Over 200 artists in residence. Over 50 original productions. 6 months of exciting programming.
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Admission is by donation for all performances unless otherwise stated.
Click the picture for show title and date. Scroll down for full information.
Admission is by donation for all performances unless otherwise stated.
Saturday, May 20, 7pm at the Barn
Stravinsky/Macbeth: Igor comes to Dunsinane
Ben Moniz and friends
A mashup of masterpieces that combines new arrangements of Stravinsky with readings from a new production of Shakespeare's Macbeth
Rated PG
Shakespeare, Music
Reservations here
Friday, May 26, 7pm at the Barn
Outlaw
Kate Mulley, Andy Peterson and Benita de Wit
Excerpts and songs from a new musical about the Australian outlaw Ned Kelly
Rated PG 13
Musical, History
Reservations here
Saturday, May 27, 6pm at Pacific Hall
Signal
In the Water Theatre Company
A fantastical adventure of a young hero's journey to save those who have been taken by their technological devices
Rated PG
Physical Theatre, Family Audience
Reservations here
Friday, June 2, 7pm at Pacific Hall
PullFace
Daria Miyeko Marinelli + Kristan Seemel
A devised song cycle asking if ugliness can be a way to power in the digital age.
Rated PG-13
Music, Dance
Reservations here
Saturday, June 3, 7pm at the Barn
Deia - A Live Album
Namarah
Indie-Hip hop artist, Namarah, taps into the worlds of Funk, Rock and Poetry to produce her debut album Deia, a project fully recorded at The Barn
Rated G
Concert, Multidisciplinary
Reservations here
Friday, June 9, 7pm at the Barn
House of Telescopes
Katie Looney
A divided artist commune in rural America struggles under the weight of hopelessness in this folkpunk theater piece.
Rated PG-13
Musical
Reservations here
Saturday, June 10, 7pm at the Legion
Outside the World
La Foule
One day and one night in a refugee camp. An audience immersive show about dignity, survival and the complex nature of charity in the age of evacuation.
Rated PG-13
Immersive
Reservations here
Wednesday, June 14, 6pm at the Boathouse
RIVER WHYLESS
With the Blake Rosso Band
Part of the Boathouse Concert Series
Presented by the Barn Arts Collective and the Howling Woods
Doors at 6pm
$10 tickets
Open to all ages
Tickets here
Friday, June 16, 7pm at Pacific Hall
Dreaming into Being + I Hope You Like Me
96B Dance (Audrey Pincus + Lillian Stamey)
Two artists dive into unique expressions of their own self-image.
Rated R
Dance, Solo Performance
Reservations here
Saturday, June 17, 7pm at the Barn
The Seven Ravens Project
Marisol Soledad // The Soledad Ensemble
In this theatrical adaptation of the Grimms' tale The Seven Ravens, woven through with the stories of contemporary migrants, immigrants and refugees, a courageous young girl sets off on an epic quest--across the earth and through the cosmos--to reunite with her long-lost brothers.
Rated PG
Physical Theatre, Family Audience
Reservations here
Friday, June 23, 7pm at the Barn
the white rose
Book & Lyrics by Derek P. Hassler, Music by Landon Braverman
In 1942, six students at the University of Munich band together to begin a non-violent underground resistance movement against National Socialism.
Rated PG-13
Musical, History
Reservations here
Saturday, June 24, 7pm at the Barn
The Beauty Book
Sofya Levitsky-Weitz
A woman travels from the Sedona desert to Los Angeles to stay with her estranged son and his wife, who's pregnant with their first child and their fragile new life begins to implode.
Rated PG-13
Play, Comic-Thriller
Reservations here
Friday, June 30, 7pm at the Barn
Bee
Sean Michael Welch and Melody Erfani
Based on the true story of Izat Erfani's life in Langarud, Iran and set in the 1940's, this play combines interviews with people currently in the Middle East and those that have moved to the USA.
