2015
Past Events | 2015
Bazoin @ The White Barn Jan. 16-18, 2015
Bazoin
This new play by screenwriter Gerald Di Pego (“Phenomenon” with John Travolta, “Angel Eyes” with Jennifer Lopez, “The Forgotten” with Julianne Moore, and most recently “Words and Pictures” with Clive Owen and Juliette Binoche), stars former valley resident Christopher Rydman. It’s a funny and poignant look at that wonderful and often painful lifetime parade known as family. The story takes place in a kitchen in 1975, with arguments, laughter, and, of course, those ghosts from the past who are always with us. According to playwright Di Pego, “it is both fictional and inspired by my memories. It is about what a struggle love can be, and how the struggle is worth it.”(Secure Site)
Tickets: General $30 / Students $20
Complimentary wine served at intermission
Complimentary wine served at intermission
Benefiting the following charitable organizations: RIF (Reading is Fundamental) program, Rianda House, Jewish Historical Society of Napa Valley, St. Helena Preschool.
Napa Valley Duo
Combining the versatility of pianist Terry Winn and the virtuosity of cellist Jeffrey McFarland-Johnson, Napa Valley Duo offers a repertoire that encompasses classical, jazz, and opera, with many pieces never before performed in a cello/piano format. True to their mutual love of the music of Paris from 1880-1915, Winn and McFarland-Johnson present their program as a French-inspired soirée, with an emphasis on musical immediacy in an informal setting. Join us for a convivial afternoon featuring opera arias, classical repertoire, Gershwin and jazz. Guest artists are sopranos Katie Hopgood and Cynthia Ermshar.
Benefiting the following charitable organizations: RIF (Reading is Fundamental) program, Rianda House, Jewish Historical Society of Napa Valley, St. Helena Preschool.
The Vinifera Trio
Old World to Our WorldFrom sacred melodies to folk songs to Klezmer, the Vinifera Trio presents a concert exploring the Jewish cultural influence on classical music. This program features music by Milhaud, Bloch, Prokofiev, Schoenfield, Gershwin and Bernstein.
Rachel Patrick, violin, Matt Boyles, clarinet, Ian Scarfe, piano
(Secure Site)
Tickets: $30
Complimentary wine served at intermission
Complimentary wine served at intermission
The Vinifera Trio @ The White Barn March 8, 2015
Benefiting the Jewish Historical Society of Napa Valley.
Mike and His Divas
Michael Greensill, jazz man extraordinaire, will present an evening of entertainment with his partner and critically acclaimed cabaret singer, Wesla Whitfield plus guest vocalists Suzi Gilbert and Kellie Fuller. Dazzling solos, duets and perhaps some lyrical surprises.(Secure Site)
Tickets: $30
Complimentary wine served at intermission
Benefiting Rianda House Senior Activity Center.
Complimentary wine served at intermission
Benefiting Rianda House Senior Activity Center.
Mike and His Divas @ The White Barn April 12, 3 pm | 2015
A wonderful afternoon at White Barn. Many thanks for making an experience like "Mike and His Divas" possible for so many of us to be able to enjoy.
–Warm regards, Susan
Warm regards, Susan
Dear White Barn.....Your check arrived yesterday and is on it's way to Get on the Bus in L.A.
It certainly is not small, and useful yes! I personally want to thank you. When I accompany one small child and witness just one painful but loving union with their mother, I thank people like you.
Sincerely, Joan
Peter and the Wolf: Family-Friendly Concert on the Lawn
In the first outdoor concert of our 30th anniversary season, the White Barn invites you and your family to hear 10 musicians perform "Peter and the Wolf," Prokofiev's musical adventure that has become a guide to the orchestra for young people. Narrator Ian Scarfe will relate how the composer spins a tale of a boy who catches a wolf with the help of his farm-animal friends, using specific musical themes for each character.
Lemonade and popcorn will be served, and kids will be encouraged to create masks to wear during the afternoon. Bring lawn chairs and blankets to spread out on the grass. After the concert, aspiring musicians of all ages will have the opportunity to try out the instruments they heard in the performance at a hands-on instrument "petting zoo."
