Pete Barry

Pete Barry is a playwright, screenwriter, actor, director and musician. His short play, Drop (co-written with Michael DeAngelis), was a winner of the 2009 Samuel French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival. His plays Nine Point Eight Meters Per Second Per Second and The Banderscott were also official selections.

He is a co-founder of the Porch Room and has produced and directed several collections of short plays, including Five Cornered Thinking at the New York Comedy Club and Burt Reynolds Amazing Napalm Powered Oven and Other Paid Programming in the 2001 New York Fringe Festival. He shared the 2009 NJACT Perry Award for Outstanding Production of an Original Play for Accidents Happen.

Pete lives in the Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania with his wife Jean and his daughters Lia and Violet...

Pete Barry is a playwright, screenwriter, actor, director and musician. His short play, Drop (co-written with Michael DeAngelis), was a winner of the 2009 Samuel French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival. His plays Nine Point Eight Meters Per Second Per Second and The Banderscott were also official selections.

He is a co-founder of the Porch Room and has produced and directed several collections of short plays, including Five Cornered Thinking at the New York Comedy Club and Burt Reynolds Amazing Napalm Powered Oven and Other Paid Programming in the 2001 New York Fringe Festival. He shared the 2009 NJACT Perry Award for Outstanding Production of an Original Play for Accidents Happen.

Pete lives in the Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania with his wife Jean and his daughters Lia and Violet.

Scripts

Jasper

by Pete Barry

Synopsis

Maddie deals with the fallout when her mom fixates on the destruction of her favorite houseplant over the death of Maddie's one-night stand.

Maddie deals with the fallout when her mom fixates on the destruction of her favorite houseplant over the death of Maddie's one-night stand.

Sex with a Mathematician

by Pete Barry

Synopsis

A poorly-matched couple on a blind date discovers that they have one thing in common: the uncanny ability to abuse math to profile everyone around them. Will it lead back to someone's apartment, or will they destroy each other first? A modern romantic comedy about the risks of judging a book by its cover.

A poorly-matched couple on a blind date discovers that they have one thing in common: the uncanny ability to abuse math to profile everyone around them. Will it lead back to someone's apartment, or will they destroy each other first? A modern romantic comedy about the risks of judging a book by its cover.

Engagement

by Pete Barry

Synopsis

A flailing writer turns to occult means to exorcise her fear of social media.

A flailing writer turns to occult means to exorcise her fear of social media.

Gravity and Ground

by Pete Barry

Synopsis

In the not-too-distant future, a corporate medical doctor is sent to an energy-harvesting space station to solve a PR problem: one of the company's astronauts may be pregnant, and must be convinced to terminate the pregnancy and return to earth.

In the not-too-distant future, a corporate medical doctor is sent to an energy-harvesting space station to solve a PR problem: one of the company's astronauts may be pregnant, and must be convinced to terminate the pregnancy and return to earth.

Nick and Nack

by Pete Barry

Synopsis

Nikolaus of Myra, a.k.a. Nick, a.k.a. Santa Claus, faces an insurrection when a mysterious stranger wanders into his workshop at the North Pole.

Nikolaus of Myra, a.k.a. Nick, a.k.a. Santa Claus, faces an insurrection when a mysterious stranger wanders into his workshop at the North Pole.

Thieves

by Pete Barry

Synopsis

Edrina's a blooming science-fiction writer, and struggles when her white English teacher wants her to write about the "black girl experience". But when her brother Latt comes begging her for help when his new friends leave him holding a stolen laptop, Edrina finds on the computer a short story fitting her teacher's assignment. When she turns it in and the real writer steps forward, an uncomfortable racial comedy...

Edrina's a blooming science-fiction writer, and struggles when her white English teacher wants her to write about the "black girl experience". But when her brother Latt comes begging her for help when his new friends leave him holding a stolen laptop, Edrina finds on the computer a short story fitting her teacher's assignment. When she turns it in and the real writer steps forward, an uncomfortable racial comedy of errors ensues.

Jehovah

by Pete Barry

Synopsis

A Jehovah's Witness strives to redeem himself in the eyes of his wife and his congregation, and ends up having an affair which accidentally helps to usher in the machine apocalypse.

A Jehovah's Witness strives to redeem himself in the eyes of his wife and his congregation, and ends up having an affair which accidentally helps to usher in the machine apocalypse.

The Messages

by Pete Barry

Synopsis

Devon tells the strange story of his friend Steph, and why he has her cell phone.

Devon tells the strange story of his friend Steph, and why he has her cell phone.

Fight the Bear

by Pete Barry

Synopsis

A precocious eight-year-old argues for her right to fight the bear.

A precocious eight-year-old argues for her right to fight the bear.

Sheeple

by Pete Barry

Synopsis

Ruben's construction job comes to a screeching halt when Jenny's unique pet stages a silent protest.

Ruben's construction job comes to a screeching halt when Jenny's unique pet stages a silent protest.

Life Lessons

by Pete Barry

Synopsis

A father tries to use a lottery ticket dispenser as a teachable moment for his daughter - but life isn't doing him any favors.

A father tries to use a lottery ticket dispenser as a teachable moment for his daughter - but life isn't doing him any favors.

Power Troop

by Pete Barry

Synopsis

Kelli's iron-fisted rule of Girl Scout Troop 16 is toppled by revolutionaries.

Kelli's iron-fisted rule of Girl Scout Troop 16 is toppled by revolutionaries.

Dog People

by Pete Barry

Synopsis

Ginny and Benedict have a relationship based on mutual admiration and respect...of their dogs. But can their relationship survive their pampered pets' needs?

Ginny and Benedict have a relationship based on mutual admiration and respect...of their dogs. But can their relationship survive their pampered pets' needs?

Critical Miss

by Pete Barry

Synopsis

A group of D&D players endure the stages of grief as their characters are destroyed before their very eyes.

A group of D&D players endure the stages of grief as their characters are destroyed before their very eyes.

Sticks and Stones

by Pete Barry

Synopsis

An escalating verbal exchange with a very specific set of rules.

An escalating verbal exchange with a very specific set of rules.

Women's Club

by Pete Barry

Synopsis

Two women on a first date gone horribly wrong seek shelter in a megachurch.

Two women on a first date gone horribly wrong seek shelter in a megachurch.