Summer Theatre

The Country's Oldest Professional Summer Theatre

77th Season of Summer Theatre Tradition!

Performances scheduled at the Barnstormers Theatre  throughout the off-season can be found in our events section

The 2008 Summer Season below.  Click here to check our Summer Theater Packages or call us toll-free!

Babes In Arms, Rodgers and Hart / July 8-12
1930's Broadway classic star vehicle for young Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney. Musical theatre's immortal hits, "My Funny Valentine, Lady is a Tramp, and Johnny One Note". The pure joy and idealism of a troupe of youthful summer theatre apprentices (sound familiar??) "Hey, let's put on a show"!!

And a Nightingale Sang by C.P. Taylor/ July 15-19
Bittersweet romance, tender farce, and a shot of history for good measure. Taylor gives us the Stott family in the north of England during World War II, underscored with music of the era. Helen, the eldest daughter expects little in the way of love, but the appearance of a soldier named Norman causes a seismic shift in the way she sees herself and her world. Does love give us the freedom to be transformed, even in the midst of turbulent times?  

Blithe Spirit by Noel Coward/ July 22-26
A masterwork of 20th century comedy by Britain's genius of laughter and social satire. The madcap plot is driven by the ghostly appearance of a former wife and engages the audience with seances and a cast of outlandish characters. Pure fun and sophistication!!  

Toad of Toad Hall by A. A. Milne/ July 29-August 2
A dramatisation of Kenneth Grahams A Wind In the Willows, with kindly Rat, wise Badger, gentle Mole, and conceited foolish Toad, who is always in trouble! His obsessions (caravanning and cars) lead to imprisionment, not to mention rollicking fights with the Weasels and the Stoats!! Plus Ferrets, Rabbits, Squirrels, and Field Mice- for extra measure- what more can you ask for !!??  A Barnstormer Gold Standard Classic!!
(You may know half the cast of thousands!)

Dial M for Murder by Frederick Knott/ August 5-9
A gripping mystery in the film-noire style. “Tingling with excitement!! NY Times

Driving Miss Daisy by Alfred Uhry/ August 12-16
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the Academy Award for Best Picture. The Iconic story/ relationship of an elderly southern Jewish lady and her African' American chauffeur over several decades. Heartwarming, honest, brilliant writing, 2 of the American theatre's most important and memorable characters.

Dracula by Bram Stoker, adapted for the stage by Deane and Balderston/ August 19-23
The original staging of the 19th century masterpiece of gothic horror! Please wear a shirt with a collar!  On your way home from the theatre on a dark summer night- please don't look in your rear view mirror- and for god's sake- don't look in the back seat!!

I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change, by Joe Pietro and Jimmy Roberts/ August 26-30
Off Broadway's longest running musical comedy. Everything you have ever secretly thought about dating, romance, marriage, lovers, husbands, wives and in-laws, but were afraid to admit!

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