Rated PG-13
Play, History
Reservations here
Saturday, July 1, 2pm, Bass Harbor Camp Ground
Persephone: A Journey Through Darkness
DogEar Theatre Productions
Sometimes we must journey into the unknown in order to find the light. Join us in the woods as we embark with Persephone on her epic journey through the depths of the underworld and back to the light of spring
Rated G/PG
Immersive/Outdoor, Family Audience
Reservations here
Saturday, July 1, 7pm at Pacific Hall
Melaza
Marsha Parrilla and Danza Orgánica
Melaza explores stories of immigration within the geographical channel of Puerto Rico, the Caribbean, and the USA; the piece focuses on issues related to race, language, and the sociopolitical climate.
Rated G/PG
Dance
Reservations here
Sunday, July 2, 7pm at the Barn
There Aint No More: Death of a Folksinger
Willi Carlisle and Joseph Fletcher (Willi Carlisle Productions)
A raucous one-man operetta based on legends of American folk music and the early vaudeville stage. Experience an authentic and sometimes troubling American music tradition on five instruments in this haunting and heartfelt hootenanny.
Rated PG-13
Music, Solo Performance
Reservations here
Thursdays at 11am, Sundays at 1pm, July 6 - September 3 at the Criterion Theatre
Pinocchio
Barn Arts Collective and 3 Sticks
It’s time to get real with this new version of an old story, featuring original music and puppetry.
Rated G
Musical, Family Audience
$7 tickets available online
Friday, July 7, 7pm, at the Barn
Mountain Play, Act One
BREAD Arts Collective
A darkly comic hero's quest up a magic mountain during a mythological Age of Drought where ghosts, gods, and human beings alike learn that beliefs and ideologies cannot be drunk.
Rated R
Outdoor, Play
Reservations here
Saturday, July 8, 7pm at the Gallery at Somes Sound
Joly: A Song Cycle
Barn Arts Collective
Musicians Brittany Parker and Katherine Perkins perform original songs inspired by the work and life of painter Joellyn Duesberry at a gallery on the water in front of her paintings.
Rated G
Concert, Multidisciplinary
Reservations are required - please contact The Gallery at Somes Sound, 207 244-1165
Saturday, July 15, 5pm at the Barn
The Hamilton Project IX
Ten artists join forces to develop ten projects over the course of ten days
Artists in Residence: Dan Daly, Evie Dumont, Phoenix Gonzalez, Dante Jeanfelix, Michael Schwartz, Marissa Shadburn, Elyse Singer, Jordan Stovall, and Kim Yaged
Rated PG-13
Variety, Multidisciplinary
Reservations here
Friday and Saturday, July 21-22, 7pm at the Boathouse
the giants, part three
Matthew Jellison and Isaac Klein
A story of giants - human beings the size of skyscrapers - who show up in the city one morning, and the people in their path
Rated PG-13
Play
Reservations here
Saturday, July 22, 2pm at the Barn
CONTINUE
Duomuži
A tribute to the brothers who were foolish enough to believe that the sky wasn't reserved for angels.
Rated PG
Physical Theatre, History
------------------------------
Shift
Craig Newman; Jen Pitt; Michael Barringer
A young couple moves to a small coastal town to start their life together ... twice.
Rated PG-13
Short Film
Reservations here
Monday - Friday, July 24-28, 8am at the Barn
Daily Morning Gathering
Led by Julia Hirsch
A morning practice of stretching, meditation, and reflection led by artist-in-residence Julia Hirsch.
For all ages
Friday and Saturday, July 28-29, 7pm at the Barn
Some Pictures of the Floating World
Tara Elliott (director) // Matt Minnicino (playwright)
A play about cults, stories, joy, sadness, truth, lies, and why we believe the things we believe.
