A New Direction, Building on a Lifetime of Creativity

Barry Wallace is a playwright, theatrical director and music director from Knoxville, TN. He has written five full-length plays and numerous 10-minute plays.

His short play, BLACK BALLOONS won Best Screenplay and Best Production in the 2022 The Ten Show Film Festival in Provo, UT, and his short plays GROCERY LIST, BAGGAGE and THE 86th SOUL have been performed at new play festivals in 2025 and 2026.

His full-length play, THE SNALLYGASTER was a featured staged reading in the 2024-2025 Tennessee Stage Company New Play Festival and the 2025 Centre Stage New Play Festival in Greenville, SC.

He has a BA in Theatre from the University of Tennessee and is married with two very talented grown children.