Patrick Bynane, Ph.D.
Director, Drama Program & Professor, History, Theory and Criticism, Script Analysis | Texas Woman's University
Denton, TX, UNITED STATES
Professor Bynane has worked professionally as a teacher, actor, director and technician in North Carolina, Louisiana, Missouri and Ohio
Biography
Patrick Bynane received his Ph.D. in Theatre History/Criticism from Louisiana State University in 2002.
He studied at Southwest Missouri State University (now Missouri State University) where he completed his M.A. in Theatre and at Ashland University in Ashland, OH where he graduated with a B.A. in Theatre with an Acting/Directing emphasis.
He has worked professionally as a teacher, actor, director and technician in North Carolina, Louisiana, Missouri and Ohio. At TWU, Dr. Bynane serves as the Drama Program Director, advises the M.A. candidates, teaches theatre history, literature and structure as well as theatre electives such as improvisation.
Industry Expertise (3)
Education/Learning
Performing Arts
Training and Development
Areas of Expertise (5)
Theatre
Theatre History
Literature and Structure
Improvisation
Acting and Directing
Education (3)
Louisiana State University: Ph.D., Theatre History / Criticism 2002
Southwest Missouri State University: M.A., Theatre
Ashland University: B.A., Theatre
Media Appearances (2)
Red flags raised on Glow’s efficacy data claims
Broadway World Dallas online
2015-10-19
Also cast are Amphibian favorites Patrick Bynane, Jay Duffer, Lauren Hayden, and Scott Zenreich. Performances are on Sunday, December 6 and Sunday, December 7 at the Berlene T. and Jarrell R. Milburn Theatre at Amphibian Stage Productions. A limited number of patrons are invited to attend the first read-through of the script on December 1 at 7 pm...
Hopping good mystery
Denton Record Chronicle online
2013-06-20
“We picked the show back in the spring,” said Patrick Bynane, director of the TWU theater program. “It’s a well-known classic children’s book. It isn’t a picture book, but it gets read in a lot of schools and is in a lot of school libraries. And the show has been well-tested at very good theaters. It premiered at Seattle [Children’s Theatre], which is a really good company.”...
Articles (2)
A Method to the Madness: Laughter Research, Comedy Training, and Improv
Theatre Symposium
2008 ABSTRACT: If the surest way to kill a joke is to analyze it, then surely the quickest way to a deadly comic performance is to teach the actor to be “funny.” Not only is such a strategy questionable, but it is most likely impossible. Simply stated, any actor training that focuses on how to be ...
Performing hyphenates: A study in contemporary Irish-American identity and cultural performance
Louisiana State University
2002 ABSTRACT: This study examines the issues and contradictions of identity formation found in contemporary Irish-American cultural performances. Using a theoretical language grounded in post-structuralism and cultural studies, this examination hopes to demonstrate the primacy of performance and theatre in the formation of culture, Irish-American specifically, or otherwise. The performances featured