Julia L. Barclay-Morton
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- School: Fordham University
- Campus: Lincoln Center
- Department: English
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Biography
Fordham University Lincoln Center - English
Writer, Editor, Coach, Teacher, Director at Julia Barclay-Morton, Author and Coach
Writing & Editing
Julia Lee
Barclay-Morton, PhD
New York, New York
I am currently engaged in and seeking work as a: writer, director, editor, performer, workshop leader, writing coach and artist.
I am an award-winning writer and director, with work produced and published internationally. Recently: accepted into IATI theater's 2018 play development program in NYC, Jeanne B. Krochalis award for Wesleyan Writers Conference (2016) & Honorable Mention at Glimmer Train (2016).
Finished two books: THE AMAZING TRUE IMAGINARY AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF DICK & JANI (about my grandmothers, both born during WWI before women could vote, who cut very different paths through the 20th Century) & GIRLS MEETING GOD, a tragicomic coming of age novel.
In 2015, I launched Barclay Morton Editorial & Design with my partner, John, and also teach as an Adjunct Professor at Fordham, teaching writing (composition & rhetoric). Taught as Adjunct Assistant Professor at CUNY: acting at Hunter College & communications at BCC & workshops at Brecht Forum, NYC. I have experience as a lecturer, guest artist and workshop leader at universities and venues in the UK and US, as well as international conferences and festivals.
In December 2009, I was awarded a PhD from University of Northampton, UK 'Apocryphal Theatre: practicing philosophies' in which I argued that theater, through writing and performances of two stage texts ('Besides, you lose your soul...' and 'The Jesus Guy' ) that theater can be an act of philosophy. I am writing a proposal for turning the thesis into a book.
I was Artistic Director of Apocryphal Theatre (www.flyingoutofsequence.org) in London (2004-11). Now working freelance, based in NYC, as a freelance writer, editor, director, artist and teacher. I still have proper visas to work in UK/EU.
You can link to my blog Somewhere in Transition below.
Specialties: writer of stage texts, fiction and non-fiction (especially the space between the two), experimental theatre director, performer, researcher, photographer, theater and writing workshop leader
Experience
Freelance
Writer, director, editor, teacher, performer, researcher, workshop leader
I am an award-winning published and produced writer of stage texts, fiction and non-fiction. I have experience as an editor/writing coach and am available to help you with your writing at any stage. I direct experimental theatre and labs and teach workshops in tools discovered in these labs (NYC 1997-01 and London 2004-11). I have successfully completed a practice-as-research PhD in this work and so also teach at universities, as a guest lecturer and visiting lecturer, along with being invited to conferences. Occasionally, I perform as well, usually in my own work. I am now available freelance for all of these positions and have the proper visas to work both in the US and Europe.
Freelance
Developmental Editor
Hired by Stefan Brecht's widow and literary executor, Rena Gill, to edit his writing about the work of experimental theater director/writer Richard Foreman into a book-length manuscript (800K to 200K words) to be published by Methuen. For anyone interested in the burgeoning area of theater/performance philosophy, this will be a core text. Brecht received his Ph.D. in philosophy and brought that sensibility to his writing about theater, along with a sharp documentary eye, while Foreman has always immersed himself in philosophy.
In My Study
Writer
Thanks to successful Indiegogo crowd-funding campaign, I was able to finally complete 'The Amazing True Imaginary Autobiography of Dick & Jani' - a book that sits somewhere between fiction and non-fiction about my grandmothers, both born during WWI, before women could vote, but who cut very different paths through the 20th Century. I have been working on this project since 2010 and finished recent draft in July 2016 in response to feedback from Wesleyan Writers Conference, which attended on Jeanne B. Krochalis scholarship. I was accepted to Vermont Studio Center and Wisdom House for residencies in May and August, where I edited book. Dick & Jani was long listed in 2015 for a the Mslexia prize in the UK for unpublished manuscript. I am seeking a publisher for this book (and/or agent). For excerpts of book and interview with me, you can listen to this podcast on The Other Stories: http://www.theotherstories.org/episodes/episode-57-excerpts-from-the-amazing-true-imaginary-autobiography-of-dick-jani-by-julia-lee-barclay-morton/
Universities in UK and US
Visiting Artist
I taught a series of workshops for MAs and BAs based on original theater techniques, including an overview of American avant-garde theatre practice at Rose Bruford College in London; workshops and classes also taught at Dartington, Central School of Speech and Drama, Loughborough, Brunel, Kingston and Northampton in UK; also taught at Rutgers, Brecht Forum and FringeNYC in US. I am available to teach these workshops internationally.
