Beto O’Byrne is a writer and creative artist from the pine forests of East Texas and the co-founder of Radical Evolution, a multi-ethnic, multi-disciplinary producing collective based in Brooklyn, NY. The author of 20 plays, screenplays, and original tv pilots, his works have been produced in San Antonio, Austin, Los Angeles and New York City. His most recent theatrical production, “Loving and Loving” was produced by Radical Evolution and the Harold Clurman Lab Theatre in Summer 2017 in New York City.
His commissions include works for 52nd St. Project, The Foundry Theatre, The Movement Theatre Company, and Watts Village Theater Company, and the Stella Adler School of Acting. O’Byrne has been a resident artist at numerous organizations, including New York Theatre Workshop (2050 Fellowship...
Beto O’Byrne is a writer and creative artist from the pine forests of East Texas and the co-founder of Radical Evolution, a multi-ethnic, multi-disciplinary producing collective based in Brooklyn, NY. The author of 20 plays, screenplays, and original tv pilots, his works have been produced in San Antonio, Austin, Los Angeles and New York City. His most recent theatrical production, “Loving and Loving” was produced by Radical Evolution and the Harold Clurman Lab Theatre in Summer 2017 in New York City.
His commissions include works for 52nd St. Project, The Foundry Theatre, The Movement Theatre Company, and Watts Village Theater Company, and the Stella Adler School of Acting. O’Byrne has been a resident artist at numerous organizations, including New York Theatre Workshop (2050 Fellowship), the Stella Adler School of Acting (playwright-in-residence), the Texas Black and Latino Playwriting Festival, INTAR’s Maria Irene Fornes Hispanic Playwrights in Residence Laboratory, Lincoln Center Theater’s Director’s Lab, and Tofte Lake Arts Center Emerging Artists Residency.
In addition to his work as a theatre artist, O’Byrne is a musician, poet, writer, and amateur concert photographer.
MFA in Dramatic Writing: University of Southern California.