WENDY BARRIE-WILSON has performed in over 100 plays, and worked with dozens of new writers helping develop their latest projects. Wendy performed in the European Premiere of Doubt in Vienna, Austria, as Sister Aloysius. She received a DayTony award for Excellence and the SALT award for Best Actress Award for Doubt in the US. Broadway: Our Town starring Paul Newman; All My Sons starring Richard Kiley. Regional: Yelena (opposite Hal Holbrook) in Uncle Vanya; Lady Croom in Arcadia; Regina in The Little Foxes; Ma Joad in The Grapes of Wrath; Theo in Ride Down Mt. Morgan (twice); Mama in The Guardsman; Aline in Master Builder; Mrs. Stockman in Enemy of the People; Olivia in Twelfth Night; May in Fool for Love; Roxane, and almost every other woman’s role in Cyrano de Bergerac; Kate Keller, and all the other women in All My Sons; Stella in A Streetcar Named Desire, four productions, once opposite Christopher Walken. Denver Theatre Center; Alliance Theatre; Williamstown; Actors Theatre of Louisville; Huntington Theatre; Asolo; Two Rivers; The Great Lakes Theatre Festival; Alabama Shakespeare Festival (company member); Six seasons with The Shakespeare Theatre of NJ. As Amanda in The Glass Menagerie, Variety wrote: “She is one of the finest Amanda Wingfields in memory, and can proudly take her place alongside the memorable Amandas in this critic’s experience: Helen Hayes, Jessica Tandy, Julie Harris and Maureen Stapleton.” Wendy was the Nanny, Mrs. Chitwood, on The Guiding Light. PBS/Showtime “Our Town”; PBS “Novel Reflections/Seize the Day”; Law & Order; L&O: SVU; L&O: Criminal Intent; Prince Street; Molly Dodd; Americas Most Wanted; and guesting on several soaps. Wendy was the “Mom” for AGF Coffee in Japan for five years. Wendy's Great-Aunt Elisabeth Risdon (30 Broadway shows, 100 films) and Great-Uncle Brandon Evans (5 Broadway shows and his own traveling company) were members of the Theatre Guild and worked with Lunt and Fontanne, Helen Hayes, and J.B. Shaw, among others. Member League of Professional Theatre Women. Actors’ Equity and SAG/AFTRA. Wendy is an accomplished potter and pottery teacher. She was a Professor of Acting at Denison University
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