Biography and expertise
Dr. Byrne has a PhD in Theatre Studies from the City Univeristy of New York, Graduate Center, a MA in Theatre from Northwestern University, and BAs in Theatre and English from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Education
Doctorate Degree
PhD in Theatre
The Graduate Ctr, City Univ of NY, 2010
Master's Degree
MPHIL in Theatre
The Graduate Ctr, City Univ of NY, 2007
Bachelor's Degree
BA in Theatre,Drama,and English
Univ of Wisconsin-Madison, 1998
Teaching Interests
Research Interests
Featured grants
- Byrne, Kevin James. Travel Request 2023-2024, Texas State University, $500. (Submitted: 2023, Funded: 2023). Grant.
Featured scholarly/creative works
- Dramaturg, New Play Festival.
September 2025.
Performances:
- New Play Festival.
- Byrne, K. J. (n.d.). Spiders, Clowns, Zulus: Black Comedy Baseball Teams of the Mid-Twentieth Century. In The Oxford Handbook of African American Humor Studies. Oxford University Press.
- Byrne, K. J. (2023). Performance Review: “Fat Ham and White Girl in Danger.” Theatre Journal.
- Byrne, K. J. (2022). Jukebox Musicals: An Interpretive History. London, UK: Routledge/Taylor & Francis.
- Dramaturg, Scenarios.
June 2021 - September 2021.
Performances:
- Sans Souci Festival of Dance Cinema. University of Colorado, Boulder, Boulder, Colorado.
Featured service activities
- Member
AI Committee--College of Fine Arts and Communications
- Undergraduate Advisor
Bobcat Performance Troupe
- Member
Area Head--Bachelor of Arts in Theatre
- Board Member
aTypical Community
- Reviewer / Referee
Black Theatre Review
- Editorial Review Board Member
Journal of American Drama and Theatre