Red Barn Players Announce 2026 Line Up; Hosting Auditions Next Week

The Red Barn Players have announced its 2026 show line-up.

Along with the show, Red Barn will also be holding auditions next week.

Auditions will take place at Calvin Presbyterian Church, 415 Grandview Avenue, Zelienople, PA, on Thursday, March 12, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday, March 15th, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

• Auditioning for Plays: Please come to one of the audition sessions – no signup is necessary. Cold readings will be provided. No monologue or preparation is needed.
• Auditioning for the musical: Please prepare a 16-32 bar cut of a musical theatre song in the style of the show. Please bring recorded accompaniment, a speaker will be provided. Singing a cappella will not be permitted. No sign up required.

Video Auditions will be accepted via email to: redbarnplayers@gmail.com

A “first-timer” will fill out a form that asks for the person’s name and contact information, as well as what shows they plan to audition.

For more information, tickets, and audition information, please visit www.redbarnplayers.com.

Over The River and Through the Woods

Written by Joe DiPietro Directed by Johnny Gallagher

June 4 – 6, 10 – 13

Nick is a single, Italian-American guy from New Jersey. His parents retired and moved to Florida, but that doesn’t mean his family isn’t still in Jersey. In fact, he sees both sets of his grandparents every Sunday for dinner. This is routine until he has to tell them that he’s been offered a dream job. The job he’s been waiting for – marketing executive – would take him away from his beloved, but annoying, grandparents. He tells them. The news doesn’t sit so well. How could he betray his family’s love to move to Seattle, for a job, wonder his grandparents? Well, Frank, Aida, Nunzio and Emma do their level best and devise an evening of hilarious schemes to keep him from moving.

Fiddler on the Roof

Book by John Stein. Music by Jerry Bock, Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick Directed by Jessica Patterson & J. Daniel Craig

July 9 – 11, 15 – 18

Set in the little village of Anatevka, the story centers on Tevye, a poor milkman, and his five daughters. With the help of a colorful and tight-knit Jewish community, Tevye tries to protect his daughters and instill them with traditional values in the face of changing social mores and the growing anti-Semitism of Czarist Russia. Rich in historical and ethnic detail, Fiddler on the Roof’s universal theme of tradition cuts across barriers of race, class, nationality and religion.

The Curious Savage

Written by John Patrick Directed by Wayne Brinda

August 13 – 15, 19 – 22

When Ethel Savage’s late husband leaves her a small fortune, she decides to make the best of it, establishing a fund to support various dreamers with whimsical aspirations. But her three greedy stepchildren – a socialite, a senator and a judge – commit her to a mental institution, hoping to “bring her to her senses.” In the sanitarium, a warm and inviting home known as “The Cloisters,” Ethel befriends the other “guests”, a colorful crew of kind, generous and delusional souls.

Blithe Spirit

Written by Noel Coward Directed by Shelly Cary

September 17 – 19, 23 – 26

​This classic concerns fussy, cantankerous novelist who has remarried but finds himself haunted by the ghost of his late first wife, Elvira. Clever, insistent and well aware of Charles’ shortcomings, Elvira is called up by a visiting “happy medium”. Charles’ current wife, Ruth, is accidentally killed. She “passes over” and joins Elvira, allowing the two “blithe spirits” to haunt the hapless Charles into perpetuity.