About the Show
“We grew up like wild animals with the wrong set of instincts for our environment.”
From sitting outside skid row hotel bars while her father was inside hustling up logging work over mugs of beer, to socializing with presidents and Hollywood Royalty, Barbara Williams recounts lessons learned and the lifeline acting gave her.
Kirkus Reviews said of her memoir The Hope In Leaving – “…a testimony to one woman’s resilience and ability to love in the face of unimaginable hardship.”
JANE FONDA says – "With song, wit, and courage, Barbara Williams has crafted a riveting journey through her unusual and challenging life that had me laughing and crying…sometimes at the same time.
Salvador Carrasco head of film at Santa Monica College – "Barbara Williams new theatre and music live performance show, “Leaving” … is a thoroughly engaging journey that takes us through an incredibly personal and intimate experience that, like all great art, manages in its specificity to acquire a universal dimension that resonates powerfully with the audience. “Leaving” is an emotional tour de force achieved by Barbara’s melding of pure, unadulterated honesty with a controlled (acting/singing) delivery that keeps the architecture of the show fresh, imaginative, brilliantly paced, and always serving the overall narrative. Highly and unreservedly recommended!
Canadian Actress Barbara Williams starred in Thief of Hearts” and City of Hope. She has appeared in countless films such as White House Down and Angel’s Crest, had recurring roles in ABC’s Flash Forward, Rookie Blue and the Netflix series “Another Life”, She won the Canadian Emmy for best Actress in “Mother Trucker”. Most recently she played a folk singer in the Canadian production “All We Have Left”. Among her thirty plus stage roles, she portrayed Amelia Earhart in the musical “Amelia” at Canada’s National Arts Center, Joan Baez at L.A.s Met Theatre, and Lady MacBeth in La Jolla under Tony award winner Des McAnuff’s direction.
Production Team
