Geoffrey Warren Barnes II

Geoffrey Warren Barnes II, actor at the American Shakespeare Center's Blackfriars Playhouse in Staunton, VA.
ACTOR

Member of Actors’ Equity Association (AEA).

Fall 2025 Season:

 Benvolio, Balthasar in Romeo & Juliet; Launce, Antonio in Two Gentlemen of Verona; Quartermaster & others in The Pirate Ballad of Bonny & Read.

Previously at ASC:

Edward Ferrars & Sir John Middleton in Sense & Sensibility; Autolycus, Antigonus & Lord

OTHER THEATRE:

Tio in Fat Ham, Jonathan/Charles Haversham in The Play That Goes Wrong (Cincinnati Shakespeare Company); Sir Toby Belch in Twelfth Night (Cincinnati and Prague Shakespeare Companies); Ariel in The Tempest (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); John Heminges in The Book of Will, Stephano in The Tempest (Illinois Shakespeare Festival).

Education:

BFA – Webster University, MFA University of Texas at Austin

Social Media:

Instagram: @geoffy76

Facebook: @JazziGeoff

Related Productions

Promotional image for Romeo & Juliet (Fall 2025) at the American Shakespeare Center in Staunton, VA. Geoffrey Warren Barnes II, dressed in purple and gold, offers a red rose beneath bold white title text. Photo by Alaina Shefelton.

Romeo and Juliet 2025

August 28 – November 15

Benvolio, Balthasar

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American Shakespeare Center's The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare for the Summer 2025 Repertory Season.

The Winter’s Tale 2025

June 5, 2025 – August 2, 2025

Autolycus, Archidamus, Lord

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American Shakespeare Center's Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen, Adapted by Emma Whipday with Brian Mcmamon for the Summer 2025 Repertory Season.

Sense and Sensibility 2025

May 1, 2025 – August 2, 2025

Edward Ferrars & Sir John Middleton

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Fall 2025 directors and repertory cast at the American Shakespeare Center. Top row left to right: Directors K.P. Powell, Aidan O’Reilly, and Allie Babich. Cast members: Geoffrey Warren Barnes II, Maya Danks, Nick Ericksen, Britt Michael Gordon, Angela Iannone, Sara Linares, Joe Mucciolo, Isabel Lee Roden, Isabel Sanchez, and Christopher Seiler.

Fall 2025 Directors & Cast Announcement

June 27, 2025

First loves. Fierce friendships. Flags aloft. Whether you’re returning to the Blackfriars Playhouse or planning your first trip to Staunton, Virginia, this is a season …

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Headshots of the Summer 2025 cast and directors for the American Shakespeare Center's productions of Sense and Sensibility and The Winter’s Tale in Staunton, VA. Includes Jemma Alix Levy and Raphael Emmanuel as directors, with featured actors Geoffrey Warren Barnes II, Jordan Friend, Komi M. Gbeblewou, Tristan Rose Gillia, Corrie Green, Sara J. Griffin, Angela Iannone, L James, and Raven Lorraine.

Announcing the Cast & Directors of ASC’s 2025 Summer Season

April 10, 2025

Sense & Sensibility and The Winter’s Tale The American Shakespeare Center is proud to announce the cast and directors for its 2025 Summer Season, a …

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