Paul Mason Barnes
Director
Spring 2025 Season:
Director, King Lear
Experience and Highlights:
Founding Producing Director, Great River Shakespeare Festival (Winona, MN); Founding Producing Director, Oregon Cabaret Theatre (Ashland, OR); former Education Director, Oregon Shakespeare Festival; former Conservatory Director/Associate Artistic Director, Pacific Conservatory Theatre/PCPA Theaterfest.
Directing Credits:
Utah, Alabama, California, Idaho, Orlando, and Oregon Shakespeare Festivals/Companies; Folger Shakespeare Theatre; Repertory Theatre of St. Louis; Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park; Milwaukee Repertory Theatre; Pioneer Theatre Company; Alley Theatre; Denver Center Theatre Company; Indiana Repertory Theatre; Connecticut Repertory Theatre; Kansas City Repertory Theatre; Clarence Brown Theatre; Virginia Stage Company; Syracuse Stage; GEVA Theatre; Arkansas Repertory Theatre.
Training Programs:
Webster University’s Sargent Conservatory of Theatre Arts, University of San Diego/Globe Theatre, University of Minnesota/Guthrie Theatre, University of Utah, Utah State University, Virginia Commonwealth University, University of Delaware/PTTP, University of Arkansas.
Awards:
Among others: St. Louis Critics’ Best Direction of a Production (multiple); Best Direction of a Production, Santa Barbara Theatre Critics (multiple)
Education:
California State University, Fullerton
Pronouns:
he/him