Curtain Up On 
The Red Barn Players 
2011 Season

Welcome to the Red Barn Players' 2011 Season! 

Julie and Justin are awaiting the arrival of their parents, to make the announcement of their intended wedding. A lost fork gets the evening off to a bad start, as a hysterical Julie rushes out to buy a replacement. While Julie is out, Paige drops in, literally, from an upstairs apartment onto the balcony with Justin. Paige is soon followed, through the front door, by her boyfriend Micky, a retired boxer turned thug. Paige won't leave without a fight, and Micky won't leave without Paige. Suddenly the two become uninvited dinner guests. From this moment on, chaos reigns. This is one dinner party that is not going to go according to Emily Post!

David and Samantha Tuttle are a newly married couple, living in a NY apartment. It is ten days before Christmas, and David has secretly been playing Santa to earn enough money to buy Samantha a lavish gift. He tells her he's working late, but she finds out he isn't at the office. A suspected other woman, the nosey neighbors, a notorious Santa burglar named Kris Kreigle, his gun toting fiancée, and a hypnotized, dancing policeman, all add up to a rollicking tale. It’s a wacky, lighthearted Christmas farce, full of mistaken identities, zany foul ups and slapstick comedy.

The year is 1939. Legendary producer David O. Selznick has just suspended filming of the movie “Gone With the Wind”. The screenplay just doesn't work. Selznick brings in famed screenwriter, Ben Hecht to rewrite the script, but Hecht happens to be the only man in the country who hasn’t read the novel. Victor Fleming, who is directing “The Wizard of Oz”, is also summoned to Selznick’s office. The trio's efforts begin to look like a scene from a Three Stooges or Marx Brothers movie, when Selznick and Fleming, begin helping Hecht by acting out scenes from the book. The three men, on a diet of bananas and peanuts, labor over five days, to fashion a screenplay that will become the blueprint for one of the most successful and beloved films of all time.

Billy Crocker stows away on the S.S. American, in hopes of winning the heart of his beloved Hope Harcourt. Also on the boat are "Moonface" Martin, a second-rate gangster, and his girlfriend Bonnie. Since Billy doesn't have a ticket or passport, Bonnie and Moonface give him documents belonging to their friend, Snake Eyes Johnson, who is Public Enemy number 1. Crew members figure out that Public Enemy number 1 is on board, and Billy takes on hilarious disguises to hide from them. It's a wonder that romances are sorted out and disaster is averted, aboard this magical ship where ANYTHING GOES! Terrific Cole Porter songs include: Let’s Misbehave, Friendship, I Get A Kick Out Of You, You're The Top and, of course, Anything Goes.