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Upcoming
Writing
I Told My Soul to Sing!
Barbara is adapting her novel, "A VOICE OF HER OWN: Becoming Emily Dickinson", for the stage. She joins mezzo soprano, Kathleen Shimeta in a concert performance, combining text from her novel with musical settings of the poems, including new settings by Michael Conley, Drew Hemenger and Martin Hennessy. Kate Bushamnn directs. Performances begin in the fall of 2009.
Theater Games
Barbara is currently working on a new full-length play. She is expanding her one-act What Keeps Us Going, which Barbara wrote for herself and Tony Award-winning actress, Elizabeth Wilson.
Julie of the Wolves
The musical. Barbara is collaborating with novelist Jean Craighead George and composer, Chris Kubie, on a musical version of the Newbery Award-winning book by Jean Craighead George.
Acting
Barbara will play Emily Dickinson in William Luce's play, The Belle of Amherst, in the summer of 2009, at the Emily Dickinson International Society conference in Regina, Canada.
I told My Soul to Sing!
Barbara will play Emily Dickinson in a concert performance combining text from her novel and musical settings of Dickinson poems. She is joined by mezzo-soprano, Kathleen Shimeta. Peformances begin in the fall of 2009.
What Keeps Us Going
Barbara will appear along with Tony Award-winning actress, Elizabeth Wilson, in a series of staged readings of her play. The next scheduled reading is at Primary Stages in NYC. May 3, 2009, 3 PM.
Appearances
May 30, 2009, 1:30 PM. Otowi Station Bookstore and Museum Shop, Los Alamos, NM. Barbara will appear to promote her new book, A VOICE OF HER OWN: Becoming Emily Dickinson. Books available for signing.
May 30, 2009, 10:00 AM. Garcia Street Books, Santa Fe, NM. Barbara will appear to promote her new book, A VOICE OF HER OWN: Becoming Emily Dickinson. Books available for signing.
May 21, 2009, 7:00 PM. Schuler Books, Grand Rapids, MI. Barbara and co-editor Cindy MacKenzie will discuss their book, WIDER THAN THE SKY: Essays and Meditations on the Healing Power of Emily Dickinson. Books available for signing. > More Information
May 3, 2009, 3:00 PM. Primary Stages, NYC. Barbara will appear, along with Tony Award-winning actress, Elizabeth Wilson, in a staged reading of her play, What Keeps Us Going.
April 22-25. 2009. The William Inge Theatre Festival, Independence, Kansas. Barbara will run a workshop on portraying a well-known person in writing and acting. She will read from her new book, A VOICE OF HER OWN: Becoming Emily Dickinson. Books available for signing.
April 18th, 2009. The Village Bookstore, Pleasantville, NY. Barbara will read from her new book, A VOICE OF HER OWN: Becoming Emily Dickinson. Books available for signing.
April 11, 2009. Metropolis Books, Los Angeles, CA.
April 9, 2009. Sierra Madre Books, Sierra Madre, CA.
April 8, 2009. Booksoup, West Hollywood, CA
March 22, 2009, 2:00 PM. The Jones Library, Amherst, MA. Barbara will discuss her new book, A VOICE OF HER OWN: Becoming Emily Dickinson. Co-sponsored by the Emily Dickinson Museum. Books available for signing.
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"Riley & Barbara" and headshot photos by Mark Kwiatek
