The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to kick off the 2026 season for its Sedona Professional Theatre Company with “Barrymore’s Ghost” live on stage at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre, running Feb. 13-15.
“Barrymore’s Ghost” — a one-man play by Jason Miller — stars Chris Mixon, who starred in last season’s “Love Letters”. This production is directed by Carolyn Howarth.
“Barrymore’s Ghost” opens up the life of the legendary actor John Barrymore in a unique, theatrical manner.
Mr. John Barrymore, or Jack Barrymore or Jake Barrymore, is presented as a ghost haunting an unknown theatre which, at the moment, is in rehearsal for a play. The gods have sentenced Barrymore to this purgatorial existence as penance for his abandonment of the theater and the squandering of his talents in the pursuit of fame, greed and dissipation.
Barrymore disputes these assertions of the gods as he painfully and humorously examines the spectrum of his life. He chronicles his ascendancy to the throne as the finest classical actor of his generation; his arrival to the pinnacle of movie stardom; his intimate and compassionate relationships with his sister, Ethel, and his brother, Lionel, and the explosive debacles of his four marriages.
The play has wit, terror, agony and hope, as we watch a mythological character explore the truths and deceptions of his extraordinary life.
CHRIS MIXON
Chris Mixon’s theatre credits include the Utah Shakespeare Festival (12 seasons) and many shows with Salt Lake’s Pioneer Theatre Company, Milwaukee Rep., Cincinnati Playhouse, Philadelphia Theatre Co., George Street Theatre, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, GeVa Theatre Center, the Alabama Shakespeare Festival (11 seasons), the Great River Shakespeare Festival (9 seasons), and many shows with the Orlando, Hudson Valley and Nebraska Shakespeare Festivals. Chris was a resident company member with The Pearl Theatre Company in NYC for 7 years, and he spent a year touring with Broadway’s How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying starring Ralph Macchio and Roger Bart. Film & TV credits: Law & Order, One Life to Live, All My Children and The Rosa Parks Story starring Angela Bassett.
“Barrymore’s Ghost” is generously sponsored by Jo Stone. Season sponsors are Renee and Doug Leuthold and Chuck Marr.
The 2026 Sedona Professional Theatre Company season also includes:
“Tuesdays with Morrie” – March 20-22
“Cry Wolf: A Play with Magic” – March 27-29
“Gutenberg: The Musical” – April 10-12
“The Belle of Amherst” – April 24-26
“Penelope” – May 22-24
“Barrymore’s Ghost” will take the stage at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre on Friday, Feb. 13 at 7:00 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 14, and 15 at 4:00 p.m. Tickets are $30 in advance or $35 at the door. Season tickets are available for $25 per production.
For tickets and more information, please call 928-282-1177. Both the theatre and film festival office are located at 2030 W. Hwy. 89A, in West Sedona. For more information, visit: www.SedonaFilmFestival.org.