January 27, 2010

Barbara Gehring is a born and raised Winnipegger. She realized acting and improv comedy was her calling in high school and went on to become an active cast member in the Black Hole Theatre Company at the University of Manitoba where she had a double major in Theatre and English.

After meeting her husband in Japan, where she was teaching English after she graduated from the U of M, she moved to Colorado with him and immediately got involved in the local improv, sketch and theatre communities. Gehring is currently a full-time commercial, film and radio actress and founder of A.C.E., her international comedy trio.

One of A.C.E.’s acclaimed shows Girls Only was originally work shopped at the 2007 Winnipeg Fringe Festival and is now in its second year of showing at the Denver Centre for Performing Arts. Now it’s going national. Gehring and the rest of A.C.E. are bringing the show back to Winnipeg March 18 to April 3 at the MTC Warehouse – their first official international performance.

Girls Only is a show about all things girly. I think the “warning” on their website says it all.

Warning: This show contains feminine subject matter including teenage diaries, breast feeding, tampons, shadow puppets, pantyhose, menstrual cycles, slumber parties, menopause and maxi pads.

It’s good to see a Winnipegger come back to Manitoba in 2010 to not only re-visit home, but to showcase her homegrown talent!

Visit www.girlsonlycomedy.com for more information about the show.

Kelly