RedBarnTheatre
Rice Lake, Wisconsin
Auditions and Barney Awards
2025 Season Auditions
Auditions will be held on Saturday, February 15, 2025 in the Fine Arts Building at UWEC- Barron County. Registration will be from 9:00-9:30 am. Audtions will begin at 9:30. We are encouraging people to complete the audition form ahead of time but it will also be available at the registration table. You can click on the link below to be directed to the online registration form.
2025 Summer Play Line-Up:
Butterflies are Free ( 2 women, 2 men)
The Psychic (2 women, 4 men)
Legally Blonde (9 women, 9 men, +ensemble)
Savannah Sipping Society (4 women)
Dad's Season Tickets (3 women, 3 men)
The audition process will be different this year. To read or print an update on the auditons, please click here:
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2024 Barney Awards
The Red Barn Awards Banquet was held on January 3, 2025 at Lehmans Supper Club in Rice Lake
The Barney Awards Nominations and Winners were:
Best Actress in a Lead Role
● Gabriella Meinen as Louise in Gypsy
● Holly Dalsveen as Rose in Gypsy
● Allison Rick as Angela in Honky Tonk Angels
and the winner is: Holly Dalsveen
Best Actor in a Lead Role
● Ben Heer as Clifford Anderson in Death Trap
● Bill Koslofsky as John Campbell in Be My Baby
● Jeff Dalsveen as Herbie in Gypsy
and the winner is: Bill Koslofsky
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
● Ella Olson as Darlene in Honky Tonk Angels
● Amanda Kutyba as Sue Ellen in Honky Tonk Angels
● Kate Worzala as Big Betty Balou in Escanaba in Love
and the winner is: Amanda Kutyba
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
● Gregory John as Porter Milgrim in Death Trap
● Ben Heer as Male Ensemble in Be My Baby
● Ed Houghdahl as Alphonse Soady in Escanaba in Love
and the winner is: Been Heer
Best Actress in a Minor Supporting Role
● Nancy Erickson Dutmer as Mazeppa in Gypsy
● Chris Thompson as Electra in Gypsy
● Carol Hougdahl as Tessie Tura in Gypsy
and the winner is: Nancy Erickson Dutmer
Best Actor in a Minor Supporting Role
● Ed Hougdahl as Uncle Jocko, Pop, Weber, Kringelein, Cigar, and Phil in Gypsy
● Jeremy Westin as Georgie, Driver, Mr. Goldstone, Pastey, and Photographer in Gypsy
● Cooper Antczak as Yonkers in Gypsy
and the winner is: Ed Hougdahl
Best Female Newcomer
● Linda Berglund as Myra Bruhl in Death Trap
● Elena Halbur as June in Gypsy
● Kate Worzala as Big Betty Balou in Escanaba in Love
and the winner is: Kate Worzala
Best Male Newcomer
● Gregory John as Porter Milgrim in Death Trap and as Albert Soady, Sr. in Escanaba in Love
● Cooper Antczak as Yonkers in Gypsy
and the winner is: Gregory John
and the winner is: Escanaba in Love- Rick Snyder
Appreciation Award - John Dutmer
Randy Pelish Red Barn Theatre Scholarship Grant- Julia Moran-Cherney
Nina Klauss Memorial Scholarship- Ben Ankarlo
Best Set
● Death Trap - Boyd & Jill Stearns
● Be My Baby - Terry Wiesner
● Gypsy - Boyd Stearns & Cathy Jones Wolf
● Honky Tonk Angels - Wayne Olson
● Escanaba in Love - Rick Snyder
Best Show
● Death Trap directed by Roger Sweeney
● Be My Baby directed by Terry Wiesner
● Gypsy directed by Cathy Jones Wolf
● Honky Tonk Angels directed by Bob Rogers
● Escanaba in Love directed by Rick Snyder
and the winner is: Honky Tonk Angels directed by Bob Rogers