Jillian Barron

Update of the happenings in Jillian Barron's life/career since January 2018.

 My observations from the past 3ish months:

1. The freshmen this year (as a whole) were much more receptive, respectful, and intuitive.

2. Doesn't matter if you're in a public or private schools, you will run into difficult students, teachers, and administrators. 

3. Chec...

Ok, so to start: No, I didn't get arrested. No, I wasn't incarcerated. No, this isn't a Memphis version of Orange is the New Black.

This is my week at the Shelby County Penal Farm, Jail East, C-Block as an improvisation instructor for Tennessee Shakespeare Company.

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 Last week I had the rare opportunity to perform for my favorite people on earth: Teachers.

And not just any teachers.

Teachers of the Arts. 

The Tennessee Arts Academy held their annual week-long conference at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee and Tennessee Sha...

I'm not sure what else to say.

It's crazy to think that only 10 years ago, I was in the students' shoes.

Here's what I learned:

1) The young people I worked with were more compassionate and enthusiastic than Hollywood led me to believe.

2) "In The Manner of The Word" is th...

Hey guys! Sorry it's been so long. June flashed by and now I have just enough time to come up for air before diving right back into work! Here are photos of Tennessee Shakespeare Company's performance of Comedy of Errors in partnership with the University of Memph...

Last Friday TN Shakespeare actors performed readings of letters and short stories by Flannery O'Connor to a sold out audience at Melia and Drew Murphy's beautiful Germantown home. It was such a wonderful time!

Click through the slideshow below to see all the great momen...

Found this jewel while doing some spring cleaning. This is The Blood Poet--a short independent horror film, and also the first film I ever acted in! Thank you to Gabrielle Lui and everyone who worked on set!

This Saturday, April 22, at 11:00 AM you have the chance to see Shakespeare's Greatest Hits FOR FREE at Germantown Community Library. Marquis Dijon Archuleta and myself will be performing the greatest scenes from the greatest plays in the English language, and we'll ne...

Hey guys! This Friday from 9 AM - 9 PM Memphis will be celebrating the grand opening of the Madison Avenue Pocket-Park (MAP).

My good friend, Marquis Dijon Archuleta, and myself have the honor of performing that day! We'll be doing Shakespeare's Greatest Hits at 11:00 A...