Rated R
Play
Reservations here
Saturday, July 29, 2pm at Bass Harbor Camp Ground
Before Dusk, Before Dawn
Tim Boyce, Ben Chavez, Eliza McCoy, Devon McFadden, Sam Stone and Ruby Wolf
A new folk-tale of love, light, and misadventure in the woods told with original music
Rated PG
Outdoor/Immersive, Musical, Family Audience
Reservations here
Saturday and Sunday, July 29-30, 4pm at Saltair Inn
William Shakespeare's The Tempest
Barn Arts Collective in collaboration with Acadia Community Theater
A shipwreck. An island. A lot of magic.
Rated G
Shakespeare, Musical, Family Audience
Tickets Available on-site $10 - adults , $5 - children/ seniors
Bring a chair or blanket
Tuesday, August 1, 7pm at Hammond Hall
Cecily’s Summer
Barn Arts Collective
A musical with puppets based on the popular children’s books from local author Nan Lincoln about her summer raising a harbor seal pup on land
Part of the Schoodic Arts for All Festival.
Rated G
Friday, August 4, 6pm at the Neighborhood House
Traveling Musicians
Barn Arts Collective and 3 Sticks
The world’s greatest animal glam rock band is back for a reunion tour
Rated G
Friday, August 4 at 10pm, Saturday, August 5 at 7pm and 10pm at the Legion
Buffalo Bailey's Ranch for Gay Horses, Troubled Teen Girls and Other: a 90 Minute Time Share Presentation
Bailey Williams, Derek Smith, Alex Rodabaugh
It’s the golden age of subprime mortgages and in the dark heart of the American wild, wild midwest, a Ranch for gay horses and troubled teen girls struggles.
Potentially sponsored by Bell's Brewery's OATSMOBILE ALE, TD Bank (A Good Bank), Suburu, Wells Fargo (A Bad Bank), Absolut Vodka, and more!
Rated PG-13
Comedy, Multidisciplinary
Reservations here
Saturday, August 5, 2-6pm at the Barn
No One Home
Ali Asgar
A pop-up interactive performance space, where artist meets their audience and audience meet themselves
Performed in 15 minute sessions for one audience member at a time
Rated PG
Interactive
Reservations here
Friday-Sunday, August 11-13 and 18-20, 7pm at the Boathouse
The Disappearing Man
Music, Lyrics and Book by Jahn Sood
Directed by West Hyler
Music directed and vocal arranged by Brian Cavanagh Strong
A new folk opera that takes place backstage at a small-time circus in 1936. A magician and his lovely assistant fight to break free of the roles they’ve always played and start anew.
Rated PG-13
Musical, Circus
Reservations here
Friday, August 11, 9pm at the Boathouse and Sunday, August 13, 4pm at the Barn*
NUTRIA
Part of the Boathouse Concert Series
New Sounds from New Orleans: an instrumental trio that performs original compositions with an emphasis on collective improvisation
*Joined on Sunday by Danny Fisher-Lochhead and Friends
Rated G
Boathouse Seating is limited. Feel free to bring a seat. Reservations here
Reservations for Sunday at the Barn here
Tuesday, August 15, 8pm at the Barn
5j Barrow
A Pop-up Concert
5j Barrow is an indie-folk band from NYC, featuring the duo Eryn Murman and Jason Hite. Eryn and Jason are currently on tour, giving intimate concerts across the Northeast. They will perform in the Barn one-night-only for an acoustic evening of their beautiful folk tunes.
Reservations here
Friday-Sunday, August 25-27 and Friday - Saturday, September 1-2, 7pm at Camp Beech Cliff
Cabaret
Music, Lyrics, and Book by Kander and Ebb
Directed by Lindsey Hope Pearlman
Produced and Performed by the Barn Arts Collective
A new political movement is on the rise and the dancing never stops at the Kit Kat Club.
