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BA American Theatre Arts’ Barn Season 2026 explores the forces that shape our lives – friendship, identity, power, and the ties that bind us. Bold, urgent, and inventive, these plays reflect the voices, passions, and contradictions of contemporary life.
Once Upon a Time in Key West by Sasha Wilson
Inspired by true events in 1930s Florida, Once Upon a Time in Key West by writer-director Sasha Wilson tells the haunting story of Elena, a young woman whose longing to live binds her to a charismatic doctor – and to a love that refuses to let her go.
Awakening years after her death, Elena begins a surreal journey through memory, myth, and the Florida underworld, guided by an ensemble cast and infused with Latin music and magical realism. As history blurs with fantasy, the play becomes a vivid exploration of love, obsession, and a woman’s fight to reclaim her body, her story, and her freedom.
This is an amateur production by arrangement with Sasha Wilson.
Programme
2pm, 14 February
7pm, 16 February
2pm, 17 February
7pm, 17 February
Venue: Barn Theatre, Rose Bruford College
Content & technical warnings: to be confirmed
Run time: 90 minutes with no interval
How to book
Please book here.
Cast
Elena – Charlotte Dowson Karl, Rose Lowenna
Karl – Rose Lowenna
Maria – Bethan Alison Jones
Hemingway – Fin Thorpe
Tennessee Williams – Stephanie Gunton
Yemayá – Farah El-Barhdadi
Fate – Evie Lily
Fate – Jessica McCartney
Fate – Erinna Redmond
Ensemble – Alyx Innes
*Assistant Director: Eva De Luca
Find out more about BA American Theatre Arts Class of 2026.