Integrating Drama and Storytelling in the Classroom
Barry has been a Teaching Artist and Drama Educator since 1989. He teaches classes, conducts residencies, and leads Professional Development experiences through the Alliance Theatre, ArtsNOW, the Georgia Council for the Arts, Fulton County Teaching Museum, and others. Since 2008 Barry has been on faculty of the Creative Arts in Learning Division of Lesley University’s Graduate School of Education, teaching Master’s level courses in "Drama and Critical Literacy" and "Cultural History Through Storytelling" with onsite cohorts across the nation.
A Variety of Offerings
Barry is available for: classes, workshops, residencies, coaching, curriculum design & Professional Development on such topics as Acting Technique, Arts Integration, Creative Dramatics, Critical Literacy and Pedagogy, Digital Storytelling, Improvisation, Mime and Masks, Narrated Pantomime, Oral History, Poetry Interpretation, Playwriting, Play Production, Process Drama, Puppetry, Readaloud, Shoebox Stories, Solo Performance, Storytelling, and Voice and Diction.
Specific Workshops and Residencies
The great depression experience
The great depression experience
The great depression experience
A 3-day in-class residency for 5th Grade Social Studies using Oral Interpretation, Improvisation, and Creative Writing to imagine the life of a fictional family during the Great Depression.
Dinner at the Periodic Table
The great depression experience
The great depression experience
1-2 day in-class residency for 8th Grade Chemistry, using Characterization and Improvisation to explore the elements of the Periodic Table, physical and chemical properties, and chemical reactions.
Devised Theatre
The great depression experience
Devised Theatre
5-10-day residencies working with classes to create and perform original scenes and plays based in curricular content.