{"id":9281,"date":"2015-06-01T19:00:41","date_gmt":"2015-06-01T19:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bretadamsltd.net\/content\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T17:48:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T17:48:43","slug":"barbara-eda-young-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bretadamsltd.net\/content\/client\/actors\/barbara-eda-young-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Barbara Eda-Young"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-9174\" title=\"Barbara Eda-Young\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bretadamsltd.net\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Eda-Young-Barbara21-160x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"180\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Select Broadway and Off-Broadway credits include: Stella in <em>A Streetcar Named Desire<\/em>, Honey in <em>Operation Sidewinder<\/em> by Sam Shepard, Mrs. Domik in <em>Slaves<\/em> by Tony Kushner for which she won an OBIE, <em>Trueblinka<\/em> by Adam Rapp, <em>Drinks Before Dinner<\/em> by E.L. Doctorow directed by Mike Nichols, <em>A Shout Across the River<\/em> by Stephan Poliakoff, <em>Mensch Meier<\/em> by Franz Kroetz. She originated the role of Velma Sparrow in <em>Birdbath<\/em> by Leonard Melfi and was co-author of <em>The Hawk<\/em>. Regional: Maggie in <em>After the Fall<\/em>, Rose in <em>American Clock<\/em>, Natasha in <em>Three Sisters<\/em> at Williamstown Theatre. Bananas in <em>The House of Blue Leaves<\/em> at Cleveland Playhouse &amp; The East European Tour. <em>A Fair Country<\/em> at Steppenwolf and many more. Films include <em>Serpico<\/em> and <em>The Murder of Mary Phagan<\/em>. Most recently she appeared at La MaMa E.T.C. in her play, <em>Lillian Yuralia<\/em> which was subsequently published by Samuel French.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Full Credits:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Broadway<\/strong>: Thelma Cates (standby) in <em>&#8216;Night Mother<\/em>, Jenny\/Linda u\/s Loman in <em>Death of a Salesman<\/em>, Stella in <em>A Streetcar Named Desire<\/em>, Honey in <em>Operation Sidewinder<\/em>, Eva\/Olympe in <em>Camino Real<\/em>, Babs in <em>The Time of Your Life,\u00a0<\/em>Carole in <em>Kool-Aid<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Off Broadway<\/strong>: Nurse in <em>A Picture of Autumn<\/em> (Mint Theatre Co), Mrs. Domik in <em>Slavs<\/em> (New York Theatre Workshop &#8211; Obie Award), Mother\/Harriet in <em>Carson McCullers<\/em> (Playwrights Horizons), Rilthe in <em>Trueblinka <\/em>(Maverick Theatre), Claudette in <em>Drinks Before Dinner<\/em> (Public Theatre), Velma Sparrow in <em>Birdbath<\/em> (La Mama\/Theatre Genesis\/Clurman), Frau Meier in <em>Mensch Meier<\/em> (Manhattan Theatre Club), Colette in <em>Come Dog Come Night<\/em> (La Mama), Mother in <em>A Shout Across the River<\/em> (Phoenix Theatre), Harlow in<em> The Hawk <\/em>(Actors Playhouse &amp; Theatre Genesis)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Film<\/strong>: <em>The Reunion<\/em>,<em> Lies of the Twins<\/em>, <em>Talk to Me<\/em>, <em>Serpico<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Television<\/strong>:<em> L.A. Law<\/em>, <em>Law &amp; Order<\/em>, <em>The Murder of Mary Phagan<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Regional<\/strong>: Jenny in <em>Death of a Salesman<\/em> (Ahmanson Theatre L.A.), Patrice in <em>A Fair County<\/em> (Steppenwolf Theatre), Mrs. Domik\/Prelapsarianov in<em> Slavs<\/em> (Mark Taper Forum), Lou in <em>Road to Nirvana<\/em> (Alley Theatre), Frankie in <em>Frankie &amp; Johnny in the Clair de Lune<\/em> (Actor&#8217;s Theatre of Louisville), Lou in <em>Bone the Fish<\/em> (Actor&#8217;s Theatre of Louisville), Mrs. Domik in <em>Slavs<\/em> (Actor&#8217;s Theatre of Louisville), Taw in <em>New Music<\/em> (Cleveland Playhouse), Bananas in <em>House of Blue Leaves<\/em> (Cleveland Playhouse), Doll Tearsheet in <em>Henry lV parts l &amp; ll<\/em> (Williamstown Theatre), Rose in <em>The American Clock<\/em> (Williamstown Theatre), Maggie in <em>After the Fall<\/em> (Williamstown Theatre), Carol in <em>Orpheus Descending<\/em> (Williamstown Theatre), Natasha in <em>Three Sisters <\/em>(Williamstown Theatre), Liz in <em>The Philadelphia Story<\/em> (Long Wharf Theatre), Sylvia in <em>Two Brothers<\/em> (The Long Wharf Theatre), Lennie in <em>Crimes of the Heart<\/em> (Baltimore Center Stage), Kate in <em>Goodbye Freddy<\/em> (Portland Stage Company), Jesse in <em>&#8216;Night Mother<\/em> (Portland Stage Company)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Select Broadway and Off-Broadway credits include: Stella in A Streetcar Named Desire, Honey in Operation Sidewinder by Sam Shepard, Mrs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":26,"menu_order":136,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9281","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bretadamsltd.net\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bretadamsltd.net\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bretadamsltd.net\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bretadamsltd.net\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bretadamsltd.net\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9281"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.bretadamsltd.net\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9281\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17099,"href":"https:\/\/www.bretadamsltd.net\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9281\/revisions\/17099"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bretadamsltd.net\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bretadamsltd.net\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}