loves labour’s LOST: a musical, theatre 150 (ojai, california), 2010. SPT-5
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Director Bari Newport kept her wonderful cast in snappy order,
controlling, dominatrix-like, the maniacal pace of Ms. Blumberg's zany confection."
Santa Barbara News-Press |
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baby, it's you (associate director), pasadena playhouse, 2009. LORT B
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served as Playhouse artistic liaison and dramaturge through extended
rehearsal period. ran complicated, multi-faceted tech; blocked numbers; gave notes to artistic and
production teams. |
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waiting; the chem girls; child’s pose, horizon theatre company, 2009.
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developed and directed three new 20 minute pieces. |
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the underpants, greenbrier valley theatre, 2008. LORT D
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"Hillarious and fast-paced live comedy... so over the top, it makes one ache with laughter."
Margo Oxendine, The Recorder |
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flight of the lawnchair man, cumberland county playhouse, 2008.
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"...seeing such a wonderful mounting of my show reminds me why I write for the theatre... Thank you for lavishing such creativity and joy on LAWNCHAIR MAN. It was a thrill to see it."
Robert Lindsey-Nassif, composer |
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first baptist of ivy gap, cumberland county playhouse, 2008.
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"...thank you for an outstanding job of directing my play."
Ron Osbourne, playwright |
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scapino, florida repertory theatre, 2007. LORT D
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"Newport has blocked and choreographed the show
minutely: the many entrances and exits; slaps, hits and punches; and pratfalls executed with almost
military precision." Naples Daily News |
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enchanted april, florida repertory theatre, 2007. LORT D
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"The script has a capable helmsman in director Bari Newport, who has
once again evidenced her sure hand with comedy." Naples Daily News |
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thomas edison: fire of genius, florida repertory theatre, 2006.
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Commissioned World premiere. "Could a kids' show be more fun? More educational? More positively
electric? It's hard to imagine a piece of children's theater accomplishing more in less time - and
with fewer trappings... the actors gallop their audience through the life of The Man of the Millenium,
rhyming, rapping and wisecracking as they go and (shh - don't tell the kids) doing plenty of first-rate
historical education." Fort Myers News-Press |
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sherlock holmes & the west end horror, florida repertory theatre, 2006. LORT D
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"Sherlock Holmes is wacky, wild fun...It’s something quite original.
It’s dead funny, too. The staging cleverly layers the action on a turn-table set that constantly
reconfigures itself like a kid’s Transformer toy. The show’s arch concept wouldn’t work if all the
actors weren’t on the same page. Thanks to Newport they are." Fort Myers, News-Press |
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the middle ages, florida repertory theatre, 2006. LORT D
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"The show never makes a misstep, What makes the oft-told tale work so
beautifully in this production is Newport's careful orchestration of every detail, from the grounded,
utterly real performances of her four cast members to the upper-middle-class bastion of male domination
that is the men's-club setting, to the clipping pace and perfectly underplayed humor. Gurney understands
people, and Newport understands Gurney." Naples Daily News |
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the sugar bean sisters, florida repertory theatre, 2005. SPT-9
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Rewritten with Bari for Florida Rep production. Published with Bari’s
additions and revisions by Dramatic Publishing.
"Newport creates truly magical world that’s tacky and wacky" Naples Daily News
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pecos bill and the ghost stampede, florida repertory theatre, 2004.
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Florida premiere of interactive tall tale by Eric Coble. |
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fools, florida repertory theatre, 2004. SPT-9
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Directed and production designed this Neil Simon farcical fable
with entirely original, modern concept.
Naples Daily News said: "This is the freshest, most fun
work Florida Rep has ever produced...Newport has created a living comic strip on stage...Neil Simon
would be amazed and fond of this eccentric, family friendly, good time...You have to see it..." |
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the quick and easy guide to thomas edison, florida repertory theatre, 2004.
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Wrote, directed and conceived original children’s play with music that
toured to forty schools throughout 2003-04 season.
"With a wide range of musical genres, from rap to country to blues, lots of kid-friendly
allusions and a pace that doesn't slow for a second, the Florida Repertory Theatre puts Edison's life
into perspective for children. From the non-stop laughs from young and old alike, it seems to hit its
mark." Fort-Myers News-Press |
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the underpants, florida repertory theatre, 2003. SPT-9
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National Regional Theatre Premiere; First production outside of
New York of Steve Martin’s rewriting of the classic 1910 German farce.
"Florida Rep has never
been so silly so successfully...a hyperactive circus of sexual slapstick, political satire and
the occasional visual pun." The Fort Myers News-Press |
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the guys, florida repertory theatre, 2002.
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Florida premiere of Anne Nelson’s Off-Broadway sensation about
September 11th.
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hedwig and the angry inch, florida repertory theatre, 2002.
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Southwest Florida premiere. |
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the stories of dr. seuss, florida repertory theatre, 2002.
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Directed and conceived original show (exclusive rights given from Seuss
Estate) that toured to forty schools throughout the 2002-2003 season. |
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present laughter, (assistant director) williamstown theatre festival, 1996.
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Director: David Schweitzer. |
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williamstown goes solo, williamstown theatre festival, 1996.
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Directed twelve original pieces selected from thirty pieces that were
developed and written in workshops led by Bari over the course of a month. |
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HOLA (Heart of Los Angeles), L.A, 1996.
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Coached inner city children in the writing and acting of their own plays. |
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2 in 1 bogosian, williamstown theatre festival, 1996.
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Verbal montage from Eric Bogosian’s Pounding Nails in the Floor
With My Forehead. |
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murder at the misty moon, (co-writer), williamstown theatre festival, 1996.
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no exit, williamstown theatre festival, 1995.
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the stories of dr. seuss, usc children’s theatre in the park, 1996.
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Received permission from Audrey Geisel (widow of Theodore Geisel)
to adapt and perform five Dr. Seuss stories. |
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james and the giant peach, usc children’s theatre in the park, 1995.
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Directed new adaptation of beloved children’s tale. |
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