WBAA Arts Spotlight: Red Barn Theatre

WBAA | By John Clare

Published July 3, 2019 at 6:11 AM EDT

The 51st Season is underway for Frankfort's Red Barn Summer Theatre. This week continues the play A Thousand Clowns by Herb Gardner, and on July 11th, A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum opens. WBAA's John Clare spoke with company members Luke McLaughlin, Danielle Ullman, and Aaron Moon about their roles and the productions.

Luke McLaughlin, Danielle Ullman, and Aaron Moon in the WBAA studio

Find out more here. Red Barn Summer Theatre is a professional, non-equity company in its 51th season. The company is in residence for 8 weeks. The theatre presents 5 performances a week, for a total of 30 performances per summer. There are 3 different productions--2 of contemporary comedy and drama for 2 weeks each and then a musical that runs for 10 days.

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John Nasukaluk Clare is comfortable behind a microphone, streaming video or playing violin. A former broadcaster for NPR, John has previously worked with Voice of America, the Canadian Broadcast Corporation and stations in Texas, Kansas, Nevada, California, and Pennsylvania. In 2005, Clare earned the Deems Taylor Award from ASCAP for radio broadcasting, citing his work on 20/20 Hearing. Having performed with famed tenors Luciano Pavarotti and Andrea Bocelli, John has worked with the Mozart Festival Texas, Mid Texas Symphony, Nevada Chamber Symphony, Shreveport Symphony, Abilene Philharmonic and Wichita Symphony Orchestra.

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