 Berry was born in Denver, Colorado in the United States.Berry's first play, "G. R. POINT," won him an Obie Award for Distinguished Playwriting and a Drama Desk Nomination for Best New American Play in 1977.The play was produced on Broadway in 1979, directed by William Devane and starring Michael Moriarty, Michael Jeter, and Howard Rollins, Brent Jennings, Lori Tan Chinn and others.