SPRING 2026

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WRITE YOUR STORY

Write your memoir, discover your individual voice. You've got a tale that wants telling. How will you tell it? Join us as we explore the terrain of the creative memoir with in-class discussions and exercises as well as additional tools to help shape it.​

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Offered at:

Brookdale Community College

​​9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday February 14, 21, and 28

To register please call (732) 224-2315

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SCRIPTWRITING

An introduction to writing stories in the scripted format including plays, TV series, screenplays, and audio dramas. Story structure, character development, and marketing will be discussed. Students will have the opportunity to develop a short script in the course.

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Offered at:

Brookdale Community College

9:30 am to 12:30 pm April 11 and 18

To register please call (732) 224-2315

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Private instruction also available. Email for details.​

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Barry's plays have been performed throughout the U.S. and in Canada, France, and the United Arab Emirates. His comedy A Different Blend of Friendship won the New Jersey Wordsmith Competition. Barry's published plays include Inside Out (Next Stage Press), It's Only Logical (Drama Scripts), A Nutty Tale (Drama Notebook), and The Gold Doubloon (Routledge). He is a staff writer for Radio Theater Project and has also written for Colonial Radio Theatre on the Air!, DTC Radio, and Shoestring Radio Theatre.  Barry's short-film script Driven was produced by Running Fountain Productions. He has developed feature-length screenplays for companies including Omega Entertainment. Barry served as head writer on the episodic, comedy-horror, TV show In the Cellar. He won a silver Telly Award for his work on the TV series The Wisdom Tree. Other television shows Barry has written for include the hour-long drama, Redemption. His non-fiction book Stories Told through Sounds: The Craft of Writing Audio Dramas for Podcasts, Streaming and Radio published in 2023 by Applause Theatre & Cinema Books. His book Alice: Life Behind the Counter in Mel's Greasy Spoon (A Guide to the Feature Film, the TV Series and More) was published by BearManor Media. Barry received a degree in Dramatic Writing from NYU. He is a member of the Dramatists Guild of America, The Authors Guild, and the Witherspoon Circle.

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rev. 11/13/2025