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Barbara Rich has extensive performance and production experience for live theater and the recorded word:

PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE

  • Audiobook performer: Richcraft Studios Audiobooks
  • Into the Breeches, Maggie, Ellipse Theatre Community, 2026
  • Queen Lear, Kent, Guerrilla Shakespeare Company, 2023
  • A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hermia, Guerrilla Shakespeare Company, 2022
  • Craig Fox Had a Wife, Vinh's mother, Hippie, Becky, Janice, Tourist, Ellipse Theatre Community, 
  • Love, Loss and What I Wore, Gingy's Mother, Alex's Mother, Holly, Lynne, Liz's Older Sister, Eve, Geralyn, Ellipse Theatre Community, 2022
  • Little Women The Musical, Aunt March, Musical Impressions Studios, 2021
  • Evanescent, Marlene, Cascades Theatrical Company, 2020
  • Don Giovanni, Drunk Partier/Ensemble, OperaBend, 2019
  • The Secret Garden, Jane/Ensemble, OperaBend, 2018
  • Arcadia, Lady Croom, CTC, Bend, Oregon 2017
  • Maelstrom: The Zombie Opera, Chorus & zombie, OperaBend, Bend, Oregon 2016
  • Via Lactea, Chorus & general cheerleader, OperaBend, Bend, Oregon 2016
  • Die Fledermaus, Chorus, OperaBend, 2016
  • Magic Flute, Various chorus characters, OperaBend, Bend, Oregon, 2015
  • Cascade Chorale, Chorus and Soloist, Bend, Oregon, 2001-2025
  • Previous productions:  Fay in The Boyfriend, Mammy Yokum in L’il Abner, Sally in You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown


PRODUCTION: SOUND DESIGN, DIRECTION, MUSIC DIRECTION

"As a director of theatrical productions, I know the importance of sound. I'm not talking about the ability to hear the performers, that's important to be sure. I'm talking about the additional character sound often supplies to a production.

At its simplest, there are doorbells, car horns, and door slams. At the more sophisticated level there are werewolf howls, the fluttering of bats in flight and a musical underscore with the low chatter of guests for a party scene that doesn't keep the audience from hearing the actors. Did I mention a continuously ticking clock? These were only a few of the expectations placed on Barb Rich who navigated 140+ sound cues for Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors. As a consummate professional, Barb was more than equal to the task of making this production the most acclaimed and one of the most popular shows of the season. Besides the creativity and the professionalism, what I like most about working with Barb is her ability to get to "yes." I'm often presented with the reasons things can't be done or why this alternative would be better. That isn't my experience with Barb. She is there to work collaboratively with me so that we pull everything together for the final vision. I highly, highly (yes, two highlys) recommend Barb Rich for any and all sound needs."

Richard Choate, Director

  • Winnie the Pooh, BEAT Children's Theatre, 2026, Assistant Director and Sound Design
  • Rabbit Hole, Ellipse Theatre Community, 2026, Sound Design
  • The Secret Garden, BEAT Children's Theatre, 2026, Sound Design
  • Into the Breeches,  Ellipse Theatre Community, 2026, Sound Design
  • Shrek, Jr., BEAT Children's Theatre, 2026, Sound Design and Music Director
  • Beetlejuice, Jr., BEAT Children's Theatre, 2025, Sound Design and Music Director
  • Almost Maine, Ellipse Theatre Community, 2025 Sound Design
  • The Magic of Yes, by Lori Pappas, Audiobook, 2025, Post-production and Sound Design
  • Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Cascades Theatrical Company, 2025, Sound Design
  • Lifespan of a Fact, Ellipse Theatre Community, 2025, Sound Design
  • What the Dickens, Silent Echo Theater Company, 2024, Sound Design
  • A Charlie Brown Christmas/'Twas the Night Before Christmas, BEAT Children's Theatre, 2024, Sound Design
  • Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors, Cascades Theatrical Company, 2024, Sound Design
  • The Wizard of Oz, BEAT Children’s Theatre, 2024, Sound Design
  • Now You’re Talking (one acts), Silent Echo Theater Company, 2024, Sound Design
  • Tuesdays with Morrie, Ellipse Theatre Community, 2024, Sound Design
  • 18 Pairs of Shoes: Adventures of a Happiness Walker, Audiobook, by Paula Francis, 2024, Sound Design
  • Fiddler on the Roof, Cascades Theatrical Company, 2024, Sound Design
  • Steel Magnolias, Silent Echo Theater Company, 2023, Assistant Director and Sound Design
  • Here on the Flight Path, Ellipse Theatre Community, 2023, Sound Design
  • Silent Sky, Ellipse Theatre Community, 2023, Sound Design
  • Something Rotten! Mejaski Productions, 2023, Sound Design
  • Prosper mE: The 35 Universal Laws to Make Money Work for You (mE Series), Audiobook, by Victoria Rader, 2022, Sound Design
  • Stephanie Hero, BEAT Children’s Theatre, 2022, Sound Design
  • Craig Fox Had a Wife, Ellipse Theatre Community, 2022, Sound Design
  • A Christmas Story, BEAT Children’s Theatre, Sound Design
  • Revenge and Sorrow in Thebes, Cascades Theatrical Company, 2021, Sound Design
  • Shakespeare in Hollywood, Cascades Theatrical Company, 2020, Sound Design
  • The Neverending Story, BEAT Children’s Theatre, 2020, Sound Design
  • A Child Shall Lead, BEAT Children’s Theatre, 2020, Sound Design
  • Peter Pan (play), BEAT Children’s Theatre, 2018, Sound Design
  • A Wrinkle in Time, BEAT Children’s Theatre, 2018, Sound Design