
DRAMATIST â–ª AUTHOR â–ª SCREENWRITER
FALL 2025
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CHILDREN'S FICTION WRITING
A writing workshop where participants will learn how to write and market a children's book.
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Offered at:
Brookdale Community College
9:30 am to 12:30 p.m. November 1 and 8
To register please call (732) 224-2315
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NON-FICTION WRITING
Interested in writing non-fiction books including “how to”, biographies, Film/TV history, and more. You will learn how to develop a book proposal, how to conduct research, and how to market your work to publishers. Students will complete an initial draft of a book proposal in this course.
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Offered at:
Brookdale Community college
9:30 to 12:30 a.m. Saturday October 4 and 11
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 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. 4/21/2025