PARIS — Celebration Barn Theater will host the award-winning Beau Jest Moving Theatre as they return to their roots with a gentle new comedy, “Apt 4D,” on Saturday, July 18.

Doors open at 7:30 p.m. and the show starts at  8.  Tickets are  $14 for adults, $12 for seniors, and $8 for kids and nat be  purchased online at www.CelebrationBarn.com or via telephone at (207) 743-8452.

Beau Jest is a physical theater ensemble that creates a detailed world using movement, language, music, and a bare stage to explore the hopes and fears three ordinary people experience when a mysterious woman moves in next door. Brought together by chance and geography are Meg the librarian, Hunter the filmmaker, and Avery the laid-off executive.

All three reside at the Franklin Arms, a pre-war apartment building that has seen better days. The comfort of their solitude at home lies in stark contrast to their uncomfortable proximity as neighbors. The arrival of a mysterious stranger in “Apt 4D” is the catalyst for a series of imagined and real adventures that lead from the laundry and mailroom to the basement and the roof. Apt 4D looks at how little we really know our neighbors, and how wrong one can go be when projecting what is going on behind closed doors. It is also a celebration of film-noir motifs and the desire to belong to a community. Performed by Boston’s renowned Beau Jest Moving Theatre, now celebrating its 31st anniversary this year.

In his recent review for the Boston Globe, Jeremy Goodwin noted that, “The show moves along crisply and in good humor, propelled by a versatile and firmly committed cast under Robinson’s able direction.”

Beau Jest has been creating exciting and original productions in the Boston area since 1984. Recent shows include Tennessee Williams’ “Ten Blocks on the Camino Real” and “The Remarkable Rooming House of Madame Le Monde.” “Apt 4D” was part of the Ko Festival in Amherst last summer. Their production “Samurai 7.0” was nominated for an Elliot Norton Award, and their 1995 adaptation of the classic George Herriman comic strip “Krazy Kat” won a Boston Theater award for best local ensemble production.

The actors a vocabulary of physical theater techniques to adapt novels, movies, short stories, traditional scripts, and original concepts for the stage. Each show is developed in close collaboration with a team of actors and designers who find imaginative solutions to theatrical problems using movement, music, and improvisation to create theater that is compelling, fresh, and playful. This production features two founding members of Beau Jest, Lisa Tucker and Davis Robinson, joined by company members Robin Smith and Kathleen Lewis.

Founded in 1972 by renowned mime Tony Montanaro, Celebration Barn is a center for creating and performing original theater. Dedicated to growing a creative community both locally and within the international performing arts field, the Barn fuels the development of new work that is crafted, innovative and wildly alive. This event is a special opportunity to gain insight into Celebration Barn’s global impact.

Celebration Barn is located just off Route 117 at 190 Stock Farm Road in South Paris, ME. Beau Jest Moving Theatre will perform “Apt 4D” at Celebration Barn Theater on Saturday, July 18 at 8:00PM. Doors open at 7:30PM. Tickets are available for $14 for adults, $12 for seniors, and $8 for kids. Tickets may be purchased online at www.CelebrationBarn.com or via telephone at (207) 743-8452.