Since 1978, Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble has produced works from the theatrical canon, new works by emerging playwrights, contemporary works, and works created by the Ensemble telling local stories. Click on any of the links below to explore BTE's rich production history.
The Good Doctor by Neil Simon from Anton Chekhov
Directed by Mark Milikin
Mimescape, a BTE original
Tartuffe by Moliere
Directed by Gerard Stropnicky
The Shadow Box by Michael Cristopher
Directed by Bruce Burgun
Tartuffe by Moliere
The Seagull by Anton Chekhov
Directed by Alvina Krause
Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas
Directed by Rand Whipple
Misalliance by G.B. Shaw
Directed by David Downs
A Christmas Carol, adapted from C. Dickens by Julia Flood
Directed by Julia Flood
The Seagull by Anton Chekhov
Getting Married by G.B. Shaw
Directed by Gerard Stropnicky
Wings by Arthur Kopit
Directed by Rand Whipple
A Midsummer Night's Dream by W. Shakespeare
Directed by John Chism
A Christmas Carol, adapted from C. Dickens by Martin Shell
Directed by Melanie Webber
A Midsummer's Night Dream by William Shakespeare
Lady Audley's Secret by C.H. Hazelwood
Directed by Alvina Krause
A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen
Directed by John Chism
Playboy of the Western World by J.M. Synge
Directed by Mark Milikin
The Skin of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder
Directed by Eileen Buchanan
A Christmas Carol, adapted from C. Dickens by Martin Shell
Directed by Martin Shell
Lady Audley's Secret by C.H. Hazelwood
You Can't Take It With You by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart
Directed by Gordon Edelstein
Talley's Folly by Lanford Wilson
Directed by Gerard Stropnicky
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams
Directed by Bruce Burgun
Cinderella by Rob Kruse, a BTE premiere
Directed by Laurie McCants
Twelfth Night by W. Shakespeare
Directed by Eileen Buchanan
Night Must Fall by Emlyn Williams
Directed by Martin Shell
A Christmas Carol, adapted from C. Dickens by Gerard Stropnicky
Directed by Gerard Stropnicky
You Can't Take It With You by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart
Ta Ra Ra Boom De Ay, a BTE original
Directed by Whit MacLaughlin
True West by Sam Shepard
Directed by Kim Rubinstein
Hay Fever by Noel Coward
Directed by Gordon Edelstein
A Christmas Carol, adapted from C. Dickens by Gerard Stropnicky
Directed by Gerard Stropnicky
Spoon River Anthology, adapted from Edgar Lee Masters
Directed by Rand Whipple
Hay Fever by Noel Coward
The Doctor in Spite of Himself by Moliere
Directed by Rubenstein/MacLaughlin
The Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov
Directed by Joan Potter
Dial “M” for Murder by Frederick Knott
Directed by Gerard Stropnicky
A Coupla White Chicks Sitting Around Talking by John Ford Noona
Directed by Kim Rubenstein
Beauty and the Beast by Kruse/Whipple, a BTE premiere
Directed by Paul Mulcahy
Arms and the Man by G.B. Shaw
Directed by Martin Shell
Cinderella by Rob Kruse
Directed by Kim Rubenstein
Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
Directed by Rand Whipple
Arms and the Man by G.B. Shaw
Thieves' Carnival by Jean Anouilh
Directed by Martin Shell
A Christmas Carol, adapted from C. Dickens by MacLaughlin
Directed by Whit MacLaughlin
Bus Stop by William Inge
Directed by Gerard Stropnicky
The Birthday Party by Harold Pinter
Directed by Bruce Colville
As You Like It by W. Shakespeare
