playwriting
Barry is a member of the Dramatists Guild. Samples of her plays can be found at New Play Exchange.
PRODUCED WORK
The Mytilenean Debate
Eugene O’Neill National Playwrights Conference Finalist
Lark Playwright Center Playwrights Week Finalist
World Premiere February 24-March 13, 2022
Forward Theater, Madison, Wisconsin
A Black heart surgeon's much younger girlfriend falls unexpectedly pregnant just as his adult daughter is experiencing fertility issues.
“The Mytilenean Debate concludes its arguments with a fragile sense of optimism. Yes, the world is on fire. But look here, the play seems to say. Love. It’s still a choice. Onward and upward.”
— The Cap Times
WORKSHOPPED AND COMPLETED PLAYS
Eugene O’Neill National Playwrights Conference Finalist
Four-day workshop at A.R.T./New York; director Shelley Butler
Tao, a Vietnamese-American classics professor at a small liberal arts college, intends to spend Easter weekend trying to forget that the holiday is also the anniversary of a horrific family tragedy. But a student in her history of western civilization class has other intentions as the two of them spend the weekend grappling with issues of justice and guilt.
TENEBRAE (a one-act drama)
Ashland New Play Festival Finalist
Four-day workshop and staged reading at Maiahaus, Madison, WI; director Dimonte Henning
Two Black astronauts navigate a dangerous situation on the International Space Station while also contending with the forces of race and uncertainty.
PER ASPERA (a one-act drama)
AMONG THE CHILDREN WHO HAVE NOT YET ATTAINED KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT LIES HIDDEN (a one-act monologue for three actors)
Four-day virtual workshop; director Shelley Butler
Gabriel is a middle-aged corporate globe trotter who is definitely not a sex tourist. When he finds himself in Istanbul with spare time on his hands, he is finally confronted by several hard truths he has fought long and hard to avoid.
LIFERS (a two-act dramedy)
Wisconsin Wrights four-day workshop and staged reading; Director Mary MacDonald Kerr
A high-tech focus group made up of a diverse spectrum of participants meets in a conference room in Silicon Valley, only the product they're reviewing may be more personal in scope than they realize.
REGIONS OF TOTAL UNLIKENESS (a one-act drama)
Arun, a transracial adoptee raised on the Northshore of Boston, goes back to Cambodia, the country of her birth, but even after arriving, she’s unsure as to whether or not this is a journey of homecoming or simply sight-seeing.