Barry Wood (Author) Barry Wood, an optometrist and amateur playwright, lives in Lincolnshire, U.K. He’s been fortunate to have had his short comedies performed all over the world. He has entered Weathervane’s annual 8x10 TheatreFest a number of times and this is the fourth year he’s had one of his plays chosen. In previous years the plays have centred around a certain prop, but Barry found it an interesting challenge to write a play for a specific set. “Obviously, residing in England made it a little easier to find inspiration,” he commented, “because as you know, we all live in castles over here.” He’d like to thank Melanie Pepe and everyone else involved at Weathervane.