The Storm In The Barn
May 12 through June 3
Saturdays at 2pm and 5pm
Sundays at 2pm
First Timer First Saturday: April 28
Grandparent Days: April 29 and May 20
It’s 1937 and the Kansas dust swirls as far as the eye can see. Eleven-year-old Jack and his family struggle to survive the Dust Bowl. With no rain clouds on the horizon, the future is grim.
Bullied, not big enough to work, and a disappointment to his father, Jack feels useless in the face of hardship—until he discovers a sinister figure with a face like a thunderstorm. Is it just “dust dementia”? Or has he found a way to pull the town out of desperation?
Both tall tale and thrilling historical fiction, The Storm in the Barn—with original music by Portland band Black Prairie—captures the spare, muted, ethereal mood of the award-winning graphic novel.
Recommended for ages 10 and up.
Based on the book The Storm in the Barn by Matt Phelan. Script by Eric Coble.