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09/11/2026

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09/10/2026

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09/07/2026

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09/05/2026

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08/12/2026

Red Barn's 47th Season: FOR THE LOVE OF COUNTRY runs January 5 through 9

Christine Mild returns to the Barn with another new show, “For the Love of Country.” It will run January 5-9, 2027, with showtime at 7:30 pm. Expect Christine’s usual enthusiastic delivery of the best of country music, supported by her always-terrific band. Musical direction by Jim Rice.

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08/09/2026

Red Barn's 47th Season: SHORT ATTENTION SPAN THEATRE 2027 ed. runs March 30 through April 24

The final production of the season brings back the perennial favorite “Short Attention Span Theatre,” an evening of short, fast-paced, punchy, funny, unpredictable short plays by well-known playwrights, all centered around a central theme. That theme and the specific plays have not yet been set, but all will feature a troupe of hilarious actors andbe directed by a stellar group of directors! The 2027 edition will prove to be provocative and entertaining!

SAST will run March 30 through April 24, 2027, with all curtains at 7:30 pm.

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08/06/2026

Red Barn’s 47th Season: LIBERATION runs March 2 through 20

In a real coup for the Barn, the third mainstage show of the season is one of the most lauded shows of this past or any season – “Liberation” by Bess Wohl. Winner of the 2026 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Awards, it’s also garnered accolades from the Dramatists Guild, the Drama Desk Awards, the Outer Critics Circle Awards, and the Lucille Lortel Awards, among almost a dozen others.

The story is set in 1970. Somewhere in Ohio, six women meet on a basement basketball court to form a consciousness-raising group, determined to shake up their lives and change the world. Fifty years later, one of their daughters tries to understand where things fell apart. A provocative, very funny, and wildly theatrical play that poses vital questions about friendship, legacy and the true meaning of liberation, investigating what we inherit, what we forget, and what we’re still fighting to understand, all while being thoroughly entertaining without being preachy, cringey, or on-the-nose.

“Liberation” stars Morgan Fraga Pierson, Lauren Thompson, Cassidy Timms, Fritzie Estimond, Jessica Miano Kruel, Ivy Munnerlyn, Shannon Edwards, and Jack McDonald. It will be directed by Joy Hawkins. It runs March 2 through 20, 2027. Called “An unadulterated pleasure…powerfully moving and funny” by the New York Times. All curtains are at 7:30 pm.

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08/03/2026

Red Barn’s 47th Season: DRACULA: A COMEDY OF TERRORS runs January 19 through February 20

Next up will be the over-the-top, very sexy and campy “Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors” by Gordon Greenberg and Steve Rosen, winner of the Best Off-Broadway Play and a Lucille Lortel Nominee. It’s a masterful mash-up of Bram Stoker, Mel Brooks, and Monty Python – a laugh-out-loud, gender-bending romp.

The show stars Susannah Wells, Erin McKenna, Phillip Cole White, Jody Orrigo, and Dominic Paolillo, each of them playing several different characters as the show unfolds. It is directed by Mimi McDonald.

“It’s a wild, fun, unpredictable show,” McDonald said. “Each actor creates so many crazy characters, and there are dozens of fast costume changes. The costumes, by the way, are all created by Sushi…they’re amazing.”

The story centers on two sisters, one of whom has “a disease of the blood,” so they enlist vampire hunter Van Helsing to find Dracula to help her. Their hunt for the dangerous and sexy Count abounds with clever wordplay and quick-change antics. It’s a blood-curdling, upside-down take the literary classic.

Called “…a brilliant send-up…a hilariously reimagined take..” by Broadway World. All curtains are at 7:30 pm.

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07/31/2026

Red Barn’s 47th Season: SHOOTING STAR runs December 8 through January 2

The season opens with award-winning playwright Steven Dietz’s endearing romantic comedy, “Shooting Star”, a tale of chance encounters, second chances, and how life doesn’t always end up where you’re aiming. It centers on two college lovers who have not seen each other for years, but have a life-altering reunion when they are snowed in overnight at a Midwest airport. As the night gives way to laughter, banter, remembrance, and alcohol, Elena and Reed revisit a past that holds more surprises than they imagined—and a present that neither of them could have predicted.

The play will star Key West favorites Dave Bootle and Lauren Thompson, directed by Hawkins.

It was called "…a moving look into that place in our hearts where lost loves still hold sway” by the Los Angeles Times. And the Austin Chronicle said of it, "Stories told this well don't come around very often."

“Shooting Star” will run December 8, 2026 through January 2, 2027. There will be no shows Christmas Eve, Christmas, or New Year’s Eve, but there will be added shows on specific Monday nights – be sure to check the schedule. All shows will curtains at 7 pm.

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05/07/2026

Red Barn Theatre, a cultural cornerstone for the Key West community, is hailed as “one of the best professional theaters in South Florida." The Red Barn is celebrating 40 thrilling seasons and continues to build a national reputation for creating BIG things in a small space.