TICKETS FOR RED BARN’S NEW SEASON NOW ON SALE
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For further information, call: Bob Bowersox at 302-540-6102
For Immediate Release
The best seats in the house are now on sale at Key West’s Red Barn Theatre for their big 42nd season of top-flight professional stage entertainment. Individual per-show tickets and a four-show season subscription are available online on their website and by phone at their box office.
As usual, Red Barn Artistic Director Joy Hawkins has put together an eclectic mix of comedy, drama, and music, featuring stellar new works from playwrights Ken Ludwig, Michael McKeever, and Jane Martin.
Kicking off the season December 20 through January 14, 2023 is Ludwig’s poignant “Dear Jack, Dear Louise”. Sparks fly and love blossoms across the darkened landscape of World War II, when Jack, a U.S. Army doctor, begins a letter correspondence with Louise, an aspiring actress living a world away from his war-torn reality. The play won the Helen Hayes and Charles MacArthur award for Best New Play of 2020. It will feature Jessica Miano Kruel and Cody Borah.
From January 31 through February 25, be ready to take a wild and crazy ride into the classic mash-up spoof of a Western-Horror “B” movie with Jane Martin’s hilarious “Flaming Guns of the Purple Sage”. Big 8, a rodeo competitor, is facing foreclosure on the Wyoming ranch where she rehabilitates injured rodeo cowboys. The arrival of a shocking woman named Shedevil and a one-eyed Ukrainian biker named Black Dog leads to violence and horror in this satire of pulp western writers like Zane Grey. It will feature George DiBraud, Susannah Wells, Cassidy Timms Iain Wilcox, Tim Dahms, and Mathias Maloff.
Michael McKeever’s new play, “The Code” will grace the Red Barn stage March 7-25, as McKeever revisits one of his favorite subjects, Hollywood. It’s 1950, and Billy Haines, Henry Wilson, Tallulah Bankhead, and a beautiful young man have gathered for cocktails, caviar, and all-out war. With great humor and stinging insight, “The Code” explores the hypocrisy of what it takes to be a man in the land of make-believe. It will feature Tom Wahl, David Black, Mary Falconer, and Gabriell Salgado.
The Barn’s 42nd season ends with one of it’s always-popular favorites, “Short Attention Span Theatre, 2023”. The funny and fast-paced evening is filled with pertinent and hilarious short plays, helmed by a group of directors guiding a big handful of favorite Key West actors. You never know what you’ll see next at SAST!
And finally, tucked into the transition period between Ludwig’s and Martin’s plays will be a special musical event, “Back in Baby’s Arms”, January 18 through 21, 2023. The show features the voice and stylings of Christine Mild, who has played Patsy Cline in the popular “Always, Patsy Cline” play dozens of times, including a sold-out run at the Red Barn in 2018. Expect to hear many of Cline’s biggest hits, with the stellar accompaniment of arranger/pianist Jim Rice and trio.
Also, make plans to attend the Red Barn’s annual fundraising party, January 15 at the Oldest House on Duval Street. Christine Mild will be featured in performance at the party. Full details to follow –- watch the Red Barn website.
Tickets for any and all shows can be purchased on the Red Barn website – redbarntheatre.com – or by calling their box office at 305-296-9911. If they happen to be busy, leave a message and they’ll get right back to you. Tickets are $53 for Opening Nights, which includes admission to the Opening Night After-Party, and $48 for all other shows of a run. There’s a Four-Show Subscription available that offers a ticket to all mainstage shows, priced at $153, a 20% discount to the single ticket prices.
The Red Barn season is sponsored in part by the Monroe County Tourist Development Council, and the State of Florida Division of Cultural Affairs.