Bara Swain
Playwright, Creative Consultant, Director, Facilitator, Producer
- Role
- Playwright Member at The Barrow Group
- Location
- New York, NY, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Bara Swain
Bara Swain’s plays have been staged in 200+ venues in 28 states and abroad (England, UAE, Canada, Australia, Ukraine, Ireland). NYC theatres include Urban Stages, Abingdon, Barrow Group, Symphony Space, Metropolitan Playhouse, Primary Stages, Sam French, NY Madness, Westside Theatre, Artistic New Directions, Planet Connections and T.A.R.T.E. Recent Live: Seventy-Seven (Quake Theatre Sparkfest, Bath, UK); Little Black Dress (Ghostlight Theatre, CA); Incorrigible (Empire Arts Center, ND); Temporary, Pro.English Theatre, National Cinematheque (Kiev, Ukraine); Choose!(Artistic New Directions, NYC); Turn! Turn! Turn!(Tom Mann Theatre, Sydney); Responsible (The Junction, Dubai); Perspective (The Gallery Players, NYC); Pandemonium (Open Fist Theatre, L.A.); Little Black Dress (Ghostlight Theatre Ensemble, CA); Incorrigible ((Empire Arts Center, ND); Yearning for Peace (Articulate Theatre). Selective awards: First Place Winner, Shawnee Playhouse One-Act Play Festival 2020-21 for The Wonder of You, Standing Ovation Award for I Love Lucy and Can You Hear Me Now?(Smith & Kraus) and City Theatre National Award Finalist for Short Playwriting for Extraordinary and The Hotel Lobbyist (FL). Bara’s plays and monologues are anthologized by Smith & Kraus, Applause Books, Oxford U. Press, and Art Age Press. Since the pandemic, her plays have been selected for 55+ virtual performances, productions and film work with companies across the U.S, Australia and Canada. Upcoming: The Plan (Metropolitan Playhouse, NYC); Ladies Night (Sunday Night Series, Barrow Group); and The Wonder of You (7th Annual Black Theatre Festival, OH). Bara serves as the Creative Consultant at Urban Stages.
Experience
Playwright Member
Jan 2011 — Present
Education
The New School
MFA, Creative Writing - Fiction and Writing for Children
1999 — 2001
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