David Barker is an award-winning actor,
director and fight choreographer.
Also an accomplished mime, his work
has been featured in numerous publications
including From The Greek Mimes To
Marcel Marceau And Beyond,
Shanghai Theatre Magazine,
Mime Journal and Phoenix Magazine.
He graduated Cum Laude from
Duquesne University with a B.S.
in Education in 1977 and received his
M.F.A. in Theatre Arts from Rutgers
University's Mason Gross School
of the Arts in 1980.
His credits include national and international
tours, Broadway, Off-Broadway, regional
theatre, international festivals and TV.
He conducted master classes,
workshops and residencies at universities,
conservatories and public schools
throughout the country and in London,
Athens and Shanghai.
He taught at the University of
California at Santa Barbara, Douglass College
and Scottsdale Community College.
He is a Professor of Theatre at
Arizona State University where he teaches
movement and acting and serves as
the Coordinator of the MFA
Performance Program.
He is the author of Connected Motion:
A Common Sense Approach To Movement
Training For Actors.
He and his wife live in Tempe, Arizona and
they have four children and four grandchildren.
Through his work he intends to glorify God,
from whom all good things come.