JOHN RAYMOND BARKER (he/him) is a distinguished Master of Fine Arts graduate from the University of Houston School of Theatre where he honed his craft under the mentorship of luminaries Stuart Ostrow, Edward Albee, Jerry Bock, and Jerry Sterner. John is represented by ATB Talent (Theatre | NY/LA Film & TV) and Pastorini-Bosby Talent (Commercials | Voice Over | Southwest Film & TV). He is a member of Actors’ Equity Association and is SAG-AFTRA Eligible after making his network television debut guest starring on Law & Order: SVU on NBC.

John’s New York theatre credits include several new musicals, including the leads in Avarice & Dumped, Truman Capote in Don’t Go Gently, and Lee Feldman’s Greene. John performed and co-wrote the devised work, Gold Coast, with Stages on the Sound for Metropolitan Playhouse’s Gilded Stage Festival under the guidance of Tectonic Theater Project’s Scott Barrow.

Regional theatre credits include Alley Theatre (Christopher Dudgeon in The Devil’s Disciple, A Flea In Her Ear); Theatre Under The Stars (What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, Grand Hotel, Funny Girl, Zorro); 5th Avenue Theatre (Grand Hotel); Stages Theatre (Shakespeare’s R&J, The Firebird, Little Red Riding Hood, The Toys Take Over Christmas); and Main Street Theatre (Leave It To Jane, Lady Be Good).

John can be heard performing on the recordings of Show Choir! The Musical Studio Recording, Avarice the Musical Cast Recording, Carols for a Cure Volume 12 with Bernadette Peters and the cast of A Little Night Music, “Vampire Drag Queen”, and his debut album, Our First Christmas Together.