Community invited to attend Twin Lakes’ fall production



After a year of virtual performances, the Twin Lakes High School theatre department is excited to get back on stage.

This weekend, students will entertain an in-person audience with their production of Woody Allen’s classic screwball comedy, “Don’t Drink the Water” at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 12, and Saturday, Nov. 13, in the Twin Lakes High School auditorium, 300 S. Third St.

“It’s a truly funny show, and we are sure that our community will love it,” said Susan Wilbanks, director of the play.

“Don’t Drink the Water” is a hilarious farce that takes place in the 1970s in an American embassy behind the Iron Curtain. As the show begins, Walter Hollander, a caterer from New Jersey played by Kaleb Kiester, his wife, Marion, played by Emmalyn Rardon, and their daughter, Susan, played by Grace Marocco, run into the embassy two steps ahead of communist police who accuse them of espionage. The embassy is not much of a refuge, though, for the ambassador is absent, and his bumbling son, Axel, played by Aiden Vrotny, now in charge, has been expelled from a dozen countries and the continent of Africa.

To make matters worse, Walter soon makes enemies out of the nefarious Commisar Krojack, played by Caleb Weiss, and Comrade Natasja, portrayed by Maggie True, and insults a visiting dignitary, the Sultan of Bashir, Griffin McAtee. Add Mr. Kilroy, the Ambassador’s pompous assistant played Richard Davis, Father Drobney, an eccentric priest/magician, played by Lars Spalsbury, and Francesca, a temperamental chef portrayed by Chloie Roth, to the mix, and the laughs never end.

“Don’t Drink the Water” is presented in association with Concord Theatricals.

Tickets are now on sale and may be purchased from Paige Barnes in the high school Student Services office. For more information, call 574-583-7108, ext. 2330. Tickets selected in advance are $6, and seats purchased at the door are $7. Masks are strongly encouraged, but not required.

“I’ll be honest, the pandemic has hit us hard financially,” Wilbanks said. “We have big plans for the musical, but it is expensive, and we need people to come to this show so that we can afford it.”

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