About Guest

Barry Pearl wears several hats: actor, director, producer and teacher. Hailing from Lancaster, PA, and best known for his portrayal of “Doody” in Paramount’s iconic hit film, Grease, he began his professional acting career at the tender age of 11 years old co-starring as Randolph McAfee in the original Broadway production of Bye Bye Birdie. Since then he’s not looked back. Hardly stopping to take a deep breath, his varied career has taken him these last 61+ years from stage to TV to film, as an actor, producer, director, and, since 2014, to working with Joey Travolta (one of John’s older brothers) teaching film arts to special needs communities all across the country via Joey’s Inclusion Film Company.

Some of Barry’s stage directorial assignments include: the St. Louis MUNY’s production of Oliver! starring the late Sid Caesar and Karen Morrow, the late Sam Bobrick’s Crazy Time for Vagabond Players, Gift of the Magi, Grease for Mt. Gretna and Cabrillo Music Theatre (now 5 Star), (the later with film co-star, Kelly Ward (“Putzie”) choreographing), Pop (now Rewind), three productions of 13 ( 2 for Panic and 1 for The Norris PVPA), Camp Rock and All Shook Up both for Panic. With bestie Kenny Morse, he created and directed three of LA’s very successful Improvisation / Sketch Comedy Troupes: Milknose for the Prosecution, Shortribs, and the critically acclaimed, The Alley Oops, for Actor’s Alley Rep. In the mid 90’s he directed two cable TV shows entitled In The Biz and Ask Mr. Traffic. Barry also opened his own acting school in 1979, The Acting Lab, where he taught The Spolin Theatre Games technique. Through the years he’s given master classes in this process all over the US.

His acting credits include Broadway’s Bye Bye Birdie, Oliver!, A Teaspoon Every Four Hours, starring the late Jackie Mason, Lenny’s Back, both the Broadway production and national tour of The Producers, playing the “Genie” in Disney’s California Adventure’s production of Aladdin, lots of regional theatre, the national tour of Happy Days: A New Musical, starring opposite Tony Award winner, Beth Leavel, in Broadway’s Baby it’s You!, as well as associate producing Happy Days: A New Musical for Cabrillo Music Theatre. TV credits include Criminal Minds, House, ER, Days of our Lives, Even Stevens, Baywatch Nights, Baywatch Hawaii and more. Film credits include My Favourite Martian, The Silent Natural, The Walls are Watching and the soon to be released, Rock and Doris try to Write a Movie.