Bio
Jeff Barker was raised in Mendota, Illinois. Since 1988, he’s held a professorship in theatre at Northwestern College, where he is also a playwright in residence. He has dozens of plays to his credit, including The Final Approach of Flight 232, which took second place nationally in the one-act category of the Michael Kanin playwriting awards in 1993. His full-length drama Unspoken for Time is published by Dramatic Publishing, Inc. In 2002, his play Kin won the Grand Prize in the Iowa Playwrights Competition and was a finalist for the Arlin Meyer Prize. Jeff’s Easter drama Cross Purposes has been produced throughout the country. Jeff also directs and writes for the Northwestern College touring ensemble. This company has produced his original works, When Scott Comes Home and September Bears, which was performed Off Broadway in 2003. One of Jeff’s recent projects is reclaiming the ancient plays of Israel, which has led to the new full-length musical And God Said with music by Broadway composer Ron Melrose, as well as the new rock musical A Holy Terror. Jeff and his wife Karen (also a full-time theatre professor) have three children and make their home in Orange City, Iowa.
We need to come to Orange City again and see some of your drama again. Greetings from Council Bluffs, IA.