Join us as L. Frank Baum’s classic novel comes to life in The Wizard of Oz on the Old Barn stage!

Young Dorothy Gale is swept away by a tornado from her Kansas farm to the magical land of Oz. There, she encounters a host of whimsical characters: good witches, bad witches, animals that talk, scarecrows that walk, and things magical to behold. To find her way home, she must journey along the Yellow Brick Road to see the mysterious and all-powerful Wizard of Oz in the Emerald City. Along the way, she makes new friends, but must also brave many dangers, including the Wicked Witch of the West, who will stop at nothing to get her hands on Dorothy’s magical ruby slippers. To make it home safely, Dorothy must learn an important lesson: there’s no place like home.

It was Christmas in 1998 that The Old Barn Community Theatre first opened its doors.  The very first production was “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever”.   Now it has been over 20 years since that first show.  For 22 wonderful years, and in over 100 unique productions, talented individuals, too numerous to count, have donated energy, time and financial assistance to this incredible project.

In that time we have taken our audience to the Midwest prairies and to the Austrian Alps.  We have traveled along the Yellow Brick Road and up the Mississippi River.  We have flown with Peter, danced with Cinderella and played the trumpet with a band of boys.  We have experienced the intensity of a jury room and the laughter of a beauty parlor.  We’ve traveled to ancient Egypt, the tunnels of New York, and to places and lands of pure imagination.  We have spent time in lonesome mountain cabins, enchanted castles and in homes seeing real life at work .  We have looked at families, both rich and poor, laughed with them and cried with them.  We have sung the songs of Disney, laughed at the stories of Dr. Seuss and felt the joy as Scrooge redeems himself.  On our stage we have danced in the rain, sung in the snow, and bounced in our seats as we were taken back in time with music from days gone by.

Our goal, for 22 years, has been to take you to a different time and place with each visit.  We have wanted to be a theatre where you could bring your family and for two hours or so,  leave “life” behind and travel with us to someplace new.  Next to a river, in an Old Barn, in the middle of nowhere, that is sometimes too cold and sometimes too hot and where we always pray the bathrooms will work, we have tried to bring a taste of Broadway—a taste of live theatre to you.  We hope you have found our attempts successful.

Now we begin again with what we hope will be many more years of fun, laughter and memories.  Wherever our talented directors, actors and technicians choose to take you—COME ALONG—and enjoy the journey.  It wouldn’t be nearly as fun without YOU, our wonderful and supportive patrons.  We want you to feel that The Old Barn Community Theatre is YOUR theatre. Together, let’s see the magic that lies ahead.