Barclay-Morton Editorial & Design
Writer Editor Teacher
UPDATE: I am now offering NYC-based writing workshops and personal writing coaching, along with the editing services below. Contact me if interested in either. Coaching can be done remotely as well as in person.
We offer bespoke editorial and design services at any stage from concept to publication, whether you are developing a book or theater project, publishing a newsletter or want to redesign your business cards or company logo. We have expertise in the full range of editing (from developmental editing to proofreading), content/context development (from mentoring to doctoring) and design (from concept to print layout). We can also provide you with photography, writing, research and project management.Julia Barclay-Morton, Author and Coach
Writer, Editor, Coach, Teacher & Director
I am currently accepting new clients for private writing coaching, editing and into writing workshops. I am submitting my books and shorter writing for publication. My plays are being developed and submitted to new venues. I have excellent references and testimonials from current and past clients.
Education
Studio Arts Center International
painting, photography and film history
Wesleyan University
BA with High Honors
Theater
Directed production of Marat/Sade and submitted accompanying thesis for High Honors. Received Education in the Field credits for a year spent as a paid Production Manager at The WPA Theater in NYC (1982-83). Directed The Serpent and Vieux Carre, designed sets and assisted on many shows in Theater Department.The University of Northampton
PhD
Apocryphal Theatre: practicing philosophies
Received full university fellowship and scholarships to support research to complete PhD. This was rare because I am a US citizen and most fellowships are for British/EU citizens.Freelance
Writer, director, editor, teacher, performer, researcher, workshop leader
I am an award-winning published and produced writer of stage texts, fiction and non-fiction. I have experience as an editor/writing coach and am available to help you with your writing at any stage. I direct experimental theatre and labs and teach workshops in tools discovered in these labs (NYC 1997-01 and London 2004-11). I have successfully completed a practice-as-research PhD in this work and so also teach at universities, as a guest lecturer and visiting lecturer, along with being invited to conferences. Occasionally, I perform as well, usually in my own work. I am now available freelance for all of these positions and have the proper visas to work both in the US and Europe.Universities in UK and US
Visiting Artist
I taught a series of workshops for MAs and BAs based on original theater techniques, including an overview of American avant-garde theatre practice at Rose Bruford College in London; workshops and classes also taught at Dartington, Central School of Speech and Drama, Loughborough, Brunel, Kingston and Northampton in UK; also taught at Rutgers, Brecht Forum and FringeNYC in US. I am available to teach these workshops internationally.
Publications
Besides, you lose your soul or the History of Western Civilization
Ohio Edit
excerpt of this play on Ohio Edit - a fabulous online journal edited by Amy Fusselman - a real honor to be published here by such a wonderful writer.
Besides, you lose your soul or the History of Western Civilization
Indie Theater Now
Available now to be purchased online at www.indietheater.com. This play is a meditation in many voices on the efficacy of torture, which an ex-FBI agent said in a New Yorker article did not result in the right information and 'besides, you lose your soul" and the history of Western philosophy defining the individual soul as something that can be gained or lost.
Besides, you lose your soul or the History of Western Civilization
Ohio Edit
excerpt of this play on Ohio Edit - a fabulous online journal edited by Amy Fusselman - a real honor to be published here by such a wonderful writer.
Besides, you lose your soul or the History of Western Civilization
Indie Theater Now
Available now to be purchased online at www.indietheater.com. This play is a meditation in many voices on the efficacy of torture, which an ex-FBI agent said in a New Yorker article did not result in the right information and 'besides, you lose your soul" and the history of Western philosophy defining the individual soul as something that can be gained or lost.
