A LOOK BACK AT 2007-2008 starting with:

CINCO de MAYO

2007-2008 brought us a lot of exciting events including some new members. Although most of the year was spent on the continued development and workshop of Dog Day Afternoon which culminated with a fully staged production at Theatre Row Theatres this past summer (keep an eye out for exciting photos!) we enjoyed some memorable moments.

One of the events this year included the Cinco de Mayo party hosted by our very own Director of Development, Anika Solveig. Friends gathered for a night of music, drinks and fun in order to help raise funds for Barefoot's corporate filing fees. Every little bit helps!

Featured in the photos are Barefoot family member Mark von Sternberg (who just wrote and directed the feature film, Love Simple with Barefoot's Producing Artistic Director, Francisco Solorzano, company member, John Harlacher and Advisory Board Member, Israel Horovitz) and our very own company member since 2002, Kendra Leigh Landon. Hope to see YOU at our next event!

A NOTE FROM PROD. ARTISIC DIRECTOR, Francisco Solorzano

Dear Friends, Family and Members:

First, thank you all so much for your continued support and interest. If this is your first year with us, WELCOME! It's been a great 2007-2008 season culminating with our production of Dog Day Afternoon at Theatre Row Theatres. It was an amazing run, with sold-out performances and rave reviews: all around, our most successful venture to date.

We hope that you stay in touch as we enter our 9th year and look forward with great anticipation to our 10th anniversary season. We promise to bring you the visceral, innovative, and thrilling New York City theatre that we have set out to produce since our inception.

Keep an eye out for news and photos of our ensemble members, most recent season, and what's in the works. Please join our family, if you haven't already, at: www.myspace.com/barefoottheatre and www.facebook.com/pages/Barefoot-Theatre-Company/10724206570. At these sites you can also read about us and find many incredible photos of our work.

We are looking forward to seeing you at our next event. Thanks again for visiting and staying in touch.

Sincerely,
Francisco Solorzano

Producing Artistic Director

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Company Member John Harlacher Will Scare The Bejezus Out Of You!

Company member John Harlacher (last seen in Dog Day Afternoon)
is in Miami, Florida directing Timothy Haskell's

Nightmare: Ghost Stories

“America’s #1 Haunted House” (AOL.com) will bring its famed interactive haunted house to Miami this September. The event has been scaring record-breaking crowds of happy ghost seekers on Manhattan’s super-hot Lower East Side for four years."

Nightmare Miami

Company Member Anika Solveig in a New Production

Caryl Churchill’s acclaimed play VINEGAR TOM

Company Member Anika Solveig, last seen in DOG DAY AFTERNOON at Theatre Row, is currently in Minneapolis with Frank Theatre's production of Churchill's VINEGAR TOM, which met with rave reviews!

"Vinegar Tom is a tough and thought-provoking play... I left the theater sure that the
production is an unmistakable success." - David De Young, How Was The Show.Com

"Frank Theatre delivers a beautiful, unrelieved journey into historical misogyny and witchcraft."
- Rohan Preston, Star Tribune, Minneapolis-St. Paul Minnesota

Vinegar Tom will be presented by the Ritz Theater, Sept. 12-Oct. 5, at the newly-renovated theatre located at 345 13th Ave NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413. Tickets are $20-$25. For tickets and reservations, please call the Ritz box office at (612) 436-1129 or by go to http://www.ritztheaterfoundation.org/box-office.

New Project by Barefoot Associate Director Michael LoPorto

One Night Only: Broadway Sings in Jersey


In the 70's you had Studio 54, Saturday Night Fever, Donna Summer and DISCO helping to dominate pop culture. On Broadway, Jesus Christ Superstar, Pippin, The Wiz, Godspell, The Rocky Horror Show and more helped redefine the Broadway sound.

For ONE NIGHT ONLY 70's pop culture and Broadway will collide on stage so the last days of disco can be brought back to life! A cast of Broadway performers and dancers will take us back through time with incredible performances and electric dance numbers.

Feel the beat.

Hosted by Lea Delaria

Starring:
Stanley Bahorek (Spelling Bee)
Kirsten Bracken (Hairspray)
Rodney Hicks (RENT, JCS)
Justin Keyes (The Apple Tree)
Ryan Knowles (Aladdin)
Heather Parcells (A Chorus Line)
Patina Renea-Miller (HAIR)
Josh Rouah (Grease)
Louise Stewart (Hedwig and The Angry inch)
with more to be announced!

and with:
Michael McArthur
Jarod Neelan
Adam Gold
Jere Hunt
Christine Keneally
Patricia Arenson
Jenna Liberati
Jessica Burns
Chris Crowthers
Stephanie Laughlin
Matthew Wagner
Alexandra Smith
Lizzie Snyder
Caitlin Krause

Directed by: Michael LoPorto
Choreography : Geoffrey Doig-Marx
Set Design: Stephen K. Dobay
Lighting Design: Ryan Metzler
Sound Design: Kate Foretek
Musical Supervision: Charles Czarnecki

RAVES FOR DOG DAY AFTERNOON

"...clearly a labor of love for Francisco Solorzano, who not only wrote and directed the theatrical version but also stars in it. Given the physical impossibility of mounting anything on a stage that could compare with Sidney Lumet’s gripping movie, Mr. Solorzano has done a creditable job...A solid cast. Mr. Solorzano and Jeremy Brena are convincing as Sonny and Sal...Amanda Plant and Gil Ron are especially good as Sylvia, the chief teller, and Moretti, the police detective. Joli Tribuzio, who assisted with the directing, delivers a nice turn as Angie, Sonny’s bickering wife." - THE NEW YORK TIMES

LIVE on the Joey Reynolds Show

Joey Reynolds Show WOR

Catch Producing Artistic Director, Francisco Solorzano, Managing Director, Victoria Malvagno and company member John Gazzale on Live Talk Radio.

Listen in as they get interveiwed about Barefoot's current production Dog Day Afternoon - currently playing at Theatre Row Studios in New York City.

Francisco Solorzano currently plays Sonny with Victoria Malvagno in the role of Miriam, bank teller and costume designer, and John Gazzale as Leon.
RADIO WOR is 710 on your am dial,

or http://www.wor710.com/ & he's on from midnight to 5am.

And be sure to catch DOG DAY AFTERNOON now running until Aug 16th!