Anthony Byrnes is the Project Coordinator for the Center Theatre Group’s new Kirk Douglas Theatre, producer of Mark Taper Forum’s  Taper, Too, Next Step and New Work Festival and Associate Producer of New Play Development.   As a part of The Burning Wheel, he produced workshops and master classes with Anne Bogart’s SITI Company, training over 350 artists in Suzuki, Viewpoints and Composition.  Some of his acting credits include The Duchess of Malfi, La Bete, Waiting for Godot, The Tempest, Brave New World, The Changeling, Bino Bedlam, Burn This, The Seagull, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, The Cherry Orchard, The Bald Soprano and As You Like It.  He has directed Common Ground, Gretty Good Time, Archaeology, and Dirt in the Taper New Festival Work Festival.  Other directing credits include Dear Charlotte at the NY Fringe Festival, Big Blonde at Sacred Fools, The Spider Play at the Ensemble Theatre and Waiting for Godot and The Frog Prince at the Hillside Theatre. He earned his Bachelor of Arts at University of Pennsylvania, and his MFA at California Institute of the Arts.