Rated PG-13
Musical
Reservations here
CHEKHOV FESTIVAL
Tuesday-Saturday, September 26-30
Chekhov Club
Tuesday, September 26, 5:30 pm at the Southwest Harbor Public Library
Barn Arts Collective's Chekhov Club
An evening exploring the work of Russian writer Anton Chekhov, with refreshments
Rated PG
Community Event
Chekhov Film Festival
Wednesday, September 27, 5pm at the Barn
Friday, September 29, 5:30pm at the Southwest Harbor Public Library
Barn Arts Collective’s Chekhov Club
A series of short films based on Chekhov’s short stories, created by MDI’s own Chekhov Club
Rated PG-13
Short Film
The Hummm
Wednesday, September 27, 7pm at the Barn
Friday, September 29, 7pm at the Barn
Janice Amaya, Kai-Chieh Tu, Sarah Paton, Fedor Sokolov, Ali Stoner, Gracie Terzian, and Katherine Wright
A collection of theatrical moments inspired by sound, The Hummm meets characters from Chekhov's Three Sisters in a playful, puzzling, post-apocalyptic future.
Rated PG-13
Multidisciplinary, Adaptation
Three Sisters
Thursday, September 28, 7pm at the Barn
Saturday, September 30, 2pm at the Barn
Matthew Minnicino (adapter), Julia Sears and Taylor Reynolds (directors)
Chekhov's funny-sad masterpiece about wanting, wishing, needing, and definitely not knowing gets an immersive staging, a modern twist, a lotta love, and some bad dance-pop.
Rated PG-13
Immersive, Play
The Seagull
Saturday, September 30, 7pm at the Barn
Sunday, October 1st, 7pm at the Barn
Barn Arts Collective’s Chekhov Club
Chekhov’s first classic presented in a site-specific production featuring all local actors.
Rated PG-13
Site-Specific, Play
Friday, October 6, 7pm at the Barn
FORGE presents
Billy and the Golden Pencil
From FORGE FUEL Season 1
Book by Steven Kopp, Lyrics by John Bowhers, Music by Big Bang Boom
Originally commissioned for Peppercorn Theatre at the Children’s Museum of Winston Salem
Four kids discover they have superpowers and use the forces of creativity to overcome destruction.
Rated PG
Musical, Family Audience
Friday, October 13, 7pm at the Legion
Leviathan Lab presents
Words Words...
Written and performed by Joe Ngo
As a writer struggles to connect with his mother in her native Teo Chew language, he realizes he is in a constant fight to stop the loss of his cultural heritage.
Rated PG
Play, Solo Performance
Saturday, October 14, 7pm at the Barn
Three Seconds
The Renovationists
In a lighthouse on the edge of America, Emory wrestles with duty and desire—for over a hundred years.
Rated PG-13
Play
Friday, October 20, 7pm at the Barn
Stand Up Commedia
Created and Performed by Sam Robotham and Ian Geers
Legendary Commedia Dell’Arte performer Francesco de Puccini is back for a one-night-only performance taking on the greatest role of his lifetime: himself.
Rated PG-13
Comedy, Commedia Dell’Arte
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The Maine EP
Cold Weather Company
New Jersey-based alternative folk band debuts songs inspired by, and composed during, their artist's residency.
Rated G
Concert
Saturday, October 21, 7pm at the Barn
Fourth Quarter
The Fourth Quarter Ensemble
Fourth Quarter is a new devised play about climate change that confronts the mortality of our mothers and the earth as we know it.
Rated PG-13
Play, Ensemble Devised
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WE ARE PILGRIMS
Elliah Heifetz, Srđa Vasiljević, Jennifer Jancuska
A millennial reimagining of the Canterbury Tales as a road trip to a music festival.
Rated PG-13
Musical, Dance
Friday, October 27, 7pm at the Barn
Discount Ghost Stories
Alexander Sage Oyen, Jessica Kahkoska. Directed by Austin Regan.
Discount Ghost Stories is an afterlife rock band of ghost musicians that sings the stories of souls forgotten by history.
Rated PG-13
Immersive/Outdoor, Music
Thursday-Saturday, November 9-11 at the Strand Theatre in Rockland
The Rocky Horror Show
The Barn Arts Collective
Our original production of Richard O'Brien's Rocky Horror Show is back for a third year.
