ACTOR
From school plays and community theatre to regional and New York, John has been doing theatre for most of his life, the great bulk of which has been new works.
To enjoy the performance above of “My Blanket & Me” from You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, scroll down to the third section below.
The above image has been created by combining many royalty-free/Creative Commons 0 elements with photos from my personal collection and the photography of Jim Caldwell & Peter Lewicki
About Me
as a theatre actor
JOHN RAYMOND BARKER (he/him/his) is a distinguished Master of Fine Arts graduate from the University of Houston School of Theatre where he honed his craft under the mentorship of luminaries Stuart Ostrow, Edward Albee, Jerry Bock, and Jerry Sterner. John is represented by ATB Talent and is a member of Actors’ Equity Association and is SAG-AFTRA Eligible after making his network television debut guest starring on Law & Order: SVU on NBC.
John’s New York theatre credits include several new musicals, including the leads in Avarice & Dumped, Truman Capote in Don’t Go Gently, and Lee Feldman’s Greene. John performed and co-wrote the devised work, Gold Coast, with Stages on the Sound for Metropolitan Playhouse’s Gilded Stage Festival under the guidance of Tectonic Theater Project’s Scott Barrow.
Regional theatre credits include Theatre Under The Stars (What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, Grand Hotel, Funny Girl, Zorro); 5th Avenue Theatre (Grand Hotel); Alley Theatre (Christopher Dudgeon in The Devil’s Disciple, A Flea In Her Ear); Stages Repertory Theatre (Shakespeare’s R&J, The Firebird)
John recently made his network television debut guest starring on Law & Order: SVU. Other Internet/Television: HuffPost Live (recurring), A Crime to Remember.
Recordings: Show Choir! The Musical Studio Recording, Avarice the Musical Cast Recording, Carols for a Cure Volume 12 with Bernadette Peters and the cast of A Little Night Music, “Vampire Drag Queen”, & Our First Christmas Together.
Visual Theatre Resume
Part scrapbook, part showcase, the following is a nice overview of most of my theatrical acting career, plus some moments from grade school for a little fun. Unfortunately, I was not able to gather photos & videos for all projects. Please pardon all the dust as this page is under much remodeling.
New York Theatre
Regional Theatre
A Few Things From My School Days
Headshots
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Resume
Reels
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For ProfessionaL Inquiries
I am represented by ATB Talent for all work in
Film, Television, and Theatre.
Please contact my agents if you are interested in auditioning or booking me for any of these types of work.
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