11. Summer Theater / Red Barn
For many years one of the best known summer stock theaters in the Midwest, the Red Barn Theatre was founded by Jim Webster. His “Summer Players” first performance venue was in the Saugatuck High School in 1948. Later they moved to a barn east of the Petter Gallery in Douglas. In 1953, purchased the barn at the Belvedere farm to be the theater’s permanent home. In 1958 the theater advertised 12 weeks of summer stock, “all Broadway Hits” played by a professional New York cast. By 1962 the theater had expanded its seating to accommodate an audience of 500. It officially closed its doors in 2002. After a few years use as part of the Guardian Brewery, the building was demolished in June 2026 by the Grant Collection.