headshot of Brian Byrne

Hi, I’m Brian Byrne.

I’m an actor and comedian who has trained extensively in clowning, physical theater, and improvisation. Most recently at the Ecole Philippe Gaulier in France. Prior credits include Cruel Babes, a modern clown ensemble based in Los Angeles and directed by John Gilkey.

This is a place for me to collect and display some of my work.

Thanks for stopping by.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

“…Brian Byrne's physical comedy could fill a much larger stage.”

— Marissa Oberlander, Chicago Reader

“The best of this batch is Best of "The Bowman Brothers Radio Hour" (Fri 7 PM), an odd, loose, funny variation on the live-radio-style theatrical format. The Bowmans (Mitch Salm and Brian Byrne) stand at a single microphone and narrate scenes from the exquisitely hapless life of a schlemiel named Jonathan. We meet his impatient wife, crass in-laws, manipulative therapist, and outperforming colleague, all of whom seem bent on confirming his growing sense that he's "nothing." Jonathan looks for a new job only to find his current one posted as available, lets a waitress eat from his plate, has an epiphany nobody wants to hear about. Perhaps worst of all, Salm and Byrne switch off playing him, as if not even they acknowledge his being. It's contemporary Kafka, played for laughs.”

— Tony Adler, Chicago Reader