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Highlights from 2010 include receiving a Jeff Nomination for Principal Actress for the title role in Lifeline Theatre's world premiere of Mrs. Caliban, filming a commercial for McDonald's with DDB & Radar Studios, filming the motion capture for Kitana in the video game Mortal Kombat for NetherRealm Studios/Warner Brothers, performing in The Element New Plays Festival, thrilled to be a part of Tight Curls Today in Collaboraction's Sketchbook X, filming WASP: White Arab Slovak Pole with the Silk Road Theatre Project, remounting The Ruby Sunrise with The Gift Theatre Company at Theatre on the Lake, and delving into the Chicago Premiere of Memory with the BackStage Theatre Company in the fall.
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| 09/13/10 |
Workshopping Dangerous People by Joe Kraemer, directed by Matt Miller. |
| 08/05/10 |
First reading of Sex with Strangers by Laura Eason, directed by Jessica Thebus | Steppenwolf Theatre Company |
| 07/28/10 |
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The Gift Theatre
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The Ruby Sunrise
by Rinne Groff
Directed by John Gawlik
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"Rarely is flirting so winningly captured as it is in The Gift Theatre's assured production of The Ruby Sunrise, about the dawn of the televised age."
-Nina Metz, CHICAGO TRIBUNE
"Barrie, as Ruby's daughter, and Thornton, as her writer love interest, are first among equals and the sexiest screwball pair since Hepburn and Stewart."
-Caitlin Montayne Parrish, TIME OUT CHICAGO
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| 07/26/10 |
Filming WASP: White Arab Slovak Pole by Jamil Khoury, directed by J. Paul Preseaul | Silk Road Theatre Project |
| 07/07/10 |
Workshopping Detroit by Lisa D'Amour through July 9th, directed by Austin Pendleton | Steppenwolf Theatre Company |
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Collaboraction Sketchbook X
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Tight Curls Today
by Jennifer Barclay
Directed by Logan Vaughn
June 10-27, 2010
Playing at the Chopin Theatre | BUY TICKETS
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| 06/12/10 |
Collaboration's Sketchbook X Festival opens at the Chopin Theatre. Performing along side Kristina Johnson and Lily Mojekwu in Jennifer Barclay's Tight Curls Today, directed by Logan Vaughn. |
| 05/24/10 |
Doing a play reading with Steppenwolf Theatre Company, directed by Kimberly Senior. |
| 05/03/10 |
First rehearsal for Tight Curls Today by Jennifer Barclay, directed by Goodman Theatre Casting Associate, Logan Vaughn. Performing as part of Collaboration's Sketchbook Festival June 10th-27th at the Chopin Theatre. |
| 04/19/10 |
In rehearsals with The Element New Plays Festival - invited to collaborate with other artists to workshop a new play by Laurel Haines, Gun in the Funnies. Staged readings will be the weekend of April 24th at the Charnel House.
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| 04/02/10 |
Preparing for a case as a standardized patient through June at Northwestern University. |
| 03/31/10 |
Training to be Ear Prompter Proficient with Patti Balsis - a Chicago based actor who has performed on stage, screen, television and conventions throughout the U.S. Patti has worked for elite marketing teams in Fortune 100 and 500, companies that include McDonalds, Coca-Cola, Subaru, Infinity, and Porche. |
| 03/30/10 |
Studying Voice and Classical Text with Gigi Buffington - one of two practitioners in the world trained by Patsy Rodenburg at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. She recently worked at the Royal Shakespeare Company as the voice and text coach for the 2008 season. |
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| 03/07/10 |
Doing a play reading with Lifeline Theatre. |
| 03/03/10 |
Invited to speak as a guest artist with the Chicago Semester program along side Lifeline Theatre's Artistic Director, Dorothy Milne, as a follow up discussion to Mrs. Caliban. |
| 02/24/10 |
Recognized in Time Out Chicago's Essential Chicago 2010 by Kris Vire. |
| 02/21/10 |
Doing a play reading with Timeline Theatre Company directed by Kimberly Senior. |
| 02/14/10 |
Making the Region Proud | Northwest Indiana Times "Barrie feels she has been blessed with great roles this far in her career. 'In my six years in Chicago, each show has been another great step forward. I've learned things about myself with each character. I've worked hard to discover the undercurrent to these characters -- the things people can relate to . . . " Full Article |
| 02/12/10 |
Theatre career warmly profiled by Bob Kostanczuk of the Post-Tribune. Full Article |
| 02/05/10 |
Mrs. Caliban previews at the Lifeline Theatre. |
| 01/20/10 |
Vaccine for cabin fever: Top shows for winter 2010: Mrs. Caliban | Windy City Times "Peter Greenberg and Jennifer Tyler are the headliners, and Brenda Barrie plays the title role. If that's not enough for you, this original adaptation of Rachel Ingalls' 1983 novel also features an illicit affair between a bored housewife and her lover from the black lagoon!" Full Article |
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Adapted by
Frances Limoncelli
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Directed by
Ann Boyd
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"Barrie, who has created a series of indelible portrayals in recent seasons (in Mariette in Ecstasy, Graceland and The Ruby Sunrise), is a true treasure. With her alabaster skin, sonorous voice, balletic grace and palpable inner life she is worth seeing in Mrs Caliban for its opening sequences alone, as she repeatedly bids mechanical goodbyes to her detached husband, washes dishes and dances into deep fantasy to the sound of classical music on the radio."
-Hedy Weiss, Chicago Sun-Times
"[Barrie's] work in the lead role is gutsy and sexy . . . Mrs. Caliban is a fascinating piece - it's creative, ambitious, sensual, unusual and, frankly, haunting."
-Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune
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| 01/01/10 |
In rehearsals for Mrs. Caliban with Lifeline Theatre
Mrs. Caliban by Rachel Ingalls is acclaimed as one of the greatest post-war American novels. Adapted by Lifeline ensemble member Frances Limoncelli, directed by Ann Boyd. |
