LEE BROCK/SETH LEE: Two highly respected Directors, Producers, Writers, Teachers in the Arts Arena, as well as Co-Artistic Directors and teachers at The Barrow Group, founded in 1986 - a multi-award-winning theater company, which offers professional and emerging artists training in acting, directing, playwriting and screenwriting. Along with being awarded the Drama Desk Award for Off-Off Broadway Excellence, The Barrow Group’s notable alumni are: Academy Award Winner-Anne Hathaway; Emmy Award Winner-Tony Hale; and three time Emmy Award Winner-Jennifer Landon. Lee has overseen, developed and produced over 150 projects, some of which Seth has directed, such as: ’Good’-which won the Straw Hat Award; ‘Old Wicked Songs-which won the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award & Garden Award; ‘The Tricky Part’-which won an Obie Award & 2 Drama Desk nominations; ‘All The Rage’- a solo show which won the Lucille Lortel Award & Outer Critics Circle nominations. Lee created FAB (For, About and By Women) a development company dedicated to creating projects for women, serving over 100 artists. Lee who is also a singer, has acted at The Kennedy Center, Manhattan Theater and more, and appeared in ‘Orange is the New Black’; Law & Order-SVU+Criminal Intent.
Seth, father of 2 with Lee, who recently served as Master Teacher at the International Director’s Symposium in Spoleto, Italy, is the author of the book, ‘An Actor’s Companion’-Tools for the Working Actor-A collection of exercises, tips, tools and tricks designed to be used by the actor on the job, and recommended by the film Director, Ron Howard. Along with a long list of awarded works, Seth is noted for his theater direction of Mike Birbiglia’s ‘The New One’ (Cort Theater) ‘My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend’-which won the Lucille Lortel Award, Drama Desk & Outer Critics Circle nominations, with final performance at Carnegie Hall. Seth co-directed ‘Thank God for Jokes’ and Mike Birbiglia’s ‘My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend’ for Netflix-which won the Sundance Film Festival BEST OF “NEXT” CATEGORY. He was Co-screenwriter for ‘Sleepwalk With Me and Co-adapted ‘Enemy Of The People’. He has worked with The New York Theater Workshop, The Geffen Playhouse, The Perry Street Theatre to name a few. Also an Acting Coach, Seth has appeared in film and television such as: ‘Billions’;’Veep’; ’Blacklist’ and more, and moving more deeply into his music, both as performer and arranger/composer. Check out their new performing arts location opening in April at: https://www.barrowgroup.org/ and on instagram: @thebarrowgroup