Directed by Mitchell Ivers
Berwick, America! by Stropnicky/Strimbeck, a BTE original
Directed by Leigh Strimbeck
One Acts By Women:
Trifles by Susan Glaspell, Directed by Laurie McCants
How It Hangs by Grace Mckeaney, Directed by Gerard Stropnicky
As You Like It by William Shakespeare
The Foreigner by Larry Shue
Directed by Julia Flood
Master Harold...and the Boys by Athol Fugard
Directed by Gerard Stropnicky
A Child's Christmas in Wales, adapted from Dylan Thomas
Directed by Susan Atkinson
The School for Scandal by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Directed by Martin Shell
A Map of the World by David Hare
Directed by Martin Shell
The Caucasian Chalk Circle by Bertolt Brecht
Directed by Whit MacLaughlin
Wait Until Dark by Frederick Knott
Directed by Brian Zocher
Dreamscape, a BTE original
Directed by Rand Whipple
Master Harold and the Boys by Athol Fugard
Tartuffe by Moliere
Directed by Laurie McCants
A Christmas Carol, adapted from C. Dickens by MacLaughlin
Directed by Whit MacLaughlin
The Suicide by Nikolai Erdman
Directed by Laura Johnson
The Nest by Franx Xaver Kroetz
Directed by Leigh Strimbeck
A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
Directed by Gerard Stropnicky
One Laugh to Live, a BTE original
Directed by Rand Whipple
The Voice of the Prairie by John Olive
Directed by Laurie McCants
The Suicide by Nikolai Erdman
Light Up the Sky by Moss Hart
Directed by Gerard Stropnicky
Fools Rush In by Rand Whipple
Directed by Paul Mulcahy
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, adapted from Mark Twain
Directed by Laurie McCants
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee
Directed by Mark Ramont
Awake & Sing! by Clifford Odets
Directed by Martin Shell
The Deja vu Review, Again!, a BTE original
Directed by Camilla Schade
Double Trouble:
The Patient by Agatha Christie, Directed by James Goode
A Night in the Ukraine by Vosburgh & Lazarus, Directed by David Moreland
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Company by Sondheim & Furth
Directed by Dan Kirsch
A Christmas Carol, adapted from C. Dickens by MacLaughlin
Directed Laurie McCants
About Face by Dario Fo
Directed by Martin Shell
Sea Marks by Gardner McKay
Directed by Leigh Strimbeck
King Lear by W. Shakespeare
Directed by Gerard Stropnicky
Flywheel, Shyster, and Flywheel,
adapted from the Marx Brothers by Stropnicky/Shell, a BTE original
Directed by David Moreland
King Lear by William Shakespeare
The House of Blue Leaves by John Guare
Directed by Gail Garriso
A Child's Christmas in Wales, adapted from Dylan Thomas
Directed by Rand Whipple
Candida by G.B. Shaw
Directed by Gerard Stropnicky
Out Cry by Tennessee Williams
Directed by Conrad Bishop
13 Rue de L'Amour by George Feydeau
Directed by Martin Shell
Africa Tour: The Voice of the Prairie by John Olive
Directed by Leigh Strimbeck
Along the Susquehanna: Live and in Costume by Rand Whipple, a BTE Original
Directed by Rand Whipple
Candida by G.B. Shaw
The Taming of the Shrew adapted from W. Shakespeare
Directed by Gerard Stropnicky
A Christmas Carol, adapted from C. Dickens by Julia Flood
Directed by Julia Flood
The Guardsman by Ferenc Molnar
Directed by Gerard Stropnicky
Daytrips by Jo Carson
Directed by Leigh Strimbeck
Women of Bakkhos by Euripides (trans. Robert Bagg)
Directed by Whit MacLaughlin
The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare
Of Thee I Sing! Book by George S. Kaufman & Morrie Ryskind
Music & Lyrics by George & Ira Gershwin
