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Susan Barnes Walker - biography
Susan had a most wonderful time playing the title character in Mark Finley's one-act THANK YOU, NANNYANNIE in Series A of Emerging Artists Theatre's Fall EATfest at TADA Theatre. Mr. Finley directed her through a magical run in Meryl Cohn's AND SOPHIE COMES TOO, as part of the 2009 NYC Fringe Festival & its Encore Series. Andy Propst of BACKSTAGE called her work "a genuinely hilarious cameo" & Roger Nasser of nytheatre.com wrote "Susan Barnes Walker gives a great comedic performance...She is a sheer delight!"
In addition to what is on her resume here, other NY theatre work has included Ed Valentine's THEATRE IS THE THING WITH TENTACLES(Mirror Repertory Theatre); a run, in the Midtown International Theatre Festival, of Duncan Pflaster's THE WASTES OF TIME (of that, Jerry Portwood in the online edition of BACKSTAGE wrote "...it's Walker's elegant portrayal of Mary Ann that anchors the production. She's fantastic as an eccentric yet grounded woman and mother..."; Matt Schicker on nytheatre.com called hers a "quirky, nuanced, funny performance"; Bob Ost in truonline wrote: "But the richest, quirkiest and most complex acting is from Susan Barnes Walker as every gay boy’s dream mom, understanding and accepting to a fault; yet when her Flower Child breeding eventually cracks and gives way to rage and outrage, she is frightening and compelling"; & one of her heroes, Mario Fratti, wrote in OGGI 7 "Abbiamo ammirato spesso l'attrice Susan Barnes Walker. E', al solito, perfetta."); THE SNOB(Marianne) - directed by her beloved late acting teacher, Salem Ludwig; THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR(Mistress Ford) - Instant Shakespeare Company; THIS WAKEFUL NIGHT(Kate Chopin) - National Arts Club, Players Club, & NYPL; THE MONKEY'S PAW(Mrs. White) - Looking Glass Forum; THE CURIOUS SAVAGE(Florence) - DJM Productions; ALL MY SONS(Lydia) -The Workshop Theater; BEYOND THERAPY(Prudence) -Grove Street Playhouse; SAVAGE IN LIMBO(April) -Producers Club; EINE BRECHT EHRUNG(Mother Courage/Singer) -Feral Arts Center; BLOOD ON THE CAT'S NECK(Phoebe Zeitgeist) - Fassbinder Festival. Susan has acted in over thirty other unlisted plays, original & older, many directed by directors on the resume. She is an Associate Artist with the York Shakespeare Company.
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