Elijah Berry has become a stalwart of Lyric Theatre of San Jose, most recently seen as the effete poet Bunthorne in Patience and the hulking horror Jud Fry in Oklahoma (which he then repeated at Altarena). A former instructor at Palo Alto Children’s Theatre and City Youth Ballet (TN), Mr. Berry also holds a Bachelor of Fine Art focussing in Illustration from East Tennessee State University. When not traipsing the boards, Mr. Berry is an avid collector and historian of vintage archival film, specializing in the silent era, occasionally volunteering at the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum in Fremont.