Beto O’Byrn (Co-founder of Radical Evolution, a multiethnic producing collective based in Brooklyn, NY)
For more than 15 years, Beto has worked as a theatre artists, playwright, director, and producer. His plays have been performed in Austin, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York City, Portland and San Antonio. He is the recipient of numerous awards, grants, and accolades for his theatre work and has participated in many festivals and residencies and has artistic affiliations with many prominent theatres across the country including 52nd St. Project, El Teatro Campesino, Pregones, New York Theatre Workshop, Stages Repertory Theatre, and more. He is the co-founder of Radical Evolution, a multiethnic producing collective based in Brooklyn, NY, which has been his theatrical home since its founding in 2011.
As an artist who was trained in the Chicano Theatre, Beto brings a socially aware, politically conscious aesthetic to his work in the theatre, creating plays that investigate little known histories, make visible socially inequities in in general work to shine a light on areas of or our world rarely seen on the the stage. And because of his teatro background, these plays work to do so with humor, music, and high level of theatricality and artistic rigor.
Some career highlights include:
2019-20 Archive Residency at New Ohio Theatre
2050 Fellow with New York Theatre Workshop (2016)
2016-17 Playwright-in-Residence at the Stella Adler School of Acting,
National Association of Latino Arts and Culture (NALAC) Leadership Institute (2013)
Being funded twice by the Jerome Foundation to attend residencies at the Tofte Lake Arts Center Residencies (2011, 2012)
INTAR’s Maria Irene Fornes Hispanic Playwrights in Residence Laboratory (2011)
Lincoln Center Theater’s Director’s Lab (participant, 2011)
For information about production history, awards, and more, click here to view Beto O'Byrne's resume.
Beto is available for commissions, and his plays are available for developmental workshops and production. Email Beto for more information