ISAAC JAMES BYRNE
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​I write to turn panic attacks into cosmonauts lost in space.

I write to transform a family of southern preachers, addicts, and outright criminals into zombies—so I can dismember them and take their parts worth saving with me.

I write to turn the ghosts in my head into a silly seance dance party.

I write to try and pinpoint the exact intersection between a joyous giggle, a haunted scream, and heartbreaking beauty.

Most of all, I write to choose meaning in a capricious, absurd universe. 



THE LADDER
Under the Dragon's Tail
SELECTED PLAYS—FULL LENGTH


The Rita Hayworth and Orson Welles Variations    
    Staged Reading—Dramatist Guild Foundation, NYC, 2025
    Slated for Powerhouse Theater reading June, 2026


The Ladder
    Produced in Jan 2026 at IRT Theater in NYC, Haley Rice and Messy Stars Productions.     

READ THEATRE BEYOND BROADWAY'S REVIEW HERE.
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MJ, a poetic spell in three parts        
    Staged Reading—New Works Series at the Matthew Corozine Studio, NYC, 2023


Outlaw Wedding    
    Staged Reading—New Work Series, Theatre 4the People,  at Tada Theater NYC, 2024
    An excerpt from Outlaw Wedding was selected for publication in Smith & Kraus’ Best Men’s             Stage Monologues 2025


Under the Dragon’s Tail
    Production (AEA Showcase)—Matthew Corozine Studio and Theatre 4the People, NYC, 2022     
    Staged Reading—Community Collaboration and Theatre Upstairs, Phoenix AZ, 2023
    Staged Reading—Friday Night Readings at AZAA, Phoenix AZ, 2022
    An excerpt was selected for publication in Smith & Kraus’ Best Men’s Stage Monologues 2024

READ WOMAN AROUND TOWN'S REVIEW HERE

SELECTED SCREENPLAYS​

Ophiology
    KMD Productions and Frau Haus—Dir. Isaac Byrne, DP Matthew Canada—2024


SELECTED PLAYS—ONE ACTS
One.Two.Three.
    Staged Reading—*Winner of “The 2nd Seven” Jury Selection—New Works Festival, Fusion             Theatre, Alberquerque NM,  2022
       
Letters to a Young Cosmonaut
    Production—The Chain Theater, NYC 2023
    An excerpt was selected for publication in Smith & Kraus’ Best Women’s Stage Monologues                            2025

The Golden Fleece
Produced as an audio play—Open Door Playhouse, 2023
    


SELECTED PLAYS—10 MIN PLAYS


Kira Mira, Deara
Selected in the Top 30, Sam French Concord Theatricals Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival,                   2025
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