RED, A BEHANDING IN SPOKANE and More Set for Bluebarn Theatre's 24th Season

The Bluebarn Theatre announces season 24, including RED, WHO KILLED SANTA?, A BEHANDING IN SPOKANE and THE 39 STEPS. See full details below.

RED
by John Logan
September 27 - October 20, 2012
2010 Tony Award for Best Play

Master abstract expressionist Mark Rothko has just landed the biggest commission in the history of modern art, a series of murals for New York’s famed Four Seasons Restaurant. In the two fascinating years that follow, Rothko works feverishly with his young assistant, Ken, in his studio on the Bowery. But when Ken gains the confidence to challenge him, Rothko faces the agonizing possibility that his crowning achievement could also become his undoing. Raw and provocative, Red is a searing portrait of an artist's ambition and vulnerability as he tries to create a definitive work for an extraordinary setting.

WHO KILLED SANTA?
by Neil Haven
November 23 – December 15, 2012

Santa is hosting his annual holiday party attended by the usual holiday favorites: Frosty, Tiny Tim, The Little Drummer Boy, and Rudolph, who all have a bone to pick with Santa. After tempers flare, Santa ends up with a candy cane through the heart! No one will confess, no one can leave, and Christmas is in jeopardy. As the tension builds, a couple of incompetent detectives enter the scene, and all the dirty secrets of these iconic holiday characters are revealed. With the help of the audience, the murderer is convicted and sentenced in this choose-your-own-ending musical murder mystery holiday whodunit!

A BEHANDING IN SPOKANE
by Martin McDonagh
February 21 – March 16, 2013

In this darkly comical new work from the acclaimed playwright Martin McDonagh, the mysterious gun- toting Carmichael has been searching for his missing left hand for decades. Enter two bickering lovebirds with a hand to sell, and a hotel clerk with an aversion to gunfire, and soon life and death are up for grabs. A Behanding in Spokane turns over American daily existence, exposing the obsessions, prejudices, madness, horrors, and above all, the absurdities that crawl beneath it.

THE 39 STEPS
Adapted by Patrick Barlow
From the novel by John Buchan
May 9 – June 15, 2013

Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you have The 39 Steps, a fast-paced mystery for anyone who loves the magic of theatre! This 2-time Tony and Drama Desk Award-winning treat is packed with nonstop laughs, over 150 zany characters (played by a ridiculously talented cast of 4), an on-stage plane crash, handcuffs, missing fingers and some good old-fashioned romance! A riotous blend of virtuoso performances and wildly inventive stagecraft, The 39 Steps amounts to an unforgettable evening of pure pleasure!

The BLUEBARN Theatre has been bringing professionally-produced plays to area audiences since its inception in 1989. Since that time, BLUEBARN has produced over 80 plays and has established itself as Omaha’s premier Contemporary Theatre company. Striving to bring artistically significant scripts and professional production values to Omaha and the surrounding region, BLUEBARN is known for high quality entertainment and the fearless pursuit of stories that challenge both theatre artists and patrons.

Bluebarn Theatre is located at 614 South 11th Street in Omaha, NE. Call (402) 345-1576 or visit www.bluebarn.org for more information.

 

 

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