MOUNT CARROLL, ILLINOIS (January 24, 2023) — Timber Lake Playhouse, the premier professional summer theatre of northwest Illinois, announces auditions for local children and adult for their upcoming 2022 Season.

Timber Lake Playhouse will again be casting local performers for the following performance opportunities:

MOUNT CARROLL, ILLINOIS (January 12, 2023) — Timber Lake Playhouse (Dan Danielowski, Executive Director), the professional, non-profit summer theatre company established in 1961 with a mission of “providing the best expression of theater arts to the regional community by presenting creative works that entertain and inspire while helping aspiring artists transition to the profession” has announced today the appointment of long-time TLP actor and alumnus, Darren Mangle

MOUNT CARROLL, ILLINOIS (September 23, 2022) — Timber Lake Playhouse (TLP), the premier professional summer theatre of northwest Illinois, will continue their Fall Season with Defending the Caveman on September 29 at the Playhouse.  Defending the Caveman was written by Rob Becker over a three-year period during which he made an informal study of psychology, sociology, and prehistory.

MOUNT CARROLL, ILLINOIS (September 19, 2022) — Timber Lake Playhouse, the premier professional summer theatre of northwest Illinois, will host a Fall Festival featuring BrewFest on Saturday, September 24, 12-6PM. The fest will include tastings of craft beers and wines, food, hay rides, and activities for the whole family. BrewFest features the popular craft beers of Lena Brewery and other local breweries.

MOUNT CARROLL, ILLINOIS (August 29, 2022) — Timber Lake Playhouse (TLP), the premier professional theatre of northwest Illinois, will welcome Ted Lange to direct their fall opener, Hank Williams: Lost Highway. “When one of our actors suggested Ted to direct the show, I immediately reached out to him,” said Dan Danielowski, TLP Executive Director. “We talked a few times, Ted’s schedule allowed him to do the show, and the rest — as they say — is history.”

MOUNT CARROLL, ILLINOIS (September 20, 2021) — Timber Lake Playhouse, the premier professional-summer theatre of northwest Illinois, will host a Fall Festival featuring BrewFest on Saturday, September 25, 12 (noon)-6PM. The fest will include tastings of popular craft beers and wines, food, hay rides, and activities for the whole family. BrewFest features the popular craft beers of Lena Brewery and other local breweries.

MOUNT CARROLL, ILLINOIS (June 8, 2020)  For the fourth year in a row, the Illinois Arts Council has awarded Timber Lake Playhouse a grant to create a paid apprentice program for area teens interested in pursuing careers in the theatre arts. TLP is accepting applications for the apprenticeship program through June 22.

MOUNT CARROLL, ILLINOIS (November 4, 2019) — Timber Lake Playhouse is looking for area musicians to play in the pit for musical productions at the playhouse in Mount Carroll. TLP produces seven full-length musicals throughout the summer and fall as well as a Christmas show in December. TLP regularly hires musicians who play the more traditional instruments — keys, guitar, bass, drums, trumpet, trombone, reeds, and strings — as well as specialty instruments such as banjo, steel guitar, and man

 

MOUNT CARROLL, ILLINOIS (October 7, 2019) — Due to recent remodeling and winterization of the theatre, Timber Lake Playhouse, the premier professional summer theatre of northwest Illinois, will extend programming into the Christmas Season for the first time at the playhouse.

MOUNT CARROLL, ILLINOIS (September 24, 2019) — Timber Lake Playhouse, the premier professional summer-theatre of northwest Illinois, will dedicate the new lobby construction with a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony on Saturday, September 28, at 4PM.

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