlands Playhouse Executive Director Scott Daniel, “The Plateau has evolved. The Pandemic’s gift of working-from-home has made it practical for a lot of people to live here full-time. The Playhouse has grabbed this opportunity to expand the season. New, year-round residents, friends of performing arts, will add to our donation/sponsorship contributions. That will expand our quality, professional shows, drawing theater-lovers from all over Western Carolina.”
Looking ahead, the Fall Show in October promises to be a sell-out. Music in Motion is a huge draw. This year it will run though most of October.
Scott says, “While we are confident we have the patrons to support it, we will continue to analyze each month, measuring successes, then using that data as a guideline for upcoming seasons, year-round.
And here’s more: A Fright-Night-Creature-Feature with a truly-ghouly film (the audience might boo more than the actors do) will kick off Halloween.
In November look for food-theme films, a toast to Highlands Food and Wine Fest. While there’s no foodie film fest as in the past, the cinema will be deliciously food-specific.
From the first weekend of December to Christmas Eve, delight in the joys of holiday performances. Films will take a break New Year’s through February and resume with a new curated cinema series in March, 2022.
The Highlands Playhouse goal is to focus their mission: Engage, Enrich, and Enlighten their audience through art and art education. They are planning a fun-packed art-ed program with outreach to schools’ music, theater, and dance. Summers for high school and university theater students will focus on production. Integrating students’ talents with the crew and assigning them to teams will give them a satisfying taste of what professionals do daily.
Keep abreast of the latest Highlands Playhouse happenings by visiting highlandsplayhouse.org.
