Colm Byrne

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| name = Colm Byrne

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| caption = Colm Byrne, Playwright, Ireland

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| birth_date = 1966

| birth_place = Limerick, Ireland

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| occupation = playwright

| nationality = Irish

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Colm Byrne (born 1966) is an Irish playwright. He was born in Limerick and lives in Galway. His plays have been noted as political, lively

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|date=2007-08-22|author=Terri Williams|url=https://archive.org/details/chokePointByColmByrne-EngrossingIntelligent-3weeksMagazine}} and is a writer in residence with the LA Writer's Center.

Works

=Theatre=

Himself (2003) - Off-Broadway
Bed Time for Bali (2005)
Choke Point- The Downfall of Jayson Blair (2007) - Edinburgh Festival
FreeFall:Heroes (2011)- Druid Theatre, Galway {{cite web|last1=Curtis|first1=Jessica|title=Freefall Heroes Staged Rehearsal|url=https://vimeo.com/19760109}}
State of Limn (2010) - Flatlake Festival {{cite web|last1=Byrne|first1=Colm|title=State of Limn|url=https://vimeo.com/12027744}}
The Sum of All Things (2012) - Electric Picnic

=Novels=

Jesus Wife (2014)

=Film=

Losing Ground

References

Sources

{{cite web|title=Playwrights Database |url=http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsB/byrne-colm.html |accessdate=2008-01-22 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607105911/http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsB/byrne-colm.html |archivedate=June 7, 2011 }}

{{cite web

| title = LA Writer's Center

| url = http://www.lawriterscenter.com/Members.html#Colm

| accessdate = 2008-01-22

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070701155059/http://www.lawriterscenter.com/Members.html#Colm

| archive-date = 2007-07-01

| url-status = dead

}}

{{cite web

| title = Edinburgh Fringe

| url = http://www.edfringe.com/shows/detail.php?action=shows&id=4252

| archive-url = https://archive.today/20070713185635/http://www.edfringe.com/shows/detail.php?action=shows&id=4252