Skip to main content.
  • Faculty + Staff
  • Alumni/ae
  • Families
  • Students
Bard
  • Bard
  • Academics sub-menuAcademics
    • Academics
      • Programs and Divisions
      • Structure of the Curriculum
      • Courses
      • Requirements
      • Academic Calendar
      • Faculty
      • College Catalogue
      • Bard Abroad
      • Libraries
      • Dual-Degree Programs
      • Bard Conservatory of Music
      • Other Study Opportunities
      • Graduate Programs
      • Early Colleges
  • Admission sub-menuAdmission
    • Applying
      • Apply Now
      • Financial Aid
      • Tuition + Payment
      • Campus Tours
      • Meet Our Students + Alumni/ae
      • For Families / Para Familias
      • Join Our Mailing List
      • Contact Us
  • Campus Life sub-menuCampus Life
    • Living on Campus
      • Housing + Dining
      • Campus Resources
      • Get Involved on Campus
      • Visiting + Transportation
      • Athletics + Recreation
      • Montgomery Place Campus
      • Current Students
      • New Students
  • Civic Engagement sub-menuCivic Engagement
    • Bard CCE The Center for Civic Engagement (CCE) at Bard College embodies the fundamental belief that education and civil society are inextricably linked.

      Take action.
      Make an impact.

      • Campus + Community
      • In the Classroom
      • U.S. Network
      • International Network
      • About CCE
      • Support
      • Get Involved
  • Newsroom sub-menuNews + Events
    • News + Events
      • Newsroom
      • Events Calendar
      • Press Releases
      • Office of Communications
    • Special Events
      • Family and Alumni/ae Weekend
      • Commencement + Reunion
      • Fisher Center + SummerScape
      • Athletic Events
    • Join the Conversation
      •         

  • About Bard sub-menuAbout Bard
    • About Bard College
      • Bard History
      • Campus Tours
      • Employment
      • Visiting Bard
      • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
      • Sustainability
      • Title IX and Nondiscrimination
      • Board of Trustees
      • Bard Abroad
      • Open Society University Network
      • The Bard Network
  • Give
  • Search
Academics Menu
  • Curriculum sub-menuCurriculum
    • Structure of the First Year
    • Courses
    • Requirements
  • Programs sub-menuPrograms + Divisions
    • Division of Arts
    • Division of Social Studies
    • Division of Science, Mathematics, and Computing
    • Division of Languages and Literature
    • Interdivisional Programs and Concentrations
  • Faculty
  • Resources sub-menuResources
    • Academic Calendar
    • College Catalogue
    • Libraries
  • Additional sub-menuAdditional Study Opportunities
    • Bard Abroad
    • Dual Degrees
    • Graduate Programs
    • Early Colleges
  • Academics Home

Bard Faculty News

View All Faculty News

Beto O'Byrne

Visiting Artist in Residence, Theater and Performance

Primary Academic Program: Theater and Performance

Biography:

East Texas native Beto O’Byrne is a theater maker, creative writer, musician, photographer, educator, and cofounder of Radical Evolution, a Brooklyn-based multiethnic, multidisciplinary producing collective. He is the author of 20 plays, screenplays, and original TV pilots. His plays, known for their focus on history and marginalized communities,  have been performed in Los Angeles, New York, Portland, Dallas, San Antonio, and Austin. In addition to his work in the theater, O’Byrne is a musician and the creator of A Revolutionary Chorus, a punk choral project, and the lead writer of the World of Kir fantasy series. O’Byrne’s photography focuses on concert/theater performances and artist portraits. Honors include residencies, grants, awards, and fellowships from Speculative Fiction Foundation (fall 2023), American Theatre and Drama Society, New Ohio Theatre, New York Theatre Workshop, Stella Adler Studio of Acting, and Puffin Foundation, among others. 

BA, Northwestern State University, Louisiana; MFA, University of Southern California. At Bard: Spring 2023.

Contact:

Website: https://betoobyrne.com
Email:
Bard College
30 Campus Road
PO Box 5000
Annandale-on-Hudson, New York 12504-5000
Phone: 845-758-6822
Admission E-mail: [email protected]
©2023 Bard College
Follow Us on Twitter
Like us on Facebook
Follow Us on Instagram
You Tube
Information For:
Prospective Students
Current Employees
Alumni/ae 
Families
Quick Links
Employment
Travel to Bard
Site Search
Support Bard
COVID-19 Info