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“Barsky’s approach to theatre is revolutionary.”
-Chad Jones, The Oakland Tribune


Tim performing

"I have no idea why Tim Barsky is not a huge household name; he is a mega-talent. Based in Oakland, Barsky is an unbelievable beatboxer, heartfelt storyteller, poet, flutist, and even a hip-hop harpist .... Barsky switches easily from some clowning worthy of Cirque Du Soleil to syncopated poetry about Oakland's violence."
-Nathaniel Eaton, San Francisco Weekly

"Hop a subway to a restless hip-hop underworld.... A curious and often transfixing amalgam of Jewish, Greek and other folklore, film noir narrative, adventures in mass transit and riveting, beatbox-driven rhythms."
-Rob Hurwitt, San Francisco Chronicle

"Barsky's inspired phrasing flows brightly like the river separating this world from the next."
-Rob Avila, San Francisco Bay Guardian