The Round Barn Theatre at Amish Acres

 

Northern Indiana's Premier Rotating Repertory Theatre

Bringing you the Best of Broadway's Golden Age of Musical Theatre, The Round Barn Theatre at Amish Acres is created from a 1911 round barn that was dismantled and resurrected at the historic farmstead to become a resident repertory professional theatre.

Over one hundred Broadway musicals have been produced over the last 16 years. The professional acting company is assembled from auditions across the country and is housed on the farm. The Round Barn Theatre is a full performing arts venue with its own scene shop and rehearsal space. It employs a full time technical staff including artistic director, stage manager, sound and wardrobe designers.

The National Home of Plain and Fancy

An Amish Acres tradition, Plain and Fancy, now in its 27th season, fills the proscenium Joseph Stein Stage each April through October. This gentle but spirited musical comedy brought the first national attention to the quaint customs, stern morals and picturesque dress of the Amish. Over 3,000 shows have been performed, and over 300,000 patrons have marveled at Amish Acres nationally recruited cast, English Strand theatre lighting, full-scale, authentic sets and costumes over the last decade.

 

"Without a doubt, Amish Acres Round Barn Theatre is becoming the best regional theatre in the Midwest. As a matter of fact, I've enjoyed some of your past performances better than some Broadway shows that I've seen."
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The 2013 Season

CHURCH BASEMENT LADIES 2: A SECOND HELPING
April 10 - May 26, 2013
Theme Dinners: April 19 and May 3

“Cooking up laughs, and stirring up trouble.”

Due to the thrilling success of the first production and the phenomenal audience response, The Round Barn Theatre has decided to continue the story of this unique group of women. 

Originally produced by Troupe America, Church Basement Ladies 2: A Second Helping, reassembled the original creative team, picking the story up in 1969 with the world changing.  As protests of the Vietnam War increase and the women everywhere are demanding equal pay for equal work, in their small rural Minnesota community, the ladies of the Lutheran church basement kitchen are dealing with changes of their own.  With their heartwarming humor and antics, Church Basement Ladies 2 takes us from the High School students at the Luther League Banquet to a church sponsored Missionary night. More...

 

PLAIN AND FANCY 
May 29 - October 19, 2013
Theme Dinner: May 31

A New Yorker and his sophisticated girlfriend drive down around Lancaster, Pennsylvania, to sell a piece of property. Here they meet the Amish folk, whose convoluted English speech, clothes and habits haven’t changed for centuries. The clash of cultures educates and entertains at the same time in this quaint musical comedy. It was the first Broadway show for both composer Albert Hague and author Joseph Stein who each went on to win Tony awards for Redhead and Fiddler On The Roof, respectively. More...

NUNSENSE A-MEN
June 11 – July 21, 2012
Theme Dinners: June 14 and July 19

Nunsense A-Men brings all the hilarity and warmth from Dan Goggin's original script and score of Nunsense, with the amusing twist of the characters being played by men!  Staged in Brazil as Novicas Rebeldes before transferring to New York City in 1998, Nunsense A-Men has received rave reviews and standing ovations from subsequent productions.  Some of the notable stars Nunsense A-Men boasts include “Laugh-In” star Arte Johnson as Mother Superior and Olympic Champion Greg Louganis as Sister Robert Anne.  To quote the New York Times: “A Change of habit, boy, oh boy!” More...

9 TO 5 THE MUSICAL
July 30 – September 1, 2013
Theme Dinners: August 16 and 23

With Music and Lyrics by Dolly Parton, 9 to 5 the musical was originally produced on Broadway in 2009.  This hysterical adaptation of the hit film was nominated for four Tony Awards and 15 Drama Desk Awards, the most by received by a production in a single year.  With an excellent Book by Patricia Resnick to accompany Parton’s toe-tapping score, 9 to 5 the musical combines all the charm and nostalgia from the film into a lively stage production that will have Round Barn audiences humming the tunes all the way home. More...

SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS
September 10 – October 20, 2013
Theme Dinners: September 27 and October 18

Based on the short story “The Sobbin’ Women” by Stephen Vincent Benet and the hit MGM film, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers is all boisterous fun, romance and bursting with the rambunctious energy of the movie.  Featuring a Book by Lawrence Kasha and David Landay, Music by Gene de Paul, Lyrics by Johnny Mercer and New Songs by Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers opened on Broadway in 1982, following a U.S. Tour. 

A successful London production followed, and revised versions met with success on in U.S. regional theatres’ and in amateur productions on both sides of the Atlantic.  The Round Barn’s production in 2002 remains one our most popular shows in the history of the theatre. More...

ARSENIC AND OLD LACE
October 23 – November 10, 2013
Theme Dinner: October 25

The famous comedy written by Joseph Kesselring became best known for the film adaptation starring Cary Grant and directed by Frank Capra.  This classic farce follows two charming and innocent elderly women who populate their cellar with the remains of socially and religiously “acceptable” roomers; the antics of their brother who thinks he is Teddy Roosevelt; and the activities of the other brother.  Of the twelve plays written by Kesselring, Arsenic and Old Lace, which opened on Broadway in 1941, is the most successful.  According to the opening night review in the New York Times, the play was “ so funny that none of us will forget.” More...

THE WIZARD OF OZ
November 15- December 31, 2013
Theme Dinner: November 22
Meet the Characters Theme Dinner: December 6
Breakfast with Santa: December 14

Based upon Baum’s novel and the classic film starring Judy Garland, The Wizard of Oz follows little Dorothy Gale of Kansas, like so many girls her age, dreaming of what lies over the rainbow.  One day a twister hits her farm and carries her away to another world.  Join Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, the Cowardly Lion and Toto on their trip down the Yellow Brick Road, traveling through the universe of Dorothy’s imagination.  Originally produced on the Joseph Stein Stage in 2003, the Round Barn’s immensely successful production was directed and choreographed by Broadway great and RBT favorite, Dirk Lumbard. More...

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