Rated R
Musical
Stravinsky/Macbeth: Igor comes to Dunsinane
Ben Moniz and friends
A mashup of masterpieces that combines new arrangements of Stravinsky with readings from a new production of Shakespeare's Macbeth
Rated PG
Shakespeare, Music
Reservations here
Friday, May 26, 7pm at the Barn
Outlaw
Kate Mulley, Andy Peterson and Benita de Wit
Excerpts and songs from a new musical about the Australian outlaw Ned Kelly
Rated PG 13
Musical, History
Reservations here
Saturday, May 27, 6pm at Pacific Hall
Signal
In the Water Theatre Company
A fantastical adventure of a young hero's journey to save those who have been taken by their technological devices
Rated PG
Physical Theatre, Family Audience
Reservations here
Friday, June 2, 7pm at Pacific Hall
PullFace
Daria Miyeko Marinelli + Kristan Seemel
A devised song cycle asking if ugliness can be a way to power in the digital age.
Rated PG-13
Music, Dance
Reservations here
Saturday, June 3, 7pm at the Barn
Deia - A Live Album
Namarah
Indie-Hip hop artist, Namarah, taps into the worlds of Funk, Rock and Poetry to produce her debut album Deia, a project fully recorded at The Barn
Rated G
Concert, Multidisciplinary
Reservations here
Friday, June 9, 7pm at the Barn
House of Telescopes
Katie Looney
A divided artist commune in rural America struggles under the weight of hopelessness in this folkpunk theater piece.
Rated PG-13
Musical
Reservations here
Saturday, June 10, 7pm at the Legion
Outside the World
La Foule
One day and one night in a refugee camp. An audience immersive show about dignity, survival and the complex nature of charity in the age of evacuation.
Rated PG-13
Immersive
Reservations here
Wednesday, June 14, 6pm at the Boathouse
RIVER WHYLESS
With the Blake Rosso Band
Part of the Boathouse Concert Series
Presented by the Barn Arts Collective and the Howling Woods
Doors at 6pm
$10 tickets
Open to all ages
Tickets here
Friday, June 16, 7pm at Pacific Hall
Dreaming into Being + I Hope You Like Me
96B Dance (Audrey Pincus + Lillian Stamey)
Two artists dive into unique expressions of their own self-image.
Rated R
Dance, Solo Performance
Reservations here
Saturday, June 17, 7pm at the Barn
The Seven Ravens Project
Marisol Soledad // The Soledad Ensemble
In this theatrical adaptation of the Grimms' tale The Seven Ravens, woven through with the stories of contemporary migrants, immigrants and refugees, a courageous young girl sets off on an epic quest--across the earth and through the cosmos--to reunite with her long-lost brothers.
Rated PG
Physical Theatre, Family Audience
Reservations here
Friday, June 23, 7pm at the Barn
the white rose
Book & Lyrics by Derek P. Hassler, Music by Landon Braverman
In 1942, six students at the University of Munich band together to begin a non-violent underground resistance movement against National Socialism.
Rated PG-13
Musical, History
Reservations here
Saturday, June 24, 7pm at the Barn
The Beauty Book
Sofya Levitsky-Weitz
A woman travels from the Sedona desert to Los Angeles to stay with her estranged son and his wife, who's pregnant with their first child and their fragile new life begins to implode.
Rated PG-13
Play, Comic-Thriller
Reservations here
Friday, June 30, 7pm at the Barn
Bee
Sean Michael Welch and Melody Erfani
Based on the true story of Izat Erfani's life in Langarud, Iran and set in the 1940's, this play combines interviews with people currently in the Middle East and those that have moved to the USA.
