Eric Barr taught acting and directing at UC Riverside from 1975 until 2013. He has directed over 100 productions, including The Rocky Horror Show, The Sea Gull, Much Ado About Nothing, Metamorphosis, and Detained in the Desert. He was the Chairman of the Theatre Department for over 30 years and was one of the architects of UCR’s MFA in Creative Writing and Writing for the Performing Arts. He was the Founding Director of the UCR Palm Desert MFA in Creative Writing and Writing for the Performing Arts. Barr was a co-writer, along with Charles Evered and Marty James, on the movie A Thousand Cuts. His screenplay Hole in the Sky was a finalist at Sundance, and the screenplay Cirque Berserk was a winner at the Telluride Indiefest. Barr’s weekly podcasts on acting, “Notes on Acting,”can be found at the website Acting Is....---------
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