The Barrow Group to Present TRUE HAZARDS OF CHILDHOOD Developmental Workshop, 6/27-29

The Barrow Group announces a developmental workshop today: True Hazards of Childhood by Jean E. Taylor will run at The Barrow Group's Main Stage Theatre (312 West 36th Street, floor 3, NY, NY) with a limited engagement of June 27 thru June 29, 2013. Tickets are $15 and available at:www.Smarttix.com. For more information please visit www.barrowgroup.org/showing.

True Hazards of Childhood's talented cast of Jean E. Taylor and Andres Petersen is directed by Eric Nightengale. The play explores whether it is possible to retain a sense of play and wonder while simultaneously moving into the adult world of predictable outcomes. Dorphy, a scientist in an obscure field of psycho-anthropology has discovered and excavated a mysterious mass of fused-together objects. Dorphy begins a presentation in which she details her attempts to investigate the object -- so far her tools and organizational protocol have proved to be spectacularly unsuccessful. As she shares her initial findings Dorphy discovers that scientific methodology can only get her so far. To proceed further she must embrace unorthodox investigative techniques. Then, an unexpected and startling discovery: buried within the artifact are heretofore undetected internal chambers that, when opened, reveAl Smaller independent objects contained within the lager piece. These small objects are the key to understanding theTrue Hazards of Childhood.

About Jean E. Taylor: Jean is a teaching artist for Lincoln Center Institute, working extensively in their local programs and in their international consultancies. She recently facilitated workshops in South Korea, Hong Kong, Australia, and Mexico. Jean teaches theatrical clown for The New School for Drama's MFA program and The Barrow Group Theatre. Her workshop, Theatrical Clown and the Alexander Technique, was part of the Alexander Technique conference, Freedom to Act in 2012 and 2013. Jean received a grant from The Maxine Greene Foundation for her show the Wild Hair Living Room Tour. Her recent work Pants and Skirts premiered in May 2012 at The Barrow Group Theatre and True Hazards of Childhood will have developmental performances at the same theatre in June 2013. Jean studied clown/movement with Philippe Gaulier, Ronlin Foreman, David Shiner and Merry Conway, among others. Her approach to theatrical clown has been published in Movement for Actors, Allworth Press. She is a member of The Teaching Artist Journal's editorial board. Most recently, Jean was a presenter at the First International Teaching Artist Conference in Oslo, Norway.

About The Barrow Group: Founded in 1986, The Barrow Group is an award-winningnon-profit Off-Broadway theatre company, acting studio / school & arts center located in the heart of New York City. Past productions include Martin Moran's "All the Rage" and "The Tricky Part," "Pentecost," "Orange Flower Water," "Grey Area," "The Timekeepers," "Old Wicked Songs," "Lonely Planet," "God's Country," "Low Level Panic," "Good," "The Thickness of Skin," "Blue Window" and many, many more. Developmental works include Mike Birbiglia's "Sleepwalk With Me" and "My Girlfriend's Boyfriend," Jon Maran's "The Temperamentals," Stephanie Zadravec's "Honey Brown Eyes" and many, many more.

The Barrow Group Acting School / Studio offers courses in acting and directing. These NYC acting classes include: scene study studio intensives, monologue workshop, solo-show performance workshop, script analysis, alexander technique, theatrical clown, voice, Shakespeare, beginner/beginning/amateur, and teen/tween/kids/youth classes. The TBG School also offers a 1.5-year acting program and a 6-week summer acting program.

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