Rated PG-13
Play, History
Reservations here
Saturday, July 1, 2pm, Bass Harbor Camp Ground
Persephone: A Journey Through Darkness
DogEar Theatre Productions
Sometimes we must journey into the unknown in order to find the light. Join us in the woods as we embark with Persephone on her epic journey through the depths of the underworld and back to the light of spring
Rated G/PG
Immersive/Outdoor, Family Audience
Reservations here
Saturday, July 1, 7pm at Pacific Hall
Melaza
Marsha Parrilla and Danza Orgánica
Melaza explores stories of immigration within the geographical channel of Puerto Rico, the Caribbean, and the USA; the piece focuses on issues related to race, language, and the sociopolitical climate.
Rated G/PG
Dance
Reservations here
Sunday, July 2, 7pm at the Barn
There Aint No More: Death of a Folksinger
Willi Carlisle and Joseph Fletcher (Willi Carlisle Productions)
A raucous one-man operetta based on legends of American folk music and the early vaudeville stage. Experience an authentic and sometimes troubling American music tradition on five instruments in this haunting and heartfelt hootenanny.
Rated PG-13
Music, Solo Performance
Reservations here
Thursdays at 11am, Sundays at 1pm, July 6 - September 3 at the Criterion Theatre
Pinocchio
Barn Arts Collective and 3 Sticks
It’s time to get real with this new version of an old story, featuring original music and puppetry.
Rated G
Musical, Family Audience
$7 tickets available online
Friday, July 7, 7pm, at the Barn
Mountain Play, Act One
BREAD Arts Collective
A darkly comic hero's quest up a magic mountain during a mythological Age of Drought where ghosts, gods, and human beings alike learn that beliefs and ideologies cannot be drunk.
Rated R
Outdoor, Play
Reservations here
Saturday, July 8, 7pm at the Gallery at Somes Sound
Joly: A Song Cycle
Barn Arts Collective
Musicians Brittany Parker and Katherine Perkins perform original songs inspired by the work and life of painter Joellyn Duesberry at a gallery on the water in front of her paintings.
Rated G
Concert, Multidisciplinary
Reservations are required - please contact The Gallery at Somes Sound, 207 244-1165
Saturday, July 15, 5pm at the Barn
The Hamilton Project IX
Ten artists join forces to develop ten projects over the course of ten days
Artists in Residence: Dan Daly, Evie Dumont, Phoenix Gonzalez, Dante Jeanfelix, Michael Schwartz, Marissa Shadburn, Elyse Singer, Jordan Stovall, and Kim Yaged
Rated PG-13
Variety, Multidisciplinary
Reservations here
Friday and Saturday, July 21-22, 7pm at the Boathouse
the giants, part three
Matthew Jellison and Isaac Klein
A story of giants - human beings the size of skyscrapers - who show up in the city one morning, and the people in their path
Rated PG-13
Play
Reservations here
Saturday, July 22, 2pm at the Barn
CONTINUE
Duomuži
A tribute to the brothers who were foolish enough to believe that the sky wasn't reserved for angels.
Rated PG
Physical Theatre, History
------------------------------
Shift
Craig Newman; Jen Pitt; Michael Barringer
A young couple moves to a small coastal town to start their life together ... twice.
Rated PG-13
Short Film
Reservations here
Monday - Friday, July 24-28, 8am at the Barn
Daily Morning Gathering
Led by Julia Hirsch
A morning practice of stretching, meditation, and reflection led by artist-in-residence Julia Hirsch.
For all ages
Friday and Saturday, July 28-29, 7pm at the Barn
Some Pictures of the Floating World
Tara Elliott (director) // Matt Minnicino (playwright)
A play about cults, stories, joy, sadness, truth, lies, and why we believe the things we believe.
Rated R
Play
Reservations here
Saturday, July 29, 2pm at Bass Harbor Camp Ground
Before Dusk, Before Dawn
Tim Boyce, Ben Chavez, Eliza McCoy, Devon McFadden, Sam Stone and Ruby Wolf
A new folk-tale of love, light, and misadventure in the woods told with original music
Rated PG
Outdoor/Immersive, Musical, Family Audience
Reservations here
Saturday and Sunday, July 29-30, 4pm at Saltair Inn
William Shakespeare's The Tempest
Barn Arts Collective in collaboration with Acadia Community Theater
A shipwreck. An island. A lot of magic.
