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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 …
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 …
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?” …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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, …
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 third piece, entitled “The 4 P’s of Acting” was published on January 22, 2016. Lee gives her take on the fundamentals of the acting journey, and shares …
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 second piece, entitled “Enlighten and Inspire’” was published on December 4, 2015. The column begins, “As actors we spend a lot of time waiting—waiting to get auditions; …
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 first piece, entitled “The Art of ‘Letting Go’” was published on November 10, 2015. Lee notes that when actors let go, “They start to have fun. This …