This is a one-performance-only engagement, so don't miss your chance to introduce young ears to the joy of classical music. And you can bring a bunch with our special rate of $30 per family (up to five people, including children, parents, grandparents, or other guardians).
Celebrating 30 years of Celebrating the Arts!
Sept. 11
6 pm
Some Enchanted Evening
Champagne Reception and Gala Dinner under the Stars @ 6 pm, performance to follow featuring guest artist, Marnie Breckenridge. Opera arias by Puccini, Delibes, Bizet, French Art Songs and selections from Porgy & Bess joined by singers Eileen Hunt, Ted von Pohle, Kathryn Hopgood, Cynthia Ermshar, and the Napa Valley Duo.Sept. 12
8 pm
Broadway Tonight
Saucy, Sentimental, Sophisticated Songs from Broadway featuring Linda Howard, Kathi Brotemarkle, Suzi Gilbert, Tim Setzer, Patrick Sprinkel, and Michael Waterson.Sept. 13
3 pm
Circus Themed Marionette And Rod Puppet Show
Family Friendly performance featuring feats of derring-do on an open stage with calliope and circus band music. Join us on the lawn for an afternoon of fun and puppet magic. Popcorn, peanuts, lemonade plus a hayride complete the afternoon.Oct. 17
7 pm
Oct. 18
3 pm
Quartet
The play “Quartet” will be performed at The White Barn on Saturday, Oct. 17 at 7pm and Sunday, Oct 18 at 3pm. Written by Dan Clancy, “Quartet” premiered at the historic Cherry Grove Community House Theater in Suffolk County, New York in 2014 with Gay Nathan playing Dotty. Nathan is coming to St Helena to again perform as Dotty, and will be joined by Napa Valley favorites Nancy Morrell, Bill Tantau and Jack Stuart.In “Quartet”, two couples, Don and Dotty Abrams, and Tom and Peg Hogan, reminisce about their friendship of 37 years. As with any good friends, those memories include easy and stressful moments, stories of children, of youth and old age.
Gay Nathan has appeared in many performances in Santa Fe playhouses as well as performing at the White Barn in 2001 in “Gertrude Stein & A Companion” and subsequent performances of Horton Foote's "Carpetbagger's Children".
The works of playwright Dan Clancy, performed both off-Broadway and in regional theaters, include “Timekeepers”, “Volunteer Man” (Obie Award), “Two Sisters” (Joseph Kesslering Playwriting Award), “The First Time”, “The Perfect Day” and “Poster Boys”. He is a member of the Dramatists Guild, Actors' Equity and American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCA).
Tickets: General $25 / Students $20
Complimentary wine served at intermission
Complimentary wine served at intermission
(Secure Site)
Benefiting the following charitable organizations: RIF (Reading is Fundamental) program, Rianda House, Jewish Historical Society of Napa Valley, St. Helena Preschool.
Oct. 30
8 pm
Oct. 31
8 pm
Welcome to Scaryland:
Gothic storytelling, shadow puppetry, film, spooky humor & theaterBack by popular demand, Becca Smith and David Garden present an All Hallows Eve program in a German Expressionist theme. Vampires, Wehrwolves, The Circus at the End of the World and more. Disguise yourself and join in the Halloween fun. Prize for best costume!
Benefiting the following charitable organizations: RIF (Reading is Fundamental) program, Rianda House, Jewish Historical Society of Napa Valley, St. Helena Preschool.
Algonquin Round Table
Dorothy Goes to Hollywood: It's 1934. Having reigned as the Queen of Quips at the Algonquin Hotel's Round Table for more than a decade, Dorothy Parker sets out on her next conquest: Tinseltown. But not without some nostalgia for her fellow wits and wisecrackers, Robert Benchley, Alexander Woolcott, Franklin Pierce Adams, Edna Ferber, and (yes) Harpo Marx. This look back inspires her to recreate scenes from the heyday of the Round Table and its cast of characters, whose bon mots and witticisms still crackle and sparkle with a truly American style of humor.Postponed because of Valley Fire. Will reschedule in 2016
