Barrie's Library
Elevator Tours (2024)
Elevator Tours is a special audio play by Barrie Cole with animation. Ruth (Carolyn Hoerdemann, she/her) has just moved into a new apartment when her recently divorced friend Will (Colm O’Reilly, he/him)comes to stay with her. They discuss life as a spectacle, art, and sex.
Written by Barrie Cole (she/her)
Originally directed by Jen Moniz (she/her)
Illustrations by Jules Darling (she/her)
Recorded and Edited by Paul Brennan (he/him)
Written by Barrie Cole (she/her)
Originally directed by Jen Moniz (she/her)
Illustrations by Jules Darling (she/her)
Recorded and Edited by Paul Brennan (he/him)
Hamburgers and Disappointments (2024)
Hamburgers and Disappointment: Plays about Enoughness, premiered as a festival of four short, two-character plays by Chicago-based playwright, Barrie Cole, in collaboration with Labyrinth Arts.
Fruit Tree Backpack
Written by Barrie Cole (she/her)
Directed by Jayita Bhattacharya (she/her)
Ceil (Kristy Lockhart, she/her) and Anna (Julia Williams, she/her) traverse the various rooms inside the exhausting, sweet, metaphorical mansion of love.
I Love You Permanently
Written by Barrie Cole (she/her)
Directed by Jen Moniz (she/her)
Jay (Jeffrey Bivens, he/him) wants to be with Lee (Vicki Walden, she/her), but is unable to leave his abusive relationship. They meet one last time and try to find out if it is possible to have an entire relationship in the span of one cold night.
Written by Barrie Cole (she/her)
Directed by Jayita Bhattacharya (she/her)
Ceil (Kristy Lockhart, she/her) and Anna (Julia Williams, she/her) traverse the various rooms inside the exhausting, sweet, metaphorical mansion of love.
I Love You Permanently
Written by Barrie Cole (she/her)
Directed by Jen Moniz (she/her)
Jay (Jeffrey Bivens, he/him) wants to be with Lee (Vicki Walden, she/her), but is unable to leave his abusive relationship. They meet one last time and try to find out if it is possible to have an entire relationship in the span of one cold night.
Capacity
Written by Barrie Cole (she/her)
Capacity is a world premiere and completes Cole’s collection of two-person plays about relationships. The play explores a thorny friendship between a playwright (Kelly Anchors, she/her) and an actor (KellyAnn Corcoran, she/her) who were both, at different times, married to the same man.
Meaning is Tricky
Written by Barrie Cole (she/her)
Originally directed by Jen Moniz (she/her)
Roommates and former lovers Mark (David Isaacson, he/him) and Clare (Diana Slickman, she/her) navigate Clare's burgeoning new relationship with a TV-obsessed man in an open marriage whose wife operates a flower kiosk.
Written by Barrie Cole (she/her)
Capacity is a world premiere and completes Cole’s collection of two-person plays about relationships. The play explores a thorny friendship between a playwright (Kelly Anchors, she/her) and an actor (KellyAnn Corcoran, she/her) who were both, at different times, married to the same man.
Meaning is Tricky
Written by Barrie Cole (she/her)
Originally directed by Jen Moniz (she/her)
Roommates and former lovers Mark (David Isaacson, he/him) and Clare (Diana Slickman, she/her) navigate Clare's burgeoning new relationship with a TV-obsessed man in an open marriage whose wife operates a flower kiosk.
Press Box:
Chicago Reader: Barrie Cole: Chicago’s short-order chef of language and empathy
Chicago Reader: A Barrie Cole festival lays the table for a thoughtful feast
Third Coast Review: Absurdist and Delightfully Off-Kilter—Hamburgers and Disappointment by Barrie Cole
Chicago Reader: Barrie Cole: Chicago’s short-order chef of language and empathy
Chicago Reader: A Barrie Cole festival lays the table for a thoughtful feast
Third Coast Review: Absurdist and Delightfully Off-Kilter—Hamburgers and Disappointment by Barrie Cole