Future Worlds: Tricorn Init!
Indie Theater Now
a cut-up of official and unofficial words found on the doomed Tricorn Centre in Portsmouth, UK in 2004 days before its demolition. The Tricorn was built in the 1960s as an icon to modern architecture then voted the ugliest building in all of Britain years later. A sanctuary for the disaffected youth of the 1980s and 1990s who mourned its passing, it was generally scorned.
Besides, you lose your soul or the History of Western Civilization
Ohio Edit
excerpt of this play on Ohio Edit - a fabulous online journal edited by Amy Fusselman - a real honor to be published here by such a wonderful writer.
Besides, you lose your soul or the History of Western Civilization
Indie Theater Now
Available now to be purchased online at www.indietheater.com. This play is a meditation in many voices on the efficacy of torture, which an ex-FBI agent said in a New Yorker article did not result in the right information and 'besides, you lose your soul" and the history of Western philosophy defining the individual soul as something that can be gained or lost.
Future Worlds: Tricorn Init!
Indie Theater Now
a cut-up of official and unofficial words found on the doomed Tricorn Centre in Portsmouth, UK in 2004 days before its demolition. The Tricorn was built in the 1960s as an icon to modern architecture then voted the ugliest building in all of Britain years later. A sanctuary for the disaffected youth of the 1980s and 1990s who mourned its passing, it was generally scorned.
We live in financial times, Part 1: Blackberry Curve
Regional Best 2012, Level 4 Press, William Roetzheim, editor
One of my stage texts anthologized in this collection of plays produced first outside of NYC. A darkly funny theatrical shell game wherein the conventions of character and story collapse and attempt to frantically reassemble just like global capitalism since the financial crash of 2008.
Besides, you lose your soul or the History of Western Civilization
Ohio Edit
excerpt of this play on Ohio Edit - a fabulous online journal edited by Amy Fusselman - a real honor to be published here by such a wonderful writer.
Besides, you lose your soul or the History of Western Civilization
Indie Theater Now
Available now to be purchased online at www.indietheater.com. This play is a meditation in many voices on the efficacy of torture, which an ex-FBI agent said in a New Yorker article did not result in the right information and 'besides, you lose your soul" and the history of Western philosophy defining the individual soul as something that can be gained or lost.
Future Worlds: Tricorn Init!
Indie Theater Now
a cut-up of official and unofficial words found on the doomed Tricorn Centre in Portsmouth, UK in 2004 days before its demolition. The Tricorn was built in the 1960s as an icon to modern architecture then voted the ugliest building in all of Britain years later. A sanctuary for the disaffected youth of the 1980s and 1990s who mourned its passing, it was generally scorned.
We live in financial times, Part 1: Blackberry Curve
Regional Best 2012, Level 4 Press, William Roetzheim, editor
One of my stage texts anthologized in this collection of plays produced first outside of NYC. A darkly funny theatrical shell game wherein the conventions of character and story collapse and attempt to frantically reassemble just like global capitalism since the financial crash of 2008.
My First Autograce Homeography (1973-1974)
Indie Theater Now
A cut-up text of memories from my childhood in 1973-1974, which includes both personal and national traumas and absurdities (Watergate, Vietnam ending, a crazy caretaker, absent parents, Patty Hearst, a whole country out of control, The Six Million Dollar Man and All Those Solo Albums).
Besides, you lose your soul or the History of Western Civilization
Ohio Edit
excerpt of this play on Ohio Edit - a fabulous online journal edited by Amy Fusselman - a real honor to be published here by such a wonderful writer.
Besides, you lose your soul or the History of Western Civilization
Indie Theater Now
Available now to be purchased online at www.indietheater.com. This play is a meditation in many voices on the efficacy of torture, which an ex-FBI agent said in a New Yorker article did not result in the right information and 'besides, you lose your soul" and the history of Western philosophy defining the individual soul as something that can be gained or lost.
Future Worlds: Tricorn Init!