Rated G
Shakespeare, Musical, Family Audience
Tickets Available on-site $10 - adults , $5 - children/ seniors
Bring a chair or blanket
Tuesday, August 1, 7pm at Hammond Hall
Cecily’s Summer
Barn Arts Collective
A musical with puppets based on the popular children’s books from local author Nan Lincoln about her summer raising a harbor seal pup on land
Part of the Schoodic Arts for All Festival.
Rated G
Friday, August 4, 6pm at the Neighborhood House
Traveling Musicians
Barn Arts Collective and 3 Sticks
The world’s greatest animal glam rock band is back for a reunion tour
Rated G
Friday, August 4 at 10pm, Saturday, August 5 at 7pm and 10pm at the Legion
Buffalo Bailey's Ranch for Gay Horses, Troubled Teen Girls and Other: a 90 Minute Time Share Presentation
Bailey Williams, Derek Smith, Alex Rodabaugh
It’s the golden age of subprime mortgages and in the dark heart of the American wild, wild midwest, a Ranch for gay horses and troubled teen girls struggles.
Potentially sponsored by Bell's Brewery's OATSMOBILE ALE, TD Bank (A Good Bank), Suburu, Wells Fargo (A Bad Bank), Absolut Vodka, and more!
Rated PG-13
Comedy, Multidisciplinary
Reservations here
Saturday, August 5, 2-6pm at the Barn
No One Home
Ali Asgar
A pop-up interactive performance space, where artist meets their audience and audience meet themselves
Performed in 15 minute sessions for one audience member at a time
Rated PG
Interactive
Reservations here
Friday-Sunday, August 11-13 and 18-20, 7pm at the Boathouse
The Disappearing Man
Music, Lyrics and Book by Jahn Sood
Directed by West Hyler
Music directed and vocal arranged by Brian Cavanagh Strong
A new folk opera that takes place backstage at a small-time circus in 1936. A magician and his lovely assistant fight to break free of the roles they’ve always played and start anew.
Rated PG-13
Musical, Circus
Reservations here
Friday, August 11, 9pm at the Boathouse and Sunday, August 13, 4pm at the Barn*
NUTRIA
Part of the Boathouse Concert Series
New Sounds from New Orleans: an instrumental trio that performs original compositions with an emphasis on collective improvisation
*Joined on Sunday by Danny Fisher-Lochhead and Friends
Rated G
Boathouse Seating is limited. Feel free to bring a seat. Reservations here
Reservations for Sunday at the Barn here
Tuesday, August 15, 8pm at the Barn
5j Barrow
A Pop-up Concert
5j Barrow is an indie-folk band from NYC, featuring the duo Eryn Murman and Jason Hite. Eryn and Jason are currently on tour, giving intimate concerts across the Northeast. They will perform in the Barn one-night-only for an acoustic evening of their beautiful folk tunes.
Reservations here
Friday-Sunday, August 25-27 and Friday - Saturday, September 1-2, 7pm at Camp Beech Cliff
Cabaret
Music, Lyrics, and Book by Kander and Ebb
Directed by Lindsey Hope Pearlman
Produced and Performed by the Barn Arts Collective
A new political movement is on the rise and the dancing never stops at the Kit Kat Club.
