BareTroupe



BareTroupe is a hive of creative expression. Created as a self-directed performing group, BareTroupe provides actors the opportunity to practice their craft beyond the confines of a set show.



Have a scene you've always wanted to do but never had the opportunity to be in that production? Or ever wanted to perform your favorite musical number but never been given a stage to do so?

You can do it all - in BareTroupe.



Members:

 


Meghan Cleary

Meghan is a 3rd year founding member of BareTroupe, and the reigning music manager. She loves BareTroupe in obscene amounts and feels so lucky to be a part of a group of such talented and good looking people. Other than BareTroupe, Meghan has appeared in BareStage's productions of Into the Woods, Children of Eden, and Sweeney Todd and has served on the BareStage Board of Directors. Her other favorite past shows include Les Miserables, High School Musical, Bat Boy, and many more. In addition to performing Meghan loves flying trapeze, skiing, politics, and the Boston Red Sox.

 

Marisa Conroy

Marisa Conroy is a junior Theater and Performance Studies Major. This is her second year in BareTroupe. She has been in BareStage's Into the Woods as the Witch and the theater department's Ideal Husband as that chick who laughed for three minutes and then stumbled off stage. She will be playing Johanna in BareStage's production of Sweeney Todd this spring. She is interested in sketch comedy writing and Liz Lemon is her idol seeing as she is the reincarnation of Tina Fey...Don't worry about it, just go with it. Contact me if you want me to do a 90 second musical about your life or just about anything from a broom to that weird noise your chair just made. I perform them on command without charge. Happy singing to you all.

 

Rachel Eisner

The Need to knows about Rachel Eisner:
Yes Rachel is only a sophomore at Berkeley no matter how many times you ask
Yes Rachel's voice is actually that loud and she does not have a hidden
microphone with her at all times.
If Rachel begins talking to you for no apparent reason be prepared to
audition for her show, see her show, or run away really quickly.
Yes Rachel is in Baretroupe and joined a sorority "insert AXO hand gesture".
Yes Rachel has been performing since she was born.
Yes Rachel is obnoxious enough to write her bio this way.

 



Selena Feliciano

Selena is a first-year student here at UC Berkeley.   Having participated in musical theatre performances since the 6th grade, she absolutely loves performing and feels blessed to be surrounded by such amazing people during her first year in BareTroupe.  When not studying as an intended Political Science major, Selena enjoys working as an intern at SUPERB and the ASUC, and hanging out with friends.

 

Lauren Hart

Lauren is absolutely thrilled to join BareTroupe this semester!  After transferring from Foothill College to UC Berkeley last fall, she is so excited to be involved with student run musical theatre at Cal.  Lauren has been seen in several shows throughout the Bay Area over the last twelve years.  Favorites include Ragtime with TheatreWorks and Foothill College, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, and The Boyfriend.  At Cal, she was last seen performing in the 2011 Lab Run show, Prometheus Nguyen.


 

Leah Hulbert

Leah is so excited to be joining the Baretroupe family this semester! When she’s not singing obnoxiously loud in completely inappropriate public places, Leah enjoys spending time with friends and family, snuggling with her bunny Panda, wasting time on facebook, and looking up pictures of puppies and baby pigs.  Previous shows include Starmites, Much Ado About Nothing, Grease, Rent, Cinderella, and Barestage’s most recent student-written production, The Stage.

 



Kristin Little

Kristin Little is a second year Molecular Environmental Biology student
and has been a member of BareTroupe since Fall 2010. She loves animals,
laughing, being wasian, piano, running, earth tones, music, and
BareTroupe!

 
Quinn Nagle

Hi, my name is Quinn Nagle and I am a sophomore studying Business Administration, Rhetoric, and Theater and Performance Studies at Cal. I started BareTroupe the beginning of my sophomore year and have had a blast ever since. Other than Baretroupe, I try to get myself in other performance opportunities on and off the stage which includes TDPS shows, BareStage productions, Theater for Charity, Cal Performances, and other clubs on campus. The reason as to why I love BareTroupe is because nothing is off limits! That means no harmony, tap combination, hilariously embarrassing song can't be done. Creativity is food for the artistic soul and is best accepted when anything is possible. I always look forward to my BareTroupe weekends where I get to work hard, laugh, try to act normal, and undoubtedly learn something new.