What people are saying about the Dance/Play Invisible Child:

"Written and performed by consummate actor Lisa Barri . . . "
- Backstage.com
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"What an outstanding performance! Lisa, your characters were so rich and full of life. And, the dance vignettes were a terrific accompaniment to the unfolding story as they conveyed the inner turmoil of the protagonist. Thoughtfully written, wonderfully executed. I loved it!"
- Erin Auerbach, Aria Arts Consulting

"Invisible Child blew me away with your versatility and depth."
- Amy Beth Schneider, Artistic Director - Thread Dance Theater

"Lisa, you were amazing Thursday! Stunning! Thank you so much."
- Dancica Holoviak, dancer

"It was a wonderful show, and you were great! As for your acting, I was wonderfully surprised. When I looked at my watch at the end of the show, and saw an hour 35 had passed, I didn't believe it. I was hooked."
- Aris Georgiadis, News Editor

"Great job! Great acting! Bravo!"
- David Perrine, actor

Invisible Child is an exciting, imaginative and very contemporary Dance/Play written and performed by Lisa Barri, a longstanding actress in the New York theater community. The play tells the story of Ginger, a woman who wants so desperately to please her mother and the outside world that she loses herself in the process. Her story is told through a series of monologues in which a variety of characters emerge. Each character has a different effect on Ginger's life so that through the course of the play it becomes clear why she is so lost. Ginger lacks the emotional support from anyone who can see her for the person that she is.

Because of sly manipulations, verbal bashing, physical attacks and lack of acceptance, Ginger lives her life to please everyone but herself. To please others she becomes a prosecutor, leaving behind the only connection to Self that she knows - her love for painting. She has deluded herself into thinking that through the legal system she will be able to help people, but because she does her job so well she causes a woman to be sentenced to death row. She had never intended for anything like that to happen and in a moment of epiphany she realizes that she can no longer live the life she's living. She discovers that she cannot get the love or acceptance she desires from pleasing another person and becomes determined to follow her own dreams.

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Lisa Barri - Actress, Writer
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