Training Program Productions:
1999 - 2012
Including:
Webster University Conservatory of Theatre Arts
Connecticut Repertory Theatre
University of Delaware/PTTP
Nevada Conservatory Theatre at UNLV
University of Utah/PATP
Vanecia J, John Maltese
Lady Windermere’s Fan
Webster University Conservatory of Theatre Arts
April, 2012
“Highly satisfying and delightful Lady Windermere’s Fan at Webster Conservatory.
“The Conservatory cast handled those lines with aplomb and accomplishment, from the smallest part to the primary roles, a testament not just to the meticulous guidance of Barnes as well as dialect coach Sigrid Sutter. Wilde, Barnes, and the richly talented students of the Conservatory combine their resources for an engaging and entertaining production; one the master playwright himself may well have enjoyed.”
KDHX Theatre Reviews
Macbeth
Connecticut Repertory Theatre
February, 2007
“Winning combination of persuasive acting and excellent staging. . . Maximum impact with a minimalist stage. . .”
Daily Campus News
Tartuffe
University of Delaware/PTTP
April, 2007
“Guest director Paul Barnes manages to mix some fine physical comedy into the fast-paced verbal humor. This is very much a play about language, but the bawdy sight gags and pratfalls lighten the action and help keep things moving briskly.”
Newark News Journal
Love’s Labour’s Lost
Nevada Conservatory Theatre at UNLV
March, 2005
“Paul Barnes keys into the script’s affectionate indictment of posturing intellectuals, as well as its romance. The result is an evening of humorous surprises, if you’re able to keep up with the verbal ping-pong.”
Las Vegas Review-Journal
The Rimers of Eldritch
University of Utah/PATP
January, 2003
“Guest director Paul Barnes handles Rimers with his usual skill and flare. Staged with a simplicity reminiscent of Our Town, Wilson’s Rimers digs deeply into the dark, decaying underbelly of Eldritch. The 20-member, all-student cast is well-honed. . . . Wilson’s fascinating script is beautifully staged. . . But it’s not for the faint of heart, Rimers of Eldritch simmers with pent up emotions.”
Deseret News
“The Babcock production of Rimers, with its 20person ensemble, is a good vehicle for developing the skills of many young actors, and most in this production rise to the challenge. Guest director Paul Barnes immerses these students in ‘60’s-style deconstructed theater through his staging. The best reason to see the play is for the performances by this fine group of young actors, who demonstrate considerable craft as they crawl into the skins of these not-so-lovable Middle Americans.”
Salt Lake Tribune
“The presence of the town is felt all the time. All characters stay onstage at all times, out of the way and conducting their business, but felt never the less. It’s a town where everyone knows everyone and watches everyone and most of the time pretends not to. The others onstage rarely pay attention to the action in play, making it all the more effective that they do. No furniture ever moves, everyone but a few crucial players sticks to their respective areas. It all creates the feel of a small town no one in their right mind would want to live in.”
Red Magazine
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Webster University Conservatory of Theatre Arts
April, 2003
“The good news is that the best Midsummer Night's Dream I've ever seen is in town. The bad news is that it closes Tuesday night. Paul Barnes directs the students of Webster University in a highly engaging production filled with sense and humor. Charming actors, clear story-telling, and just the right balance of tension and teasing make this about the shortest two hours-twenty five minutes I've spent in a theatre in quite a while. So much sense, so much clarity, rings in ths production that you may feel as though you're hearing it for the first time.”
Richard Green
KDHX Theatre Review
Othello
University of Delaware/PTTP
January, 1999
“Guest director Paul Barnes gets sterling performances not only from his principals but from the rest of his carefully chosen cast as well, while keeping nearly three house of stage action moving so swiftly and clearly that it seems to unfold in only half that time.”
Newark News Journal