Shelley C. Aubrey

Shelley C. Aubrey
Name	Shelley C. Aubrey
Born	Shelley Carol Aubrey September 27, 1952 (age 72) Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Nationality	American
Occupation	Barney Dialogue coach • performance director
Years Active	Barney 1997-2004
Spouse(s)	Chaplain Bill Aubrey (m. 1986)
Children	1
See also	Media

Shelley C. Aubrey talking to a performer inside the Barney suit.

Shelley Carol Aubrey (born September 27, 1952 in Dallas, Texas) is best known to be an American dialogue coach and performance director of the live-action children's television series Barney & Friends.

Career

Barney & Friends

After purchasing a Barney & The Backyard Gang VHS for her young son, Aubrey noticed the name of Sheryl Leach, a former classmate of hers and the creator of Barney, on the back cover of the VHS. Aubrey sent Leach a note wishing her luck on her endeavors. A couple of weeks Leach called Aubrey. Unable to hire her for anything, Leach put Aubrey on an interview with Jim Rowley and Ben Vaughn who were directors of Barney & Friends. Rowley and Vaugn decided that Aubrey would be the dialogue coach for Barney & Friends. The role saw Aubrey with the cast of children one day a week to help them speak more naturally. Eventually, her role was moved to occurring twice a week because she would be on set.

While on the set of Barney & Friends, Aubrey overheard that Penny Wilson, a choreographer for the series, was looking for a new assistant. While conversing with Ben Vaughn one day, she suggested that she could be an assistant of hers, in which Vaugn encouraged her to go for the position. She became an assistant to Penny Wilson starting with the fifth season of Barney & Friends. Aubrey eventually became the performance director of the series, taking over from Penny Wilson, when season seven began production. As a performance director, she blocked the entire show, had meetings with directors and tweaked what was necessary.

Credits

Barney & Friends

• Episodes
• Home videos

1. Season 4 (dialogue coach)
   
2. Season 5 (assistant performance director)
   
3. Season 6 (assistant performance director)
   
4. Season 7 (performance director)
   
5. Season 8 (performance director)
   
6. "Everybody's Got Feelings" (performance director)
   
7. "Caring Hearts" (performance director)
   
8. "All About Me" (performance director)
   
9. "My Baby Brother" (performance director)
   
10. "My Baby Brother" (performance director)
    
11. "Keep On Truckin'" (performance director)
    
12. "Coming On Strong" (performance director)
    
13. "Let's Play Games!" (performance director)
    
14. "A Wonderful World of Colors and Shapes" (performance director)
    
15. "Easy as ABC" (performance director)
    
16. "Look What I Can Do!" (performance director)
    
17. "Home, Safe Home" (performance director)
    
18. "My Friends, The Doctor and the Dentist" (performance director)

1. Camp Wannarunnaround (dialogue coach)
   
2. Barney's Adventure Bus (dialogue coach)
   
3. Barney's Good Day, Good Night (dialogue coach)
   
4. It's Time For Counting (dialogue coach)
   
5. Barney in Outer Space (dialogue coach)
   
6. Barney's Halloween Party (assistant performance director / dialogue coach)
   
7. Sing And Dance With Barney (assistant performance director / dialogue coach)
   
8. What A World We Share (assistant performance director / dialogue coach)
   
9. Barney's Night Before Christmas (assistant performance director / dialogue coach)
   
10. Walk Around The Block With Barney (assistant performance director / dialogue coach)
    
11. More Barney Songs (assistant performance director / dialogue coach)
    
12. Let's Play School (assistant performance director / dialogue coach)
    
13. Barney's Super Singing Circus (assistant performance director / dialogue coach)
    
14. Be My Valentine Love, Barney (assistant performance director / dialogue coach)
    
15. You Can Be Anything (assistant performance director / dialogue coach)
    
16. Barney's Beach Party (assistant performance director / dialogue coach)
    
17. Round and Round We Go (performance director)
    
18. Barney's Christmas Star (performance director)
    
19. Barney Songs from the Park (performance director)
    
20. Read With Me, Dance With Me (performance director)
    
21. Barney's Best Manners: Your Invitation to Fun! (performance director)
    
22. Happy Mad Silly Sad (performance director)
    
23. Now I Know My ABCs (performance director)
    
24. Ready, Set, Play! (performance director)
    
25. Let's Go to the Farm (performance director)
    
26. Just Imagine (performance director)
    
27. Everyone Is Special (performance director)
    
28. Can You Sing That Song? (performance director)
    
29. Top 20 Countdown (performance director)
    
30. Best Fairy Tales (performance director)

Trivia

• Aubrey has been inside the Barney suit.
• Aubrey's son has been an extra on Barney & Friends.
• Aubrey appeared in the 2022 limited documentary streaming television series I Love You, You Hate Me.
• Aubrey made a cameo in the episode “A Fountain of Fun” as a woman handing Barney an umbrella during the song "Mister Sun".

Video

Interview

Barney & Friends Performance Director Shelley Aubrey - Purple Tales Podcast Episode 6