Check out our October 2023 Teacher Feature to meet a few of TBG’s incredible teaching artists! This month features K. Lorrel Manning, Samantha Evans, and Mike Giese.
Teacher Spotlight: Laura Cornachio
We’d love to introduce you to one of our incredible TBG teaching artists, Laura Cornachio! Check out our interview with her below… — What do you enjoy most about teaching? LC: I love when I can see a lightbulb go off with a student. Whether it’s after I’ve thrown them …
Lee Brock: Creating in Dark Times
Bombs are hitting Israel; the war’s raging in the Ukraine; Afghanistan has one of the deadliest earthquakes in history, killing 2,440 people; Libya has a catastrophic flood, killing 11,000; America has no House Speaker; I am teaching an acting class in New York City. A student asks, “How do we …
Class Feature – October 2023
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Teacher Spotlight: Alyson Schacherer
We’d love to introduce you to one of our incredible TBG teaching artists, Alyson Schacherer! Check out our interview with her below… — What do you enjoy most about teaching? AS: The students! I meet such rad people. That we get to spend time together each week dedicated to creativity, process, …
Arielle Beth Klein: 5 Tips for Creating Your Own Work as an Actor
If you’re an actor, you’ve likely heard someone talk about the importance of “creating your own work.” Admittedly, when I first started hearing this I would roll my eyes. I didn’t want to do anything but act. If that is your initial reaction, I feel you. You don’t have to …
Newsletter – October 2023
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Winter 2024 Actor Auditions for 1-Year Directing Program
Open Call – Actor auditions for TBG’s 1-Year Directing Program winter scene work. Actors are needed for scene work in our 1-Year Directing Program with Seth Barrish and Lee Brock. Actors must be available for in class facilitated rehearsals on several Mondays between 6:30-9:30pm January 22 – March 25. In-Person Auditions …
Lee Brock: A Kinder Relationship With Your Inner Critic
Me to a student: “How’d this morning’s Film & TV class go?” “I look horrid! I can’t stand how I look!” I watch the tears forming in her eyes. The tall, beautiful woman standing next to her starts nodding in agreement. “It’s so hard getting older and being a woman …
Teacher Feature – September 2023
Check out our September 2023 Teacher Feature to meet a few of TBG’s incredible teaching artists! This month features Alyson Schacherer, Laura Cornachio, and Zsuzska Beswick.
Shannon Patterson: Creative Sparks, Creative Friendships
Walking the dog with my husband, Mike, this past July, I suddenly noticed him kinda smiling to himself (Mike, not the dog.) We had just been talking about the amazing group of students we’d recently finished working with in the 1-Year Intermediate Program at The Barrow Group. “Whatcha smilin’ about?” …
Rachel Bloom’s “Death Let Me Do My Show” directed by Seth Barrish opens Off-Broadway!
TBG artistic director Seth Barrish has directed another solo show project running Off-Broadway, as Rachel Bloom’s “Death Let Me Do My Show” officially opened on Thursday, September 14 at the Lucille Lortel Theatre, and will be open for a strictly limited engagement through September 30. The show is described as …
Lee Brock: The Power of Spontaneity
I’m standing in a dark, loud bar in Edinburgh. The place smells of moldy carpet and cigarettes. My shoes stick to the alcohol-stained floor. I’m waiting to enter the Monkey Bar with seven of my fellow cast members from 17 Minutes to see Julia Masli’s show ha ha ha ha …
Chris Roberti: Better to be Done Than Good
Hi! My name is Chris Roberti, longtime friend and fan of The Barrow Group. I don’t think I’ve written more than two blog posts in my entire life, including this one that I’m writing in 2023. Incredible. I’m about to begin teaching a class very soon, and I hope you’ll …
Newsletter – September 2023
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Lee Brock: On Community
I’m walking down a circular stairwell of the National Museum of Scotland. Every inch of the stone walls surrounding the staircase is plastered with posters — thousands of them, representing 3,000 shows. I’ve just finished performing in The Barrow Group’s offering, Scott Organ’s 17 Minutes. A woman, who is crying, …
Check out Artistic Director Seth Barrish’s Interview with Gigi Rosenberg!
Artistic Director Seth Barrish was recently interviewed by writer, performer, and public speaking coach Gigi Rosenberg. Check out the interview! Watch it on Gigi’s Rosenberg website her Youtube channel , or listen via podcast!
Growing Community: It’s Time to Grow
We are so fortunate to serve the wonderful artists and patrons in our community, and enthusiasm for our programming has been so strong that we have already outgrown our current space. We have too few studios to meet the demands of our training program, resulting in over 1,000 waitlisted students. …
ICYMI – Lee Brock’s Column: “2 Simple Exercises for Authentic Performances”
Nearly eight years ago, TBG’s founding co-artistic director Lee Brock wrote a five-part series of guest columns for Backstage.com’s “Backstage Experts” feature. Her fifth and final piece, entitled “2 Simple Exercises for Authentic Performances” was published on May 23, 2016. In the column, Lee details two of The Barrow Group’s …
ICYMI – Lee Brock’s Column: Actors, Silence Your Negative Thoughts!
Nearly eight years ago, TBG’s founding co-artistic director Lee Brock wrote a five-part series of guest columns for Backstage.com’s “Backstage Experts” feature. Her fourth piece, entitled “Actors, Silence Your Negative Thoughts!” was published on March 7, 2016. Lee discusses an actor’s mindset, saying “We talk to ourselves all the time, …