Drew Barker is the Performing Arts Librarian at the University of Maryland, College Park. He holds a MA in Theatre and Performance Studies and a MLS, both from the University of Maryland. As dramaturg he has worked at UMD's Fearless New Play Festivals, Triad Stage (NC), Round House Theatre (MD), Center Stage (MD), and Theatre J (DC). Most recently he curated the exhibit Remembrance & Resilience (2021) and The Triumph of Isabella: Exploring Performance Through Art (2018-19) in the gallery at the Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library. His current research and writing projects include information literacy, the American Civil War, and the working relationship between playwright Naomi Wallace and historian Marcus Rediker.
National Endowment for the Humanities’ Emancipation Nation Student...
Drew Barker is the Performing Arts Librarian at the University of Maryland, College Park. He holds a MA in Theatre and Performance Studies and a MLS, both from the University of Maryland. As dramaturg he has worked at UMD's Fearless New Play Festivals, Triad Stage (NC), Round House Theatre (MD), Center Stage (MD), and Theatre J (DC). Most recently he curated the exhibit Remembrance & Resilience (2021) and The Triumph of Isabella: Exploring Performance Through Art (2018-19) in the gallery at the Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library. His current research and writing projects include information literacy, the American Civil War, and the working relationship between playwright Naomi Wallace and historian Marcus Rediker.
National Endowment for the Humanities’ Emancipation Nation Student Creative Writing Award (1st Place) for the one-act play, “Freedom’s Fortress,” based on documents from the Freedmen & Southern Society Project (2012)