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2110 CHASS INT SOUTH
University of California
Riverside, CA 92521

Barr, Eric

Professor of Theatre

College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

Theatre


Biography

Eric Barr is a professor, actor, director, and writer. He received his B.F.A. and M.F.A. degrees from Wayne State University, where he was an acting and directing fellow in the Hilberry Repertory Theatre. He also studied movement, mime, and masks at L'Ecole Jacques Lecoq in Paris, France. He taught acting and movement for actors at the Stella Adler Conservatory of Acting in Los Angeles and worked with the National Theatre of the Deaf. He has directed over 75 productions in university and professional theatres, and is the former artistic director of the Porthouse Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio. He writes plays and screenplays and has just completed a book on acting.



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Degrees

MFA Theatre/Directing 1975

Wayne State University

BFA Theatre 1972

Wayne State University

Awards

Cirque Berserk - screenplay with co-author Barry Kenyon Winner Telluride IndieFest 2004
Hole in the Sky - screenplay with co-author Barry Kenyon Finalist Sundance Film Festival 2001
Sundance Film Festival, competition finalist for script: MACK'S MOUNTAIN, 2000
Writers network, competition finalist for script: MACK'S MOUNTAIN September, 1998
Hilberry Fellowships for MFA work at Wayne State University, 1972 and 1974
Jewish Vocational Society Scholarship for Study Abroad, 1971 - 72


Research Area

Acting, directing, performance, and pedagogy.

Publications

The Beast in Me - solo performance piece
Premiering 2004

Pedagogy, Performance, and the Power of Creative Partnership - co-author Professor Stephanie Hammer, 2004 Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities.