Keith Barker is a Métis artist from Northwestern Ontario.  A graduate of the George Brown Theatre School, he is the former Artistic Associate at Native Earth Performing Arts.  He has been a company member for The Nearly World Famous Dufflebag Theatre for over nine years.  Theatre credits include King Lear (Upcoming), Tombs of a Vanishing Indian (Red Diva/Native Earth), Jesus Chrysler (Praxis/Rhubarb) Homegrown (Aluna/Summerworks), The Making of St. Jerome (Next Stage Festival), Job’s Wife (New Harlem Productions/Summerworks), Death of a Chief, (National Arts Centre/Native Earth), Autoshow (Convergence Theatre).  His first full-length play, The Hours That Remain is slated for production in 2112.  He is honoured to be the writer in residence at Native Earth Performing Arts for the 2011/12 season.