The Barn Theatre Presents: The Wizard of Oz

The Barn Theatre Presents: The Wizard of Oz
By L. Frank Baum
With Music and Lyrics by Harold Arlen & E.Y. Harburg
Background Music by Herbert Stothart

Performances:
June 6-8, 13-15, and 20-22 @ 7:00pm
June 9, 16 and 23 @ 2:00pm

Synopsis: After a tornado sends her to the magical land of Oz, young Dorothy teams up with a scarecrow, a tin woodsman, and a cowardly lion to find the mighty Wizard of Oz, who can send her back to Kansas. This classic musical proves “there is no place like home.”

Classic Musical

A Year With Frog and Toad

A Year with Frog and Toad
Book and Lyrics by Willie Reale
Music by Robert Reale

Jan. 16-19 & 23-26, 2020
SUNDAY PERFORMANCES AT 1PM, ALL OTHERS AT 7PM

Arnold Lobel's treasured characters hop from page to stage in the musical story of friendship and adventure.

A WWI Christmas

Experience what Christmas was like for the Lindberghs during World War I. Meet costumed interpreters portraying Lindbergh family members and neighbors as they provide insights into early 20th-century holiday traditions and the challenges wartime presented.

Learn about the impact of food rationing, create a Christmas decoration to take home, and write a note or draw a picture for a soldier as Charles Lindbergh might have done. Notes will be distributed to current Minnesota service members at Camp Ripley in time for the holidays.

A Weakness for French Prints: The Harry Drake Collection

Stroll the streets of Paris and explore the French countryside in a time before cars clogged the lanes and boulevards. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, printmakers found inspiration along riverbanks, in narrow alleyways, and down back roads. They observed the lives of the haves and the have-nots. They recorded celebration and desperation.

A Victorian Christmas

Experience the sights, sounds, and tastes of a Victorian Christmas in 1875 and discover how the Ramsey family and their friends, neighbors, and servants prepared for and celebrated the season.

During this guided tour, guests can taste homemade cookies fresh from the wood-burning stove, listen to popular holiday music of the era played on the family's 1875 Steinway grand piano, and view original family ornaments and Christmas gifts.

Be sure to stop in the Carriage House gift store for replica Victorian ornaments and holiday items.

A Tribute to Queen - Her Majesty's Royal Subjects

Jonny James and the Hall of Fames (The Song Remains the Same – JJHOF Does Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon & Other Floydian Tales) is back again with a brand-new show paying tribute to another of the greatest British bands of all time. Queen has rocked us over the years with their chart-topping hits and bountiful B-sides - and JJHOF is here to keep it all alive. The core group (Jonny James, Andy, Mike and Matt) will be joined by two ridiculously talented singers/actors, Ben Bakken and John Jamison.

A Night of Hall & Oates

The Soul of Daryl and John is a 16-piece, multi-singer celebration of the most successful duo in Rock & Roll and Soul history, Hall and Oates.

A New Year Celebration: Auld Lang Syne!

Bagpipes, bow-ties and brilliant music: You’re invited to a gala New Year's celebration that pops as Osmo Vanska leads the Minnesota Orchestra in a sparkling countdown to 2020.

A Mystery Dinner at the St. James Hotel

Totally 80's, Totally Murder.

Poison Ratenstein is in town for a killer concert, but his fans may be looking for a refund after this twisted tour turns tragic with a murder and a mystery to solve. This radical show could be super lame if no one can solve who was buggin’ so we can all cool out and get the show started! Help the crowd and the detective figure out who ruined this totally tubular night, so everyone can like, take a chill pill.

A Flight of Short Musicals

Join us for one weekend in January for our “short musicals” festival. We’ll present a flight of a half dozen 10 to 20-minute musicals, with brief intermissions between each to enjoy a flight of your favorite beverage – wine, specialty cocktails or non-alcoholic options! The musicals will include:

My Boyfriend is an Alien (and I’m OK with that)
by Christine Toy Johnson & Bobby Cronin

The Manifesto
by Germaine Shames & Nadav Amir-Himmel

Der Strunkenwhitenlieder
by Scott Guy set to music by Liza Lehmann