The Twin Lakes High School Theatre is proud to announce its upcoming production of Woody Allen’s classic screwball comedy, Don’t Drink the Water.  Don’t Drink the Water will be presented at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, November 12, and Saturday, November 13, in the Twin Lakes High School auditorium.  Tickets are now on sale and may be purchased from Mrs. 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 (assigned) at the door are $7.  Masks are strongly encouraged, but not required.

Don’t Drink the Water is a hilarious farce that takes place in the 1970’s in an American embassy behind the Iron Curtain.  As the show begins, Walter Hollander, a caterer from New Jersey (Kaleb Kiester), his wife, Marion (Emmalyn Rardon), and their daughter, Susan (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 (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 (Caleb Weiss) and Comrade Natasja (Maggie True) and insults a visiting dignitary, the Sultan of Bashir (Griffin McAtee).  Add Mr. Kilroy, the Ambassador’s pompous assistant (Richard Davis), Father Drobney, an eccentric priest/magician (Lars Spalsbury), and Francesca, a temperamental chef (Chloie Roth) to the mix, and the laughs never end!  Don’t Drink the Water was a smash on Broadway.  According to the New York Daily news, “The gags snap, crackle and pop!”  You won’t want to miss this fun-filled evening of laughter!

The ensemble includes the following:  Sisters Hubert, Robert Anne, and Mary Paul (Vivianne Cormican, Alicia London, and Megan Van Cleve); Ambassador and Mrs. Magee (Kevin Aragon and Bella Matthews); Miss Burns (Genevieve Stroetz); Krojack’s Kronies (Cale Maiden and Joseph Quillen); the Sous Chefs (Kaden Klein and Mayah McCarty); the Sultan’s Wife (Shyanne Craig); the Sultan’s dancers (Karen Aragon, Alexis Baldini, Alex Edgell, Hallie Egolf, Clara Grennes, Kyree Johnson, Tessa Kirchner, Layni Lawley, Coral Marohl, Gabby McAtee, Jacqueline Rilenge, Kinsey Snyder; Count Kasnar and Countess Wilhelmina (Kobe Lucas and Tessa Kirchner); visiting diplomats (Madalyn Alexander, Brayden Beaver, Betsy Clingman, Kyle Green, Griffin Hornung, Cadence Keene, Luke Lipps, MaKinzie Marx, Violet Rider).

Student crew leaders include the following: Keira Buschman (stage manager); Molly Venters (student director); Morgan Galyen (assistant student director); Cody Allen, Kailey Sanders, Sam True (lights); Tanner Robinette (sound); Alicia London (costumes).

The set construction/stage crew involves the following: Cody Allen, Keira Buschman, Morgan Campbell, Stephanie Davis, Violet Foulks, Morgan Galyen, Braden Harrison, Ryan Nickerson, Tanner Robinette, Kailey Sanders, and Molly Venters.

The make-up crew includes Sinai Aguilar, Alexis Baldini, Stephanie Davis, Alicia London, Emmalyn Rardon, Mackenzie Reed, Chloie Roth, and Maggie True.

Adult staff includes the following: Susan Willbanks (director); Bob Willbanks (technical director); Christy Buschman (assistant technical director); Ann True, Holly Nolan, Jennie Peters, and Barb Fielding (costumes); Karson Gritten (choreographer); Leah Padlo (make-up, production logo, posters, and t-shirts); Paige Barnes and Abbie Napier (tickets); scenic artist (Wendy Wade), Rob Schroeder (auditorium manager).

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