Brian Byrnes

School of Theatre
133 Wortham
University of Houston
Houston, TX 77204-4016
713 743 1788 (work)
VicePresident@safd.org
BByrnes@UH.edu

Fight Master

Member since:
Officer: Vice President
Chair, Health and Safety Committee
Associate Editor for "The Fight Master"

Union Affiliations: AEA/AFTRA

Other Associations: Association of Theatre Movement Educators

New York and Regional fight directing credits include Lincoln Center, Lucille Lortel Theatre, John Houseman Theatre, 29th Street Playhouse, Westbeth Theatre, Three Rivers Shakespeare Festival, New American Theatre, American Players Theatre, Tulsa Opera, San Antonio Opera, Iowa Summer Repertory Theatre, Hope Summer Repertory Theatre, and others.  “Motion Capture” fight direction for video games includes work with several animation companies.

In Houston , Brian works as a fight director with the Alley Theatre, Houston Grand Opera, Theatre Under The Stars, Houston Ballet, Stages Repertory Theatre, Houston Shakespeare Festival, Ensemble Theatre, University of Houston School of Theatre, UH Moores School of Opera, Rice University Theatre and Opera programs, and other area theatres.

He is an AEA actor and work includes off-Broadway, regional theatres, commercials and television.  Houston performances include the Alley Theatre in Little Shop of Horrors; Stages Repertory Theatre in Recent Tragic Events, The Pavilion, and Jack and Jill.  As a director:  Aesop’s Fables (wrote and directed), I Hate Hamlet, Lend Me a Tenor, Our Country’s Good, Deathtrap, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream.  Upcoming directing work in 2005 includes Polish Joke and Waiting for Godot.

Brian is an Associate Professor (Movement, Stage Combat, Directing) with the University of Houston School of Theatre.