Leah Barker’s plays have been developed or performed by Hartford Stage, Troy Foundry Theatre, Capital Repertory Theatre, Dixon Place, Spark Creative Works, Mount St. Mary’s University, Valley Players, and Exquisite Corpse Company. She created and edited the collection TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES: PLAYS FOR ONLINE THEATRE, which is published by Dramatists Play Service. At ECC, she was a co-writer for WATER, WATER, EVERYWHERE and SECESSION 2015, participated in two Writers’ Labs, and had two Corpse Revival productions of her work. She’s thrilled to be a 2018–21 ECC playwright in residence. Her selected acting credits include THE CRIPPLE OF INISHMAAN (Centenary Stage Company, BroadwayWorld Regional Award nomination), A PRESENTATION BY THE PEOPLE OF LAKE VICTORY FOR OUR LEADER (the Gym at Judson), AS YOU LIKE IT (Theater 2020), and SUGAR!, a feature starring Alice Ripley and Robert Clohessy (Atlantic City Cinefest Award for Best Supporting Actress). She has also worked as an assistant director for Lincoln Center Education (MACBETH) and Amore Opera (DON GIOVANNI). Leah is a graduate of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts and studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. www.LeahBarker.com
