Barrett Conrad Foa (â€" years old) is an American bari-tenor singer,
dancer, and actor, with over a decade in Broadway theatre shows. He
has played many leading characters in off-Broadway, and regional
theatre productions. He has appeared on Broadway hundreds of times
including in Mamma Mia!, and as Princeton and Rod in Avenue Q. Since
he has portrayed Eric Beale on the military police procedural NCIS:
Los Angeles.Barrett Conrad Foa (born in Manhattan / (age â€") years
old) was raised in Manhattan, New York City. His father Conrad Foa, an
international insurance broker, former musician and Army veteran; and
mother Linda Rimanich, an executive in the architecture and design
industry, editor and author, were both Manhattan natives, community
and civic activists, philanthropists, and organizers in the Democratic
party. His parents were always supportive, but did not push him into
musical theatre, that interest developed during his high school years
out of state.Foa attended, for fourteen years, and graduated from The
Dalton School, a private prestigious K- day, and college preparation
school in the city for his elementary and high school life. He was
involved with the artsâ€"especially musical theaterâ€"as a hobby, “a
fun, non-athletic, after-school activity that kept me busy and helped
me get a little attention†. Foa notes that most kids during the
summer months were sent to sleep away camps, during four years
covering his middle school time, for him it was an all boys sports
camp. He considered it a “living nightmare†except for the plays
they did and the waterfront.His view of the performing arts expanded
greatly when he attended Interlochen Center for the Artsâ€"a Northern
Michigan prestigious school for music, dance, writing, film, visual
arts and theaterâ€"during his four summers of high school in the s,
“It instilled the passion and the drive that I feel toward my craft
and my business. Finally, I was surrounded by people who were obsessed
with something that no else back home even understood. I got excited
and I got voracious. "Other weirdos like me!" I still carry that
hunger inside me to this day.†Back at Dalton in NYC, the school had
an “amazing†modern dance/choreography program for high schoolers,
but it was at Interlochen that his work ethic for the performing arts
was sparked. He said, “It was there, for the first time, that I
realized the arts were more than a fun hobby; they required dedication
and work and were worth getting passionate about.†Over many summers
he had featured parts in plays, musicals, and operettas. Among other
skills he learned to sing in an operatic style for the play "Lend Me a
Tenor." As an alumnus, he set up the Barrett Foa Musical Theatre
Scholarship to be given annually to a high school camper “studying
musical theatre who shows strong potential for growth†.
dancer, and actor, with over a decade in Broadway theatre shows. He
has played many leading characters in off-Broadway, and regional
theatre productions. He has appeared on Broadway hundreds of times
including in Mamma Mia!, and as Princeton and Rod in Avenue Q. Since
he has portrayed Eric Beale on the military police procedural NCIS:
Los Angeles.Barrett Conrad Foa (born in Manhattan / (age â€") years
old) was raised in Manhattan, New York City. His father Conrad Foa, an
international insurance broker, former musician and Army veteran; and
mother Linda Rimanich, an executive in the architecture and design
industry, editor and author, were both Manhattan natives, community
and civic activists, philanthropists, and organizers in the Democratic
party. His parents were always supportive, but did not push him into
musical theatre, that interest developed during his high school years
out of state.Foa attended, for fourteen years, and graduated from The
Dalton School, a private prestigious K- day, and college preparation
school in the city for his elementary and high school life. He was
involved with the artsâ€"especially musical theaterâ€"as a hobby, “a
fun, non-athletic, after-school activity that kept me busy and helped
me get a little attention†. Foa notes that most kids during the
summer months were sent to sleep away camps, during four years
covering his middle school time, for him it was an all boys sports
camp. He considered it a “living nightmare†except for the plays
they did and the waterfront.His view of the performing arts expanded
greatly when he attended Interlochen Center for the Artsâ€"a Northern
Michigan prestigious school for music, dance, writing, film, visual
arts and theaterâ€"during his four summers of high school in the s,
“It instilled the passion and the drive that I feel toward my craft
and my business. Finally, I was surrounded by people who were obsessed
with something that no else back home even understood. I got excited
and I got voracious. "Other weirdos like me!" I still carry that
hunger inside me to this day.†Back at Dalton in NYC, the school had
an “amazing†modern dance/choreography program for high schoolers,
but it was at Interlochen that his work ethic for the performing arts
was sparked. He said, “It was there, for the first time, that I
realized the arts were more than a fun hobby; they required dedication
and work and were worth getting passionate about.†Over many summers
he had featured parts in plays, musicals, and operettas. Among other
skills he learned to sing in an operatic style for the play "Lend Me a
Tenor." As an alumnus, he set up the Barrett Foa Musical Theatre
Scholarship to be given annually to a high school camper “studying
musical theatre who shows strong potential for growth†.
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