Barbara Tirrell

Barbara Tirrell spent the summer of 2018 shooting episodes of Comedy Central’s Broad City and Netflix Jessica Jones. During 2017 she appeared in the CBS-TV series Bull and in the musical The Ballad of Little Jo at Two River Theatre in Red Bank NJ. She had the recurring role of Sonya Yellin in the POPTV series Nightcap. She can be seen this year in the role of Olga in Michael Mayer’s film adaptation of The Seagull with Annette Benning as Irina and Saoirse Ronan as Nina. She was seen in the recurring roles of Edith Mauer in season one of the hit HBO series Boardwalk Empire and Gert in HBO’s Vinyl. Broadway/National Tour performances: Wicked (Madame Morrible), Fiddler on the Roof (Yente), Annie (Sophie/Mrs. Pugh, u/s Hannigan). Off-Broadway: A Man of No Importance (Mitzi Newhouse Theatre), Night of the Hunter (Vineyard Theatre Workshop), No Way to Treat a Lady (Atlantic Theatre Workshop), The Grass Harp (York Theatre-Mufti). Regional: Music Man (Arena Stage and The Cape Playhouse), Surviving Grace (The Kennedy Center), The Seagull, Great Expectations, Cyrano de Bergerac, A Christmas Carol (The Guthrie Theatre), Can-Can (The Goodspeed Opera House), Fanny Hill, Heartland, Mirette, Dorian (Goodspeed at Chester), Oklahoma! (Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival), Jake's Women (Walnut Street Theatre and The Coconut Grove Playhouse), A Tale of Two Cities (Pioneer Theatre Company), Company (Caldwell Theatre Company), A Midsummer Night's Dream (Playmakers Repertory Co.), Romeo and Juliet, King John, Hay Fever, A Flea in Her Ear, The Seahorse (North Carolina Shakespeare Co.).TV: Law & Order, Law & Order SVU. She has had the pleasure of working with directors Gabriel Barre, Tom Caruso, Martin Charnin, Olympia Dukakis, David Leveaux, Joe Mantello, Michael Mayer, B.T. McNicholl, Jeremy Podeswa, Lonny Price, Bartlett Sher, Molly Smith, Leisyl Tommy, Tim Van Patten, and Jen Waldman.