Vinegar Tom was a special project, and those of us involved still talk about it as such. It’s on my mind now, as I recently attended Whistler in the Dark’s…
Many folks who know my background know that I trained in India for four months in classical dance-theater. It taught me precision of gesture and aliveness of eyes, which I…
My friend and colleague Danny Bryck has until March 28th to meet his Kickstarter funding goal—if you’re moved by this project, as I am, you can view the trailer, learn more, and contribute…
My Shakespeare/James Bond-inspired murder ballad is now available for download via Bandcamp. Enjoy! Find me on Photo credit: Daniel Chodusov under CC license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/)
I had the pleasure of playing the kickin’ 35Below wrap party for the Huntington Theatre Company’s VENUS IN FUR on Friday night. We played a jazzy-bluesy-slinky-loungey set with a freshly-minted and delightful lineup…
My niece Edith didn’t want to sit in the park and listen to me playing my guitar; SHE wanted to play. We solved this problem together: she slid herself under…
So I recently had an experience I never thought I’d have: I performed in a musical on 42nd Street in New York. Why did I never think I would have…
I recently collaborated with Brad Shur, Brenda Huggins, Phil Berman, Kaitee Tredway, and others under the direction of Roxanna Myhrum for an outdoor giant puppet show! Goldie, a Puppet Showplace…
I spent last weekend performing in the premiere of Icarus, a new songplay developed and presented by Liars and Believers. It was a real pleasure to perform this show, set in…
If you’ve been just waiting for the day when you could own a whole album of Shakespeare/James Bond mashup songs, recorded by sweet Boston local musicians…that day has come. My…
Enjoy these demos (vocals only, instead of the full arrangements) from Whistler’s January 2012 staged reading of Caryl Churchill’s Vinegar Tom: Lyrics by Caryl Churchill; music composed and performed by Veronica Barron.
I recently made a new clown piece, and got the chance to test it out in front of two awesome inaugural audiences: a classroom full of adult English language learners…
You may think it’s a sweet lullaby…but then you listen to the verses… Tony Leva and I share a love of the Lead Belly tune “Good Night Irene”—in fact, I…
I designed this deck of promotional cards for Food For Free, a small food rescue nonprofit where I serve as part-time Administrative and Events Coordinator. The design challenge here was…
Another show for Winning Higgins’s Love, a clown tragedy co-created and performed by my collaborative cohort-in-crime Aimee Rose Ranger and me. We’ve been fortunate enough to present this piece at…
I performed a short piece at the debut installment of The Encyclopedia Show Somerville, a monthly themed variety show produced by Simone Beaubien and The Boston Poetry Slam and co-hosted…
Brown Box‘s second annual free outdoor production played a two-week tour in Massachusetts, Maryland, and Delaware. What a pleasure to perform with such a great cast on such a beautiful…
In March, I had fun working with video for the first time in support of Simple Machine’s rogerandtom, running March 30-April 7. I shot and edited two promotional videos, which you can watch right here: Simple…
I sang on the radio supporting my friend Molly Allis on WMBR’s local music show Pipeline! I was singing on the radio! I have clearly arrived. We played a lovely, stripped down…
Winning Higgins’s Love: A Clown Tragedy from Veronica Barron on Vimeo.
