Actor, puppeteer, filmmaker, playwright, youth worker and slave to
caffeine. Together, Barry and fellow puppeteer Tanya Khordoc created
the comic love story "Evolution," which premiered at New York City's
HERE Arts Center in August of 2000. In July of 2001, Barry and Tanya
were invited to perform "Evolution" at the Puppeteers of America
National Festival in Tampa, Florida, alongside master puppeteers from
all over the world. Barry has a B.A. in Theatre from Hampshire College
and is a member of the Puppetry Guild of Greater New York and the
Puppeteers of America. Possibly his weirdest accomplishment, however,
was becoming an internationally known Elvis impersonator and appearing
live on stage, in televised appearances on CNN and the FX Network, and
in the midnight "cult" film The Return of the King? (1993) as the late, lamented "King of Rock
'n' Roll." When not performing, Barry is assistant director and
theatre/puppetry coordinator for Levels, Great Neck, New York's
nationally acclaimed cultural center for teenagers.