Directed by David Moreland
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, a BTE original
Directed by Laurie McCants
The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
Directed by Martin Shell
Mrs. Warren's Profession by G.B. Shaw
Directed by Gerard Stropnicky
The Visit by Frederick Durrenmatt
Directed by Mark Ramont
The Mystery of Irma Vep by Charles Ludlam
Directed by Elizabeth Dowd
Of Thee I Sing by Kaufman & Ryskind
The Foreigner by Larry Shue
Directed by Michael Collins
A Christmas Carol, adapted from C. Dickens by G. Stropnicky
Directed by Gerard Stropnicky
The Baltimore Waltz by Paula Vogel
Directed by Leigh Strimbeck
The Play's The Thing by Ferenc Molnar
Directed by Gerard Stropnicky
Macbeth by W. Shakespeare
Directed by Whit MacLaughlin
Beyond Therapy by Christopher Durang
Directed by Elizabeth Dowd
Letters to the Editor (Workshop), a BTE original
Directed by Gerard Stropnicky
The Foreigner
Pygmalion by G.B. Shaw
Directed by Gerard Stropnicky
A Child's Christmas in Wales, adapted by Dylan Thomas
Directed by Laurie McCants
The School for Wives by Moliere
Directed by Joan Schirle
Oleanna by David Mamet
Directed by Elizabeth Dowd
The Winter's Tale by W. Shakespeare
Directed by Conrad Bishop
Bend ‘Till It Breaks (Workshop), a BTE original
Directed by Daniel Stein
Charlotte's Web, adapted from E.B. White
Directed by Laurie McCants
Letters to the Editor (Workshop), a BTE original
Directed by Gerard Stropnicky
A Child's Christmas in Wales
An Empty Plate in the Cafe du Grande Boeuf by Michael Hollinger
Directed by Elizabeth Dowd
A Christmas Carol, adapted from C. Dickens by Stropnicky
Directed by Gerard Stropnicky
Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
Directed by Laurie McCants
Letters to the Editor, a BTE original
Directed by Gerard Stropnicky
The Importance of Being Ernest by Oscar Wilde
Directed by Whit MacLaughlin
Bend ‘Till It Breaks, a BTE original
Directed by Daniel Stein
The House at Pooh Corner, adapted by A.A. Milne
Directed by Laurie McCants
Waiting for Godot
The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie
Directed by Gerard Stropnicky
A Child's Christmas in Wales, adapted from Dylan Thomas
Directed by Laurie McCants
R & D by Whipple/Stein
Directed by Rand Whipple and Daniel Stein
Monograms by Susan Mach
Directed by Tom Byrn
Twelfth Night by W. Shakespeare
Directed by Elizabeth Dowd
The Fire Bugs by Max Frisch
Directed by Whit MacLaughlin
Ramona Quimby by Beverly Cleary
Directed by Michael Collins
The Mousetrap
The Hypochondriac by Moliere
Directed by James Goode
A Christmas Carol, adapted from C. Dickens by G. Stropnicky
Directed by Gerard Stropnicky
Molly Sweeney by Brian Friel
Directed by Elizabeth Dowd
The Artificial Jungle by Charles Ludlam
Directed by Tom Byrn
Our Town by Thornton Wilder
Directed by Laurie McCants
Whispering to Horses by Jo Carson
Directed by Gerard Stropnicky
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norman Juster/Susan Nanus
Directed by E. Ross Genzel
The Artificial Jungle
Letters to the Editor, a BTE original
Directed by Gerard Stropnicky
Cinderella by Rogers & Hammerstein
Directed by Peter Brown
Lonely Planet by Steven Dietz
Directed by Jerry Matheny
The Turn of the Screw by Henry James/Jeffery Hatcher
Directed by Whit MacLaughlin
Hard Coal: Life in the Region, a BTE original
Directed by Laurie McCants and James Goode
The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
Directed by Peter Brown and James Goode
Hard Coal, Life in the Region