Rated PG-13
Musical
Reservations here
CHEKHOV FESTIVAL
Tuesday-Saturday, September 26-30
Chekhov Club
Tuesday, September 26, 5:30 pm at the Southwest Harbor Public Library
Barn Arts Collective's Chekhov Club
An evening exploring the work of Russian writer Anton Chekhov, with refreshments
Rated PG
Community Event
Chekhov Film Festival
Wednesday, September 27, 5pm at the Barn
Friday, September 29, 5:30pm at the Southwest Harbor Public Library
Barn Arts Collective’s Chekhov Club
A series of short films based on Chekhov’s short stories, created by MDI’s own Chekhov Club
Rated PG-13
Short Film
The Hummm
Wednesday, September 27, 7pm at the Barn
Friday, September 29, 7pm at the Barn
Janice Amaya, Kai-Chieh Tu, Sarah Paton, Fedor Sokolov, Ali Stoner, Gracie Terzian, and Katherine Wright
A collection of theatrical moments inspired by sound, The Hummm meets characters from Chekhov's Three Sisters in a playful, puzzling, post-apocalyptic future.
Rated PG-13
Multidisciplinary, Adaptation
Three Sisters
Thursday, September 28, 7pm at the Barn
Saturday, September 30, 2pm at the Barn
Matthew Minnicino (adapter), Julia Sears and Taylor Reynolds (directors)
Chekhov's funny-sad masterpiece about wanting, wishing, needing, and definitely not knowing gets an immersive staging, a modern twist, a lotta love, and some bad dance-pop.
Rated PG-13
Immersive, Play
The Seagull
Saturday, September 30, 7pm at the Barn
Sunday, October 1st, 7pm at the Barn
Barn Arts Collective’s Chekhov Club
Chekhov’s first classic presented in a site-specific production featuring all local actors.
Rated PG-13
Site-Specific, Play
Friday, October 6, 7pm at the Barn
FORGE presents
Billy and the Golden Pencil
From FORGE FUEL Season 1
Book by Steven Kopp, Lyrics by John Bowhers, Music by Big Bang Boom
Originally commissioned for Peppercorn Theatre at the Children’s Museum of Winston Salem
Four kids discover they have superpowers and use the forces of creativity to overcome destruction.
Rated PG
Musical, Family Audience
Friday, October 13, 7pm at the Legion
Leviathan Lab presents
Words Words...
Written and performed by Joe Ngo
As a writer struggles to connect with his mother in her native Teo Chew language, he realizes he is in a constant fight to stop the loss of his cultural heritage.
Rated PG
Play, Solo Performance
Saturday, October 14, 7pm at the Barn
Three Seconds
The Renovationists
In a lighthouse on the edge of America, Emory wrestles with duty and desire—for over a hundred years.
Rated PG-13
Play
Friday, October 20, 7pm at the Barn
Stand Up Commedia
Created and Performed by Sam Robotham and Ian Geers
Legendary Commedia Dell’Arte performer Francesco de Puccini is back for a one-night-only performance taking on the greatest role of his lifetime: himself.
Rated PG-13
Comedy, Commedia Dell’Arte
----------------------------------------
The Maine EP
Cold Weather Company
New Jersey-based alternative folk band debuts songs inspired by, and composed during, their artist's residency.
Rated G
Concert
Saturday, October 21, 7pm at the Barn
Fourth Quarter
The Fourth Quarter Ensemble
Fourth Quarter is a new devised play about climate change that confronts the mortality of our mothers and the earth as we know it.
Rated PG-13
Play, Ensemble Devised
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WE ARE PILGRIMS
Elliah Heifetz, Srđa Vasiljević, Jennifer Jancuska
A millennial reimagining of the Canterbury Tales as a road trip to a music festival.
Rated PG-13
Musical, Dance
Friday, October 27, 7pm at the Barn
Discount Ghost Stories
Alexander Sage Oyen, Jessica Kahkoska. Directed by Austin Regan.
Discount Ghost Stories is an afterlife rock band of ghost musicians that sings the stories of souls forgotten by history.
Rated PG-13
Immersive/Outdoor, Music
Thursday-Saturday, November 9-11 at the Strand Theatre in Rockland
The Rocky Horror Show
The Barn Arts Collective
Our original production of Richard O'Brien's Rocky Horror Show is back for a third year.
Rated R
Musical