LYNNEA BARRY, a Jazz Kings, Shedd Theatricals and Oregon Festival of American Music regular since her return to Eugene in 2014, made her debut as artistic director at The Shedd in Be-Bop-A-Lula: Rockin' Through The '50s, her new mid-century popular music Shedd Presents series, which will continue this coming January with I Walk The Line: The Best of Classic Country. She has appeared in eleven Shedd musicals, including White Christmas (Betty Haynes). Guys and Dolls (Miss Adelaide), Singin’ In The Rain (Lina Lamont), Good News! (Professor Kenyon), Oliver! (Nancy), On The Town (Ivy Smith), Whoopee! (Harriet Underwood), How To Succeed In Business…(Hedy La Rue), Anything Goes (Erma Latour), and Babes In Arms (Babe Reynolds). In fall she can be seen as Babe Williams in The Pajama Game, and as Linda Mason in Holiday Inn.
Lynnea has a degree in Musical Theater and Dance Performance from the American Musical & Dramatic Academy in Manhattan. During her years in Hawaii, she was seen in Cabaret (Sally Bowels) and Tony & Tina’s Wedding (Donna), and co-hosted Golfing Thru...Hawaii on OC16/KFVF and Jole Agnew’s Entertainment Talk Radio on KAOI.