Indie Theater Now
a cut-up of official and unofficial words found on the doomed Tricorn Centre in Portsmouth, UK in 2004 days before its demolition. The Tricorn was built in the 1960s as an icon to modern architecture then voted the ugliest building in all of Britain years later. A sanctuary for the disaffected youth of the 1980s and 1990s who mourned its passing, it was generally scorned.
We live in financial times, Part 1: Blackberry Curve
Regional Best 2012, Level 4 Press, William Roetzheim, editor
One of my stage texts anthologized in this collection of plays produced first outside of NYC. A darkly funny theatrical shell game wherein the conventions of character and story collapse and attempt to frantically reassemble just like global capitalism since the financial crash of 2008.
My First Autograce Homeography (1973-1974)
Indie Theater Now
A cut-up text of memories from my childhood in 1973-1974, which includes both personal and national traumas and absurdities (Watergate, Vietnam ending, a crazy caretaker, absent parents, Patty Hearst, a whole country out of control, The Six Million Dollar Man and All Those Solo Albums).
The God Thing
The Stockholm Review of Literature
A short story chosen for publication in this excellent, new literary review - cranky in all the right ways. Check it out, not only for my story, but for others published as well. SRL nominated this story for the Sundress Publications 2015 Best of the Net Anthology. This story was awarded an Honorable Mention by GLIMMER TRAIN in a 2016 short story contest.
Besides, you lose your soul or the History of Western Civilization
Ohio Edit
excerpt of this play on Ohio Edit - a fabulous online journal edited by Amy Fusselman - a real honor to be published here by such a wonderful writer.
Besides, you lose your soul or the History of Western Civilization
Indie Theater Now
Available now to be purchased online at www.indietheater.com. This play is a meditation in many voices on the efficacy of torture, which an ex-FBI agent said in a New Yorker article did not result in the right information and 'besides, you lose your soul" and the history of Western philosophy defining the individual soul as something that can be gained or lost.
Future Worlds: Tricorn Init!
Indie Theater Now
a cut-up of official and unofficial words found on the doomed Tricorn Centre in Portsmouth, UK in 2004 days before its demolition. The Tricorn was built in the 1960s as an icon to modern architecture then voted the ugliest building in all of Britain years later. A sanctuary for the disaffected youth of the 1980s and 1990s who mourned its passing, it was generally scorned.
We live in financial times, Part 1: Blackberry Curve
Regional Best 2012, Level 4 Press, William Roetzheim, editor
One of my stage texts anthologized in this collection of plays produced first outside of NYC. A darkly funny theatrical shell game wherein the conventions of character and story collapse and attempt to frantically reassemble just like global capitalism since the financial crash of 2008.
My First Autograce Homeography (1973-1974)
Indie Theater Now
A cut-up text of memories from my childhood in 1973-1974, which includes both personal and national traumas and absurdities (Watergate, Vietnam ending, a crazy caretaker, absent parents, Patty Hearst, a whole country out of control, The Six Million Dollar Man and All Those Solo Albums).
The God Thing
The Stockholm Review of Literature
A short story chosen for publication in this excellent, new literary review - cranky in all the right ways. Check it out, not only for my story, but for others published as well. SRL nominated this story for the Sundress Publications 2015 Best of the Net Anthology. This story was awarded an Honorable Mention by GLIMMER TRAIN in a 2016 short story contest.
No One
Indie Theater Now
A meditation on our response to violence, specifically that inflicted on New York City and Washington, D.C. on 9/11/01 and the subsequent violence inflicted by the United States on Afghanistan in October 2001.
Besides, you lose your soul or the History of Western Civilization
Ohio Edit
excerpt of this play on Ohio Edit - a fabulous online journal edited by Amy Fusselman - a real honor to be published here by such a wonderful writer.
Besides, you lose your soul or the History of Western Civilization
Indie Theater Now
Available now to be purchased online at www.indietheater.com. This play is a meditation in many voices on the efficacy of torture, which an ex-FBI agent said in a New Yorker article did not result in the right information and 'besides, you lose your soul" and the history of Western philosophy defining the individual soul as something that can be gained or lost.
Future Worlds: Tricorn Init!
