Barry Kraft

AEA Member
Barry Kraft

Textual Consultant, Othello 

In 30 seasons at OSF: Dramaturg: Nearly 50 Shakespeare productions as well as Equivocation, Cyrano de Bergerac, The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus, The Cure at Troy, The School for Scandal and Arcadia

Other theatres: Southern Oregon University, Berkeley Repertory Theatre and Marin Shakespeare Company, among others. 

Other credits: Acting: Acted in 86 full productions of all Shakespeare’s 38 plays (more than 100 roles); numerous credits, including 20 seasons at OSF, plus Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Utah Shakespeare Festival, The Old Globe Theatre, San Jose Repertory Theatre, Berkeley Shakespeare Festival, and American Conservatory Theater, among others. Teaching: American Conservatory Theater; Denver National Theatre Conservatory; Augusta College; University of California, Irvine; University of California, Santa Cruz; Town School in San Francisco; toured for 10 seasons with the OSF School Visit Program. 

Guest lectureships: Oregon Health and Science University; Southern Oregon University; University of California, Los Angeles; University of California, Santa Barbara; University of Alaska, Anchorage; Berkeley Repertory Theatre; Boise State University; Seattle Repertory Theatre. 

Publications: After-Dinner Shakespeare and Shakespeare Insult Generator

Recordings: Ovid’s Metamorphoses and other books for Blackstone Audio.