Dracula, adapted from Bram Stoker by Steven Dietz
Directed by Laurie McCants
A Christmas Carol, adapted from C. Dickens by A.E. Dowd
Directed by A.E. Dowd
Ambition Facing West by Anthony Clarvoe
Directed by Mark Ramont
Betrayal by Harold Pinter
Directed by Peter Brown
The Tempest by W. Shakespeare
Directed by Gerard Stropnicky
Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
Directed by Laurie McCants
Ambition Facing West
Holiday by Phillip Barry
Directed by Laurie McCants
Peter & Wendy adapted from J.M. Barrie by James Goode
Directed by Tom Byrn
Valley Song by Athol Fugard
Directed by Laurie McCants
Lebensraum by Israel Horovitz
Directed by Gerard Stropnicky
Arcadia by Tom Stoppard
Directed by Martin Shell
East of the Sun & West of the Moon by Brian Kral
Directed by Daniel Roth & James Goode
Arcadia
The Rose Tattoo by Tennessee Williams
Directed by Peter Brown
A Christmas Story adapted from Jean Shepherd by Phillip Grecian
Directed by James Goode
Cobb by Lee Blessing
Directed by Michael Collins
Defying Gravity by Jane Anderson
Directed by Laurie McCants
Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
Directed by Leigh Strimbeck
Charlotte's Web adapted from E.B. White
Directed by Danny Roth and James Goode
The Rose Tattoo
Romeo & Juliet by W. Shakespeare
Directed by Rebecca L. Remaly
Merry Christmas, George Bailey by the Lux Radio Production
Directed by James Goode
The Santaland Diaries, adapted from David Sedaris by Joe Mantello
Directed by Elizabeth Dowd
Rain. Some Fish. No Elephants. by Y York
Directed by Andrew Hubatsek
The Laramie Project by Moises Kauffman & the Tectonic Theatre Project
Directed by Tom Byrn
Second Skin by Joan Schirle
Directed by Giulio Casare
Human Hearts, adapted by Gerard Stropnicky
Directed by Gerard Stropnicky
Tales from the Arabian Nights, adapted by Michael Bigelow Dixon
Directed by Jerry Matheny
The Laramie Project
A Midnight Dreary: Tales from Edgar Allan Poe, adapted by James Goode
Directed by James Goode
A Christmas Carol, adapted from C. Dickens by A. E. Dowd
Directed by Daniel Roth
The Santaland Diaries adapted from David Sedaris by Joe Mantello
Directed by Elizabeth Dowd
Red Herring by Michael Hollinger
Directed by Martin Shell
The Alexandria Carry-On by McCants, Bleckmann, Williams, and Whipple
Directed by Laurie McCants
Pouring the Sun written and performed by Jay O'Callahan
Noises Off! by Michael Frayn
Directed by Gerard Stropnicky
Gravity Hill (or whatever)2 adapted from interviews by Gerard Stropnicky
Directed by Gerard Stropnicky
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
Directed by Jerry Matheny and Andrew Hubatsek
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Born Yesterday by Garson Kanin
Directed by Gerard Stropnicky
Assistant Director: Cassandra Pisieczko
A Christmas Story by Jean Shepherd
Directed by James Goode
How I Learned to Drive by Paula Vogel
Directed by Devon Allen
If At All by Gerard Stropnicky and Touchstone Theatre
Directed by Gerard Stropnicky
The Women of Lockerbie by Deborah Brevoort
Directed by Laurie McCants
Far Away by Caryl Churchill
Directed by Elizabeth Dowd
The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
Directed by Laurie McCants
The Jungle Book
Getting Married by Bernard Shaw
Directed by Michael Collins
Miracle on 34th Street A Deluxe Radio Theatre Production by James Goode based on Miracle on 34th Street as adapted from Valentine Davies by Patricia Di Benedetto Snyder, Will Severin, and John Vreeke.
