Hilda’s Yard

by Norm Foster

May 29, 30 and June 5, 6

This heartwarming and relatable comedy is a great way to kick off the season! On a summer day in 1956, Hilda and Sam Fluck are about to celebrate their newfound freedom and a shiny new television after their thirtysomething children have moved out. But soon both kids (and a few others) appear in the backyard, looking for help out of sticky situations. An afternoon of calamity ultimately holds a lot of lessons for the whole family and a lot of laughs for the audience.

 Staged by arrangement with Pam Winter, Gary Goddard Agency, www.ggagency

Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery

by Ken Ludwig

June 12, 13 and 19, 20

The play’s afoot! Don’t miss Sherlock Holmes like you have never seen him before in this murderously funny adventure and new take on Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic The Hound of the Baskervilles. The male heirs of the Baskerville line are being dispatched one by one. To find their killer, Holmes and Watson must brave the desolate moors before a family curse dooms another victim. Our intrepid investigators try to escape a dizzying web of clues, silly accents, disguises and deceit as 5 actors portray more than 40 characters. Can our heroes discover the truth in time? Join the fun and see how far from elementary the truth can be.

 Presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French Inc. (www.concordtheatricals.com)

Girl’s Weekend

by Karen Schaeffer

June 26, 27 and July 3, 4

In this lightning-quick farce, four women travel to Dot’s Northwoods cabin to consume copious amounts of wine, laugh at their lives, trade stories and chat about their book club’s latest selection. However, three of the friends, including one trying to get pregnant, one recently widowed and having a secret affair, and one who would rather not be there, all have unexpected visitors to the cabin. As they all try to hide their guests from Dot and each other, the secrets spill out and the chaos comes to a head in this very funny show!

 Produced by special arrangement with the Dramatic Publishing Company of Woodstock, Illinois

Mama Won’t Fly

Jones Hope Wooten

July 10, 11 and 17, 18

An outrageously hilarious race against the clock begins when Savannah agrees to get her feisty mother from Alabama to California for her brother’s wedding. Savannah’s problem: Mama won’t fly. With only four days to make it to the ceremony, she has no choice but to drive cross-country with her equally willful mother…and the bubbly bride-to-be who arrives unannounced. Every conceivable – and inconceivable – mishap that can occur does, including the theft of their car and all their clothes, a near-fatal encounter at an underwear museum, and a riotous detour to Vegas that ends in a brawl with an ordained showgirl/minister. Will they make it to their destination without bailing on the wedding or each other? This very funny comedy will have you laughing your way across the country and down the aisle!

 Presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Dramatists Play Service (www.concordtheatricals.com)

Annual kid’s show

July 24, 25 and July 31, Aug. 1

Full details coming very soon!

The Norwegians

by C. Denby Swanson

Aug. 7, 8 and 14, 15

This off-kilter dark comedy is about women scorned in Minnesota and the really nice gangsters—Norwegian hit men—they hire to whack their ex-boyfriends. Oofda! Olive and Betty are transplants to Minnesota and weren’t prepared for the Norwegian men they would fall in love with there: the practical, warm, thoughtful, destructive, evil, jilting kind. Betty has referred Olive to Gus and Tor, a partnership in the whacking business. What Tor doesn’t know is that Gus has been sleeping with the clients. What Olive doesn’t know is that Gus is Betty’s own ex, and she has already put out a hit on him. Can Betty call off the job in time to let Gus do his? Should she? You haven’t seen a show like this on the Barn stage!

 Presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Dramatists Play Service (www.concordtheatricals.com)

Exit Laughing

by Paul Elliott

Aug. 21, 22 and 28, 29

When the biggest highlight in your life for the past 30 years has been your weekly bridge night out with the girls, what do you do when one of your foursome inconveniently dies? If you’re Connie, Leona and Millie, three southern ladies from Birmingham, you do the most daring thing you’ve ever done. You “borrow” the ashes from the funeral home for one last card game, and the wildest, most exciting night of your lives involves a police raid, a stripper and a whole new way of looking at all the fun you can have when you’re truly living.

 Produced by special arrangement with the Dramatic Publishing Company of Woodstock, Illinois