DescriptionSimmons negative number 313 James Dyas stands, hands on hips, in front of his Red Barn Theatre flanked by white fences Index text: 313 0/1 Saugatuck - People J. Dyas in front of Red Barn From photographic negatives created by William R. Simmons, editor of the Commercial Record newspaper between 1941 and 1961. Photo caption from the 2001 SDHS book "Off the Record" — The Saugatuck Summer Players, owned and operated by Theater Management, Inc., was under the direction of Jim Dyas beginning in 1957. The theater had moved to this site in 1954, having been next door to the River Guild in Douglas since 1951. This barn was part of the old Belvedere estate.