Directed by James Goode
Opus by Michael Hollinger
Directed by Elizabeth Dowd
The Labyrinth of Uncle Mark and A Selected Pill Hill Story
Written and performed by Jay O'Callahan
Susquehanna by the Ensemble
Directed by Laurie McCants
Mother Hicks by Suzan Zeder
Directed by Cassandra Pisieczko
Getting Married
Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
Directed by James Goode
A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings by Nilo Cruz, adapted from the short story by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Directed by Andrew Hubatsek
Rounding Third by Richard Dresser
Directed by Cassandra Pisieczko
Chicago Tap Theatre, Presented Event
Our Shadows: An Egyptian/American Puppet Theatre Collaboration
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde: A Strange Comedy by Lauren Wilson
Directed by Seth Reichgott
Hans Upon A Time: The Emperor's New Clothes & Other Stories by Hans Christian Andersen adapted by James Goode
Directed by James Goode
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
You Can't Take It With You by Moss Hart & George S. Kaufman
Directed by Michael Collins
A Christmas Carol adapted from C. Dickens by G. Stropnicky
Directed by Laurie McCants
Blithe Spirit by Noel Coward
Directed by Tom Byrn
Incorruptible by Michael Hollinger
Directed by Martin Shell
A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
Co-Directed by Richard Cannaday & James Goode
Blithe Spirit
The Miracle Worker, by William Gibson
Directed by Laurie McCants
A Child's Christmas in Wales, adapted from Dylan Thomas
Directed by Elizabeth Dowd
Leading Ladies by Ken Ludwig
Directed by Seth Reichgott
The Clean House by Sarah Ruhl
Directed by Cassandra Pisieczko
Ancient Greek Idol by Richie Cannaday
Directed by Richie Cannaday
The Miracle Worker
The Playboy of the Western World by JM Synge
Directed by Laurie McCants
Merry Christmas George Bailey! Adapted by James Goode
Directed by James Goode
Hamlet by William Shakespeare
Directed by Gerard Stropnicky
Daddy Tightwad adapted from Moliere's The Miser by James Goode
Directed by Elizabeth Dowd
Lil' Red's Extreme Freestylin' Fairy Tales by Cassandra Pisieczko
Directed by Cassandra Pisieczko
The Last Playboy of the Western World
Dracula by Stephen Dietz
Directed by Laurie McCants
A Christmas Story by Jean Shepherd
Directed by James Goode
Emma by Jon Jory, a world premiere
Directed by Andrew Hubatsek
Ghost-Writer by Michael Hollinger
Directed by Elizabeth Dowd
The Landlover: A Pirate Musical by Richie Cannaday, a world premiere
Directed by Richie Cannaday and James Goode
Macbeth
Doubt by John Patrick Shanley
Directed by James Goode
Holiday Memories by Truman Capote
Directed by Gerard Stropnicky
The Santaland Diaries adapted from David Sedaris by Joe Mantello
Directed by Elizabeth Dowd
Murder at the Howard Johnson's by Bobrick & Clarke
Directed by Richard Cannaday
In the Next Room, or the vibrator play by Sarah Ruhl
Directed by Cassadra Pisieczko
The Revenge of the Space Pandas by David Mamet
Directed by Richard Cannaday
Doubt
Moon Over Buffalo by Ken Ludwig
Directed by Andrew Hubatsek
A Christmas Carol adapted from Charles Dickens by Richard Cannaday
Directed by Richard Cannaday
The Santaland Diaries adapted from David Sedaris by Joe Mantello
Directed by Elizabeth Dowd
As You Like It by William Shakespeare
Directed by Laurie McCants
Flood Stories, Too. by Gerard Stropnicky, a BTE original
Directed by Gerard Stropnicky
Superior Donuts by Tracy Letts
Directed by Elizabeth Dowd
The Enchanted Pig by Charles Ludlam
Directed by James Goode
Moon Over Buffalo
The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
Directed by Andrew Hubatsek
A Very Special Christmas Special created by the Ensemble
Directed by Cassandra Pisieczko
The 39 Steps adapted by Patrick Barlow
Directed by James Goode
Good People by David Lindsay-Abaire
Directed by Cassandra Pisieczko
The Stinky Cheese Man and other fairly stupid tales by Jon Scieszka
Directed by Richard Cannaday
The Merchant of Venice
Seagull adapted from Chekhov by Laurie McCants
Directed by Laurie McCants
Twas the Night Before Christmas by Ken Ludwig
Directed by Cassandra Pisieczko
Art by Yasmina Reza
Directed by Richard Cannaday
Skin and Bone by Jacqueline Goldfinger
Directed by Daniel Roth
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike by Christopher Durang
Directed by Martin Shell
Sideways Stories From Wayside School by John Olive
Directed by Elizabeth Dowd
The Seagull
One Slight Hitch by Lewis Black
Directed by Andrew Hubatsek
A Christmas Story by Jean Shepherd
Directed by Laurie McCants
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Directed by Cassandra Pisieczko
Unnecessary Farce by Paul Slade Smith
Directed by Richard Cannaday
Row After Row by Jessica Dickey
Directed by Andrew Hubatsek
Birthday Showdown at Penguin Pete's Pizza Emporium by Richie Cannaday
Directed by Richie Cannaday
One Slight Hitch
Body Awareness by Annie Baker
Directed by Richard Cannaday
Every Christmas Story Ever Told by John K. Alvarez, Michael Carleton, and James FitzGerald
Directed by Daniel Roth
Gunpowder Joe - World Premiere by Anthony Clarvoe
Directed by Laurie McCants
The Foreigner by Larry Shue
Directed by Elizabeth Dowd
The Nether by Jennifer Haley
Directed by Richard Cannaday
The BFG by Roald Dahl
Directed by Eric Wunsch
Gunpowder Joe
The Diary of Anne Frank adapted by Wendy Kesselman
Directed by Daniel Roth
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Adapted and Directed by Richard Cannaday
I and You by Lauren Gunderson
Directed by Richard Cannaday and James Goode
The Legend of Georgia McBride by Matthew Lopez
Directed by Eric Wunsch
Marjorie Prime by Jordan Harrison
Directed by Daniel Roth
Charlotte's Web by E.B. White, adapted by Joseph Robinette
Directed by James Goode
The Diary of Anne Frank
The Explorers' Club by Nell Benjamin
Directed by Leigh Strimbeck
The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum - The Classic MGM Musical
Directed by Richard Cannaday
Industrious Angels by Laurie McCants
Directed by Sabrina Hamilton
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by by Simon Stephens
Based on the best-selling novel by Mark Haddon
Directed by Elizabeth Dowd
Every Brilliant Thing by Duncan Macmillan and Jonny Donahoe
Directed by Eric Wunsch
Something Grimm: Tales from the Brothers
Directed and adapted by Daniel Roth, Andrew Hubatsek, and James Goode
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by Adam Long, Daniel Singer, and Jess Winfield
Directed by Aaron White
Remembered created by David A. Miller, with Kamryn Felty, Emily James, Dano Madden, Kali Morgia, Chelsea Soto, Chris Thorne, Reagan Venturi, and Somer Walsh
Directed by Daniel Roth
Miss Bennet:Christmas at Pemberley by Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon
Directed by Andrew Hubatsek
The Children by Lucy Kirkwood
Directed by Morgan Kaufman and Daniel Roth
The Children
Round About the Cauldron: A BTE Podcast by various authors
Directed by Eric Wunsch and James Goode
Sound engineering by Nick McGaw
A Christmas Carol, a radio play adapted from Charles Dickens by James Goode
Sound engineering by Nick McGaw
Fair Food Foul Play: A BTE Murder Mystery by Will Ralston
Directed by Amy Rene Byrne
Tiny Beautiful Things
Based on the book by Cheryl Strayed
Adapted for the stage by Nia Vardalos
Directed by Andrew Hubatsek & Michael Yerges
The Girl Who Swallowed a Cactus by Eric Coble
Directed by Elizabeth Dowd
Tiny Beautiful Things - photo by Bob Rush
Airness by Chelsea Marcantel
Directed by Eric Wunsch
Merry Christmas, George Bailey! Adapted for the stage by James Goode
Music by William Decker
Directed by Elizabeth Dowd
Musical Director Aaron Eldred
The Mountaintop by Katori Hall
Directed by Casaundra Freeman
Witch by Jen Silverman
Directed by Amy Rene Byrne
Presented Event: I Was Always Supposed To Be Here a film by Jonathan Nunan
The Christians by Lucas Hnath
Directed by Eric Wunsch
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Dramatized by Joseph Robinette from the story by C.S. Lewis
Directed by Amy Rene Byrne
Presented Event: The Great American Gun Show, a workshop performance by Team Sunshine Performance Co.
Witch - photo by Amy Rene Byrne