GEOFFREY WARREN BARNES II
Actor. Singer. Teaching Artist.
Theatre Reviews
A Raisin in the Sun- Cincinnati Shakespeare Company
Geoffrey Warren Barnes II plays Walter, Mama’s 35-year-old son........ Barnes’ performance is eye-opening. We’ve seen him on the CSC stage many times. But as Walter, he gives his most commanding and mature performance to date.
All The Great Books (Abridged) - Cincinnati Shakepeare Company
"...Barnes is the one the show regularly turns to as the straight man for much of the humor. So when he breaks out of that mold – and he does – it especially hilarious." - David Lyman, Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Complete History of America (Abridged) - Cincinnati Shakepeare Company
"...Barnes proves an ideal third man, matching his partners gag for gag, quip for quip. He has an easy charm, a quick wit and is one of those actors able to switch characters at the drop of a hat." - David Lyman, Cincinnati Enquirer.
Intimate Apparel - University of Texas at Austin
"Truth be told, I'm a bit unsure how to start this review. When I see something as astonishing and extraordinary as Intimate Apparel, I try to come up with something clever, witty, or poetic to kick off my critique, but I am so wonderfully flustered by this beautifully acted and well-crafted production that all I can think off to kick off this review is 'Wow.'........Geoffrey Barnes is able to make George's earnestness in Act I and anger in Act II completely believable." - Broadway World.com
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde by Jeffrey Hatcher - University of Texas at Austin
"....Though this attention to detail was engrossing, Hatcher's fast-paced script, which keeps the audience guessing and gasping along with the characters, was what really knocked the wind out of me. In it, an idealistic Jekyll (Kyle Christopher Schnack) unleashes his bestial Hyde side (played in tandem by Geoffrey Barnes, Will Brittain, Amanda Morish, and Chrissy Shackelford) in an attempt to create a utopia where everyone can isolate and expel suppressed immoral instincts in lieu of 'peace of mind.' - The Austin Chronicle
Rivers of January by Ben Snyder - University of Texas at Austin
"[Ben] Snyder has written Silas as a complex character, but luckily Geoffrey Barnes has the talent to pull it off, always showing an intellectual air, but never forgetting his black New York street roots. He begins the play the role straight-laced and a bit tense, but as he begins to take in the joys of the city, he begins to relax and let things come as they may. When things get a bit more heated, Barnes makes a wise choice to keep his head and remain cool and not fly off the handle as his rival, Nate, fumes and rages." - Examiner.com
Love's Labour's Lost The Musical - American Globe Theatre, NY, NY
"LLL: The Musical is good enough as Shakespeare, but it's terrific as a musical. The silly set-up is winningly explicated in 'From Today,' where the King of Navarre (Graham Stevens) assembles his cronies: Dumaine, a dancer from Hollywood (Geoffrey Barnes); Longaville, an artist (Ross Stoner); and Berowne, a Scotsman complete with kilt (Trent Dawson), and they agree to his proposition that there be, as the sign on stage proclaims, No Women Allowed. " - The Off Off Broadway Review
The Winter's Tale - American Globe Theatre
"The American Globe Theatre’s presentation of William Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale is as fine a rendering of this gorgeous play as any I have seen......Standouts among the cast are Fay as Leontes, Elizabeth Keefe as Hermione, whose trial speech elicits the pity her plight deserves, Geoffrey Barnes as the simple yet humorous son of a shepherd, and a remarkably agile and appropriately hammy Mat Sanders as the ne’er do well, Autolycus." - Offoffonline.com