John Barry is an independent journalist, a theatre critic, and a teacher. His writing has appeared in N + 1, Salon, the Washington Post, DC Theatre Scene, American Theatre Magazine, Baltimore City Paper, Urbanite, Style, and elsewhere. He writes a weekly column entitled Baltimore Backstage, which covers theatre in Baltimore and DC from a Charm City perspective. With Baltimore writer Deborah Rudacille, he founded and curates the New Mercury Readings, a continuing nonfiction reading series which features writing by journalists and writers inside and outside Baltimore. He currently teaches course in humanities and intellectual history at Maryland Institute College of art. He has taught at Johns Hopkins University, Towson University, Goucher College, and Carver High School for the Arts.
