Twin Peaks fans who were left wanting more following the series’ long-awaited third season in 2017, rejoice: Top members of the original cast are set to tour the country later this year.
Starting in early August, stars of the surreal David Lynch and Mark Frost-created saga will be sitting down for nostalgic conversations in cities across the U.S., from Tysons, Virginia, to Seattle, Washington. Ray Wise (who played Leland Palmer), Harry Goaz (Deputy Andy Brennan) and Kimmy Robertson (Lucy Moran) as well as Twin Peaks: The Return executive producer Sabrina S. Sutherland will share their experiences on the series and swap behind-the-scenes stories at the ticketed events.
Sheryl Lee, who played the high school homecoming queen whose murder formed the central mystery of the story and gave a startling starring turn in 1992’s Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, will additionally appear at certain stops in the Western U.S.
The tour will kick off less than a year after series co-creator Lynch’s death at the age of 78. According to Sutherland, who is now managing Lynch’s estate, the cinematic legend gave his blessing for the tour before he passed.
“David was very happy that we were going to have this cast tour to celebrate Twin Peaks with the fans all around the U.S.,” Sutherland said in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter. “It’s sad that I won’t be able to call him each night to let him know how the show went as I had promised. But I look forward to celebrating his work each night and having him in my heart instead.”
The tour (see all events here) also includes two stops at iconic series locations in Washington state. In an engagement that’s already sold out, on Oct. 18 fans will be able to tour the house in Everett, Washington that served as the Palmer residence in the series, with Lee, Wise and property owner Mary Reber, who played Alice Tremond, telling stories from the series and Fire Walk With Me. (The event promises tea — no word yet on coffee and cherry pie.)
And on October 20, Lee and Wise will visit the Kiana Lodge in Poulsbo, Washington, where interiors of the Great Northern Hotel and the Martells’ home were shot. The venue’s exterior is perhaps even more famous, with Laura Palmer having been found dead and wrapped in plastic by a giant log on the beach outside in the Twin Peaks pilot.
David Roy Williams Entertainment is producing the shows under license from Paramount Location-Based Experiences as Lynch fandom and Twin Peaks nostalgia is having another moment.
This year’s Cannes Film Festival saw the premiere of the documentary Welcome to Lynchland, which examined the Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive filmmaker’s life and career, while a nonfiction film focused on the life and work of Catherine Coulson, Twin Peaks’ beloved “Log Lady,” has been screening in cities around the U.S.
A watercooler hit when it premiered on ABC in 1990, Twin Peaks have been credited with helping to create prestige television as we now know it with its continuous mystery structure, cinematic flourishes and devoted fan community. After Twin Peaks was canceled in its second season, Lynch returned to the Pacific Northwest with Fire Walk With Me, which was considered a box office and critical failure upon release, but has since been reappraised (and gotten the Criterion Collection treatment).
In 2017, Lynch and Frost smashed expectations with their Showtime limited series Twin Peaks: The Return, which both confounded and delighted audiences with its idiosyncratic structure but typical (at least of Lynch’s work) lack of reassuring answers.
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