Beto O’Byrne hails from East Texas and is 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 and developed in San Antonio, Austin, Dallas, Houston, Portland, Los Angeles, and New York City. His work has been supported by commissions, residencies, and workshops around the country at Pregones Theater, Sol Project, El Teatro Campesino, Stages Repertory Theatre, Florida Repertory Theatre, Tofte Lake Center, Governor’s Island, The Rough Draft Festival at LPAC, and the New Ohio Theatre, and has been supported by prominent funders such as the MAPFund, Network of Ensemble Theatres, ART-NY, and the Puffin Foundation.

His commissions include works for Soho Repertory, 52nd St. Project, The Foundry Theatre, The Movement Theatre Company, and Watts Village Theater Company. 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, O’Byrne is an advocate for the performing arts field, having worked with organizations such as Theatre Communications Group, La Cooperativa of Latinx Theatre Artists of NYC, and the Latinx Theatre Commons. He is the creator of the political punk rock outfit, A Revolutionary Chorus, and the World of Kir a high fantasy creative writing project. MFA, Dramatic Writing: University of Southern California.