Education/Outreach Program

The Twin Lakes Playhouse creates artistic vitality throughout the Twin Lakes area through diversity and illustration to support an individual’s interest in the performing arts. We provide cultural productions and programs that contribute to quality of life and economic development in the community and promote public awareness and individual growth for non-professionals through theatre arts and technical direction. The playhouse educates by offering training in all phases of the theatre arts and administration of the theatre, creating a foundation and individual and group challenges.

Thus, when considering offering a more precise challenge to our community’s youth, in 2006 Twin Lakes Playhouse developed the Education/Outreach Program. This program exists mainly to bring theatre and theatrical education to children and young adults through a school, library, or youth center environment. Our first project was a short audience-participatory skit geared toward kindergarten-aged children and performed in their school music room. Three actors from the playhouse performed this skit with the help of several children chosen from the audience 10 minutes before each performance. The director aided by dressing the children in "pirate gear" and painting their faces while discussing pirate character and language. The skit revolved around a pirate adventure of lost treasure, sailing to lands and finding clues left on a treasure map. A slide show was used to help the children more clearly understand the country and people they were visiting at each destination.

In 2007, our first project was a skit performed at one of Mountain Home’s grade schools. This skit is included with the school’s celebration of "Arkansas Days". Since the state insect is the honey bee, the skit is based on a few bees trying to get some honey but only finding obstacles in the process. The skit was followed by a brief history of the honey bee and its relationship to man and nature taught by Dr. Eddie Dry, the biology professor at Arkansas State University Mountain Home. Our second project will be a four hour theatrical workshop at Mountain Home Library for ages 12-18 in July. A synopsis of the curriculum is mime, improvisation, and character study taught through a series of exercises, and then performing a brief scene using the principals that were introduced at the workshop.

We welcome new participants the Education/Outreach Program and encourage those interested to contact Eddie Dry or Deb Smith at the Playhouse, 870-424-0444.

Mountain Home Grade School "Arkansas Days" Spring 2007

Acting Workshop Summer 2007 at Baxter County Library