Sherri Eden Barber
Associate Creative Director
Sherri Eden Barber is a New York based theatre director, Artistic Director of Ricochet Collective, and Resident Director of HAMILTON on the West Coast. Recent Directing Productions: To Let Go and Fall (Theater Latté Da), Tiny Beautiful Things with Nia Vardalos (Pasadena Playhouse), Esperanza Spalding’s Emily’s D+Evolution (Development on European Tour), Happily After Ever (Ricochet Collective – 59E59, Edinburgh Fringe), good friday (The Flea Theater), Only You Can Prevent Wildfires (Ricochet Collective – Teatro Circulo), Gordy Crashes (Ricochet Collective – IRT), Mr. Landing Takes A Fall (The Flea), Herman Kline’s Midlife Crisis (The Beckett), 24 Hour Plays on Broadway with Pablo Schreiber, Laverne Cox, and Melanie Griffith (American Airlines Theatre), Monstrosity, Polaroid Stories, and BENT (The New School for Drama), The Lightning Thief (Theatreworks USA), Men On Boats (Yale Dramat). She has developed new work with Rattlestick, Orchard Project, The Flea, Culture Project, Chautauqua, and The Old Vic. Formerly, Sherri was the Program Director for the Drama League, the Head of MFA Admissions at The New School for Performing Arts and Core Company Director at The Orchard Project.
Recent Associate Directing credits include: Tiny Beautiful Things (The Public Theatre), Daphne’s Dive (Signature Theatre), Faust: The Concert with Randy Newman (Encores! New York City Center) and Family Furniture with Thomas Kail (The Flea), SWEAT (Broadway, Studio 54) with Kate Whoriskey, The Girl from the North Country (The Public) with Conor McPherson. Sherri was Kathy Najimy’s AD for both of Glamour Magazine’s These Girls events featuring Rashida Jones, Olivia Wilde, Ari Graynor, Zosia Mamet, Amy Schumer and Amy Poehler among others, at Joe’s Pub, NYC.
Sherri is a recipient of The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s National Directors Fellowship, a Drama League Directing Fellow, and recipient of the US/UK Exchange Award. RicochetCollective.com | SherriEdenBarber.com
Something you wish you had helped to make:
Blackwatch and The Royal Tenenbaums
Favorite shows/movies/podcasts:
Anything by Gecko (International Dance Company), Better Things, League of Their Own, Portrait of a Lady on Fire, anything by Wes Anderson, Unlocking Us hosted by Brene Brown
Favorite hobby:
Love playing softball, hiking, traveling, cooking, fine wine, fresh seafood, and fun times.
“I’d like to learn how to…”:
Surf and play guitar
Interesting fact about you:
I played the drums for ten years and was in an all lady band called Pot O’ Gold and I’m slightly obsessed with Bob’s Burgers.
Hometown:
Baltimore, Maryland
