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Naomi Wirthner was born December 25, 1965 in London. She is African-Jamaican. She attended a private high school in London and currently lives in East Sussex. She participates in an active group of artists called the Barebones Project.

Directing 
She has directed such works as THE RIVER by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jez_Butterworth">Jez Butterworth</a> in 2015, FESTEN by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Eldridge_(dramatist)">David Eldridge</a> also in 2015, ZOO STORY by Edward Aubee in 2014, The PINTER SESSIONS (The Lover + <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dumb_Waiter">Dumb Waiter</a>) in 2014, The McCLURE SESSIONS (Lone Star + PVT Wars) in 2012 and 2013, and AFRICAN GOTHIC by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reza_de_Wet">Reza De Wet</a> in 2010 and 2011. 
She directed The Night before Christmas by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Neilson">Anthony Neilson</a> and staring Jim Pople, David Brett, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Tarpey">David Tarpey</a>, and Sophie Peplar. The piece centers around an elf who, if kept away from his work, might die. The Bare Bones Project description states: "The Night Before Christmas' is a hilarious anti-pantomime, a funny but ultimately warm-hearted cri de coeur against the Christmas industry, first performed at The Red Room, London, in December 1995." 
In <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasmina_Reza">Yasmina Reza</a>, Naomi directed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Wright">Gary Wright</a>, Jim Pople, and Laurie Wilson. The piece concerns "The value of ART and Friendship."

Naomi directed African Gothic by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reza_de_Wet">Reza de Wet</a> and it has been performed four times in 2010 and 2011. According to the project synopsis, "It tells the story of a brother and sitser on an abandoned farm in the open spaces of South Africa. It is the tale of their survival. How they endured childhood and how their childhood games and rituals allow them to survive as adults."

Naomi's works encourgae introspection, appreciation, and curiousity of the human world and mind.

Performing 
She has theatre credits in: An Evening at The Talk House, An Oak Tree, Marat/Sade and Fair Ladies at a Game of Poem Cards at the National; The Taming of the Shrew (tour), Have, Cymbeline, Measure for Measure and The Bite of the Night for the RSC; Splash Hatch on the E Going Down at the Donmar Warehouse; Madman of the Balcony at the Gate; States of Shock at Salisbury Playhouse; Sunday’s Children and The Wizard of Oz at Derby Playhouse; Top Girls at the Sherman, Cardiff; Three Sisters at Clwyd Theatr Cymru; School for Scandal and The Crucible at Pitlochry; Kes at Contact Manchester; and Tokens of Affection for Northern Studio. 
In addition, she has appeared on television in: Fiona’s Story, Babyfather, Wycliffe, Soldier Soldier, Between the Lines and El Cid. 
She has also performed on the radio in such pieces as: Caribbean Night, Anagonia, Running Dogs, Travels in West Africa, Ntombi: Morning Story and The Broughton Butchers. Her voice has also been used in commercials which are playable on her official website.

The Bare Bones Project 
Naomi is the Director and Founding Creative talent behind the Bare Bones Project, a group of actors, artists, designers, and musicans who collaborate in East Sussex. With <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Joubert">Jean Joubert</a> in charge of Technical and Design, Charlotte Harvey as an Administrator, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Wright">Gary Wright</a> managing the Design and Marketing, Naomi is surrounded by talent. Actors involved in the project include Jane Akawadike and Colin Brown, of African Gothic. Jim People, Laurie Wilson, Ella Yates, Zoe Crowder, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Pullan">David Pullan</a>, Kim Wheatley, Jeroen Markies, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Tarpey">David Tarpey</a>, Sarah Jane Mckecknie, Manning Goodwin, Francesca Thesen, Elsie Mortimer, Lawrence Folland, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Oliver_(actor)">Stephen Oliver</a> also participate and worked on Festen. Dave Wright worked alongside her in Zoo Story. 
Guests so the troupe have included: Martin Arrowsmith, Colin Brown, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Friel">Brian Friel</a> (sometimes regarded as Ireland's greatest living playright), Deborah Kearne, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caryl_Churchill">Caryl Churchill</a>.

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Of the project, Naomi states "When we rehearse, the centre of the work is not really the information, but an unspeakable kind of connectedness that we find as we attempt to tell the truth, rather than give an explanation of truth. The information will be useful in the end. But the most important work is on being with each other. Being in the room."

Family 
Naomi married <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Dillane">Stephen Dillane</a> in the early 1980s and together they have two sons: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/شيموس_فينجان">Seamus</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Dillane">Frank Dillane</a>. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Dillane">Frank</a> is an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Dillane">actor</a> best known for playing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Voldemort">Tom Riddle</a> in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Clark_(character)">Nick Clark</a> on Fear the Walking Dead which appears on AMC. He also appeared in In the Heart of the Sea (2015).  
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Dillane">Stephen Dillane</a> is an accomplished <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Dillane">actor</a> who won a Tony Award for his performance in The Real Thing (2000). He has aquired BAFTA and International Emmy awards for best actor for his television work. Before becoming an actor, he studied history and politics (focusing specifically on the Russian Revolution) and later became a journalist for the Croydon Advertiser. Unhappy with his carreer, he eventually found himself at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School at age 25. He has performed under the name <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Dillane">Stephen Dillon</a> early in his carreer, but later reverted to his birth name in the 1990s. Some of his award-winning works include Kings in Grass Castles, The Real Thing, The Hours, Nine Lives, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Adams">John Adams</a> (in which he played <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson">Thomas Jefferson</a>), The Shooting of Thomas Hurndall, 44 Inch Chest, The Tunnel, Game of Thrones, and Faith Healer. He portrayed Harry Vardon, the professional golfer, in The Greatest Game Ever Played (2005). With a knack for playing characters, he has also appeared as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Wood,_1st_Earl_of_Halifax">Edward Wood</a>, 1st Earl of Halifax in Darkest Hour (2017) and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Godwin">William Goodwin</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Godwin">father</a> of Frankenstien <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Shelley">author</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Shelley">Mary Shelley</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Shelley">Mary Shelley</a> (2017). He is well respected and liked, and is considered "an actor's actor" by his colleagues. 
Together the family has a reported net worth of approximately $20 million USD.

Social Media 
Naomi Wirthner is published on Spotlight under artist number F15519.  
You can find the Barebones Project on Twitter (@BarebonesProjec). The official website is located at barebonesproject.co.uk.  
Naomi Wirthner's personal Instagram (@naomiwirthner) remains intimate with less than 500 followers.

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