Barbara Damashek

Barbara Damashek is best known as the director, composer/lyricist, and co-author of QULITERS, for which she received three Tony nominations in 1985. Her next music theatre work built on oral histories, WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN, was about the homeless, and was a finalist in the 1988 Susan Smith Blackburn playwright’s competition. Ms. Damashek was profiled in the December 1993 issue of "American Theater Magazine." Her representative directorial credits include: DANCING AT LUGHNASA, THE FIREBUGS, THE BALTIMORE WALTZ, HAPPY END, SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE, ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL, THE TAMING OF THE SHREW, TRUMPETS AND DRUMS, THE CHERRY ORCHARD, ARMS AND THE MAN, TOP GIRLS, and THE WHITE CROW. Her regional theatre credits include: Trinity Repertory Company, South Coast Repertory, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, Mark Taper Forum, Denver Center Theatre, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, and American Repertory Theatre. As a composer, Ms. Damashek has created numerous original full-length and incidental scores for the theatre. Barbara would like to thank all the members of the Milwaukee community who contributed their stories and their energy so generously.