Indie Theater Now
a cut-up of official and unofficial words found on the doomed Tricorn Centre in Portsmouth, UK in 2004 days before its demolition. The Tricorn was built in the 1960s as an icon to modern architecture then voted the ugliest building in all of Britain years later. A sanctuary for the disaffected youth of the 1980s and 1990s who mourned its passing, it was generally scorned.
We live in financial times, Part 1: Blackberry Curve
Regional Best 2012, Level 4 Press, William Roetzheim, editor
One of my stage texts anthologized in this collection of plays produced first outside of NYC. A darkly funny theatrical shell game wherein the conventions of character and story collapse and attempt to frantically reassemble just like global capitalism since the financial crash of 2008.
My First Autograce Homeography (1973-1974)
Indie Theater Now
A cut-up text of memories from my childhood in 1973-1974, which includes both personal and national traumas and absurdities (Watergate, Vietnam ending, a crazy caretaker, absent parents, Patty Hearst, a whole country out of control, The Six Million Dollar Man and All Those Solo Albums).
The God Thing
The Stockholm Review of Literature
A short story chosen for publication in this excellent, new literary review - cranky in all the right ways. Check it out, not only for my story, but for others published as well. SRL nominated this story for the Sundress Publications 2015 Best of the Net Anthology. This story was awarded an Honorable Mention by GLIMMER TRAIN in a 2016 short story contest.
No One
Indie Theater Now
A meditation on our response to violence, specifically that inflicted on New York City and Washington, D.C. on 9/11/01 and the subsequent violence inflicted by the United States on Afghanistan in October 2001.
The Jesus Guy
Indie Theater Now
The Jesus Guy is a trip through this collective grid of unconscious desires that lead and mislead us to look to Someone In Charge to ask for the name of our own nameless experience.
Besides, you lose your soul or the History of Western Civilization
Ohio Edit
excerpt of this play on Ohio Edit - a fabulous online journal edited by Amy Fusselman - a real honor to be published here by such a wonderful writer.
Besides, you lose your soul or the History of Western Civilization
Indie Theater Now
Available now to be purchased online at www.indietheater.com. This play is a meditation in many voices on the efficacy of torture, which an ex-FBI agent said in a New Yorker article did not result in the right information and 'besides, you lose your soul" and the history of Western philosophy defining the individual soul as something that can be gained or lost.
Future Worlds: Tricorn Init!
Indie Theater Now
a cut-up of official and unofficial words found on the doomed Tricorn Centre in Portsmouth, UK in 2004 days before its demolition. The Tricorn was built in the 1960s as an icon to modern architecture then voted the ugliest building in all of Britain years later. A sanctuary for the disaffected youth of the 1980s and 1990s who mourned its passing, it was generally scorned.
We live in financial times, Part 1: Blackberry Curve
Regional Best 2012, Level 4 Press, William Roetzheim, editor
One of my stage texts anthologized in this collection of plays produced first outside of NYC. A darkly funny theatrical shell game wherein the conventions of character and story collapse and attempt to frantically reassemble just like global capitalism since the financial crash of 2008.
My First Autograce Homeography (1973-1974)
Indie Theater Now
A cut-up text of memories from my childhood in 1973-1974, which includes both personal and national traumas and absurdities (Watergate, Vietnam ending, a crazy caretaker, absent parents, Patty Hearst, a whole country out of control, The Six Million Dollar Man and All Those Solo Albums).
The God Thing
The Stockholm Review of Literature
A short story chosen for publication in this excellent, new literary review - cranky in all the right ways. Check it out, not only for my story, but for others published as well. SRL nominated this story for the Sundress Publications 2015 Best of the Net Anthology. This story was awarded an Honorable Mention by GLIMMER TRAIN in a 2016 short story contest.
No One
Indie Theater Now
A meditation on our response to violence, specifically that inflicted on New York City and Washington, D.C. on 9/11/01 and the subsequent violence inflicted by the United States on Afghanistan in October 2001.
The Jesus Guy
Indie Theater Now
The Jesus Guy is a trip through this collective grid of unconscious desires that lead and mislead us to look to Someone In Charge to ask for the name of our own nameless experience.
excerpts from THE AMAZING TRUE IMAGINARY AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF DICK & JANI
The Other Stories (podcast & website
I read excerpts from my (recently-completed but not yet published) book and am interviewed by Ilana Masad for The Other Stories podcast (which is a great series of up-and-coming writers - as Ilana says something like the New Yorker podcast & Fresh Air for authors who aren't on those broadcasts..yet). This podcast made available on what would have been my grandmother Dick's 101st birthday! The book follows the lives of my two grandmothers, Dick & Jani, who were both born during WWI before women could vote, but cut very different paths through the 20th Century. Their stories intertwined create a study in contrasts between the soul-crushing cost of conformity versus the price of flamboyant rebellion. If you are an agent or publisher (or know of one who may be interested in this book), please contact me.
Besides, you lose your soul or the History of Western Civilization
Ohio Edit
excerpt of this play on Ohio Edit - a fabulous online journal edited by Amy Fusselman - a real honor to be published here by such a wonderful writer.
Besides, you lose your soul or the History of Western Civilization
Indie Theater Now
Available now to be purchased online at www.indietheater.com. This play is a meditation in many voices on the efficacy of torture, which an ex-FBI agent said in a New Yorker article did not result in the right information and 'besides, you lose your soul" and the history of Western philosophy defining the individual soul as something that can be gained or lost.
Future Worlds: Tricorn Init!
Indie Theater Now
a cut-up of official and unofficial words found on the doomed Tricorn Centre in Portsmouth, UK in 2004 days before its demolition. The Tricorn was built in the 1960s as an icon to modern architecture then voted the ugliest building in all of Britain years later. A sanctuary for the disaffected youth of the 1980s and 1990s who mourned its passing, it was generally scorned.
We live in financial times, Part 1: Blackberry Curve
Regional Best 2012, Level 4 Press, William Roetzheim, editor
One of my stage texts anthologized in this collection of plays produced first outside of NYC. A darkly funny theatrical shell game wherein the conventions of character and story collapse and attempt to frantically reassemble just like global capitalism since the financial crash of 2008.
My First Autograce Homeography (1973-1974)
Indie Theater Now
A cut-up text of memories from my childhood in 1973-1974, which includes both personal and national traumas and absurdities (Watergate, Vietnam ending, a crazy caretaker, absent parents, Patty Hearst, a whole country out of control, The Six Million Dollar Man and All Those Solo Albums).
The God Thing
The Stockholm Review of Literature
A short story chosen for publication in this excellent, new literary review - cranky in all the right ways. Check it out, not only for my story, but for others published as well. SRL nominated this story for the Sundress Publications 2015 Best of the Net Anthology. This story was awarded an Honorable Mention by GLIMMER TRAIN in a 2016 short story contest.
No One
Indie Theater Now
A meditation on our response to violence, specifically that inflicted on New York City and Washington, D.C. on 9/11/01 and the subsequent violence inflicted by the United States on Afghanistan in October 2001.
The Jesus Guy
Indie Theater Now
The Jesus Guy is a trip through this collective grid of unconscious desires that lead and mislead us to look to Someone In Charge to ask for the name of our own nameless experience.
excerpts from THE AMAZING TRUE IMAGINARY AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF DICK & JANI
The Other Stories (podcast & website
I read excerpts from my (recently-completed but not yet published) book and am interviewed by Ilana Masad for The Other Stories podcast (which is a great series of up-and-coming writers - as Ilana says something like the New Yorker podcast & Fresh Air for authors who aren't on those broadcasts..yet). This podcast made available on what would have been my grandmother Dick's 101st birthday! The book follows the lives of my two grandmothers, Dick & Jani, who were both born during WWI before women could vote, but cut very different paths through the 20th Century. Their stories intertwined create a study in contrasts between the soul-crushing cost of conformity versus the price of flamboyant rebellion. If you are an agent or publisher (or know of one who may be interested in this book), please contact me.
Theater reviews from 2011 onward
nytheatre.com
Reviewed FringeNYC 2011 & 2012 shows for nytheatre.com and currently for New York Theatre Now
