Mainstage Summary
2009-2010 Our 44th Season
All Mainstage shows are cabaret style. Doors open one hour prior to curtain and audiences are invited to bring their own food and beverages to enjoy before the show and during intermission. No time for dinner? Order BARN PICNICS from participating local restaurants. Tickets are available on-line. Seating is reserved with tables assigned upon arrival at the theater.
If you have handicapped seating requirements or wish to be seated with another party, use our "SEATING REQUEST" option. If you prefer, you may email us at theaterbarn@snet.net or call us at 203-431-9850.
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What's New?
We are pleased to announce that we are now offering coffee, tea, and bottled water at all main stage performances. The coffee and tea will be available in do-it-yourself individual servings before the show and during intermission. A donation of $1 is requested for each serving to offset our costs.
Directed by Maryann Arcoleo-Koltun
March 12th - April 10th, 2010
Friday and Saturday evenings at 8 pm
Sunday matinees on March 21st & 28th
Note: There will be no performance on Easter weekend, April 2nd-4th
SEATING REQUEST This autobiographical drama by America's only Nobel Prize-winning playwright was written in the later years of O'Neill's career. In it, James Tyrone rents a small farm to Phil Hogan and his daughter Josie. When Phil uses Josie in a plot to convince James to sell him the farm, the outwardly-gruff Josie discovers that despite the chasm that separates them, she shares much common ground with James. Critically recognized as one of O'Neill's finest works.
Written by Shelagh Stephenson
Directed by Sherry Asch
AUDITIONS: March 14th & 16th
PERFORMANCES:
June 4th - June 26th, 2010
Friday and Saturday evenings at 8 pm
Sunday matinees on June 13th & 20th
After years of separation, three sisters come together for the funeral of their mother, finding that each of their memories of events in their lives are very different. These different recollections force them to confront their perceptions with introspection and humor. The play asks searching questions, such as 'who are we without our memories'. While it remains firmly in the genre of family comedy, what makes this play better than most, is the way it reveals emotional pain and complexity beneath the outward facade.
Tickets: Adults $24; Seniors(62) & Students $20 This comedy/farce involves the unstable lives of two New Yorkers searching for a stable romantic relationship and the 'advice' they receive from their equally unstable psychiatrists. The line between neurosis and insanity blurs as complications....and comedy....inevitably follow. Read more
Book by John-Michael Tebelak
Directed by Rick Hodder
Musical Direction by Thomas J. Cuffari
Choreography by Craig David Rosen
November 13th - December 12th, 2009
Friday & Saturday Evenings at 8 pm
Based on the Gospel According to St. Matthew, this musical has enduring popularity as a contemporary adaptation of the life of Christ and his disciples, filling the stage with joyous music and hit songs such as Day by Day, All for the Best, and O Bless the Lord.
Special Guest Appearances
On Friday, November 20th several special guests joined us for the performance of Godspell.....including, Stephen Schwartz who wrote the music and new lyrics for this play. Also attending were Robin Lamont and Carol de Giere. Robin Lamont was in the original cast as well as the movie. Carol de Giere, a Ridgefield resident, is Stephen's biographer and author of the book Defying Gravity: The Creative Career of Stephen Schwartz, from "Godspell" to "Wicked". Read more about their visit on our news page.
For more information on the authorized biography of Stephen Schwartz, by Ridgefield author Carol de Giere, please visit www.DefyingGravityTheBook.com
