Robert Barton

Robert Barton is professor emeritus of acting and continues to teach at the University of Oregon. He has performed in most of the plays of Shakespeare and has directed half of them, including playing the title role in a PBS production of Hamlet. He is the author of several acting texts and co-author, with Rocco Dal Vera, of Voice: Onstage and Off. Robert’s book Style for Actors published last year in a new edition, was recipient of the Theatre Association’s Best Book Award and he has been honored as Outstanding Acting Coach by the American College Theatre Festival. . He is co-author (with Annie McGregor) of the introduction to theatre text, Theatre in Your and an anthology of plays titled Life Themes. He has published numerous articles on acting, and his regular column, “Many Right Ways,” appears in each edition of The Voice and Speech Review. His newest text , Acting Reframes: Using NLP to Make Better Decisions In and Out of the Theatre will be published next year.