Mitch Barrett
he | him | his
SAG-AFTRA | AEA

I'm a character man. Great with comedy, strong in drama, too.

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What excites me most about acting is great story-telling. I love to tell a story!

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These are my passions:

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• Good comedy transcends cultures. We laugh at ourselves and we realize we are mostly all the same - which helps us embrace our differences

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• Laughter creates the same state in the brain as meditation - it is literally healing to the spirit and helps us stay centered and focused

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• Drama makes us feel less alone in our struggles

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• All kinds of fiction can increase our sense of empathy - and that's something we need more of in the world

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• Music and dance are inside us all

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I'm lucky to do what I love and love what I do!

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Born in New York City, I grew up in a small farming town near Albany, New York.

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At the age of 7, I played the Changeling in a local college production of A Midsummer Night's Dream and I fell in love with acting!

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I started piano lessons at age 9, and began a lifelong love of music, playing many instruments during my high school and college years. I still keep up with the piano.

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After a one-year internship as an actor, singer, dancer, and assistant musical director at The Empire State Institute for the Performing Arts in Albany, I transferred to Boston University, where I received a BA in Literature with concentrations in Dramatic Literature of the British Renaissance and Modern British and American Dramatic Literature, as well as comparative lit in French and English - and a minor in Art History. (Years later, my teacher Bill Esper would tell our class how important it is for actors to study the humanities: art, history, music, and literature - to better understand the human condition. So my college curriculum helped prepare me for my career!)

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After school, I began performing professionally, and have continued to work and hone my craft: I've had the privilege of studying with some of the best - acting with William Esper,  dance with Luigi, and voice with Victoria Clark and Tim Howard.

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Among many exciting opportunities I've enjoyed, I'm particularly proud to have originated the dance program for hearing impaired children in the Boston chapter of Jacques D'Amboise's National Dance Institute - where I also enjoyed the pleasure of being Mr. D'Amboise's pianist of choice during his visits to Boston.

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I've also been thrilled to have recorded many demo albums, including "Oh Henry's Lovers" written by Michael Valenti and Joe DiPietro, and a revised version of  Cole Porter's original score for "The Pirate."

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In addition, composer Michael Valenti wrote the classical song cycle "Solitude" for me, which we recorded together! What an amazing honor!

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My husband, retired television production accountant Michael Barrett, and I are based in Los Angeles - where we live with our cat. And I split my time between New York and Los Angeles.