A look at the new PAC

The public was invited to the Performing Arts Center’s open house and ribbon cutting on Sept. 18 to see all the bells and whistles required of a first class, 21st century performance center. Below is […]

Join the newly renamed Mountain Theatre Company at The Highlands Playhouse Theater or Theatre? Simply put, theater is a venue you visit to enjoy entertainment. The theatre is the performance-driven art form. Highlands Community Theatre […]

Construction at the Highlands Performing Arts Center is coming along as scheduled and crews are currently busy installing the structural-precast concrete slabs that will make up the walls to house the new 300-seat theater. Pictured […]

The latest production at the Highlands Playhouse, Curtains Up!, recently opened and Director Marshall Carby said the response from the community has been tremendous. Curtains Up! is a salute to 83 years of performances at […]

The exterior grounds of the Highlands Playhouse were given a much-needed freshening up by a seven-person grounds crew on loan from Highlands Falls Country Club (HFCC) on March 18. Fred Gehrisch, Golf Course Superintendent and […]

The expansion project at the Martin Lipscomb Performing Arts Center in Highlands has been scaled down to something equally exciting but with a decreased price tag. “After working very hard on an outstanding design, in […]

The Highlands Performing Arts Center and the Highlands Playhouse are bringing outdoor entertainment to Highlands with a drive-in movie theater. Ray’s Drive-in will hold it’s first event for the public on Thursday, Oct. 1 showing […]

Humankind is living in a new world, the world of Covid-19 Chaos, the 2020 version of the Twilight Zone. Everyone misses gathering together to enjoy a meal, a church service, a concert or a play. […]

Below is a message from Highlands Playhouse Artistic Director Marshall Carby and Managing Director Lance Matzke. Dear Patrons and friends, The Highlands Playhouse has been providing entertainment to the Highlands-Cashiers plateau for over eighty years, […]

There’s still a chance to catch Always…Patsy Cline at the Highlands Playhouse to be entertained with strong performances by leads Sandia Ahlers, playing Patsy Cline; and Sami Weathersby, playing the fan that began a lifelong relationship […]

The Highlands Playhouse is proud to present the follow up to the blockbuster hit Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story. From July 11-27, the Highlands Playhouse presents Oklahoma! The majority of performances for Buddy sold out, […]

Highlands Playhouse is now featuring “Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story,” which is jam packed with high-energy music that tells the epic tale of Buddy Holly’s short yet iconic musical career. Holly, played by 19-year-old […]

Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School musical theatre students will present “Pirates of Penzance,” Gilbert and Sullivan’s hilarious, hopeful farce on October 26-27. The story follows young Frederic, an orphan who has mistakenly been afflicted with an ineffectual […]

Highlands Cashiers Players’ “The Odd Couple” opened Aug. 23 to a full house. Oscar and Felix, played by David Spivey and Lance Trudel were perfect foils for each other. Neil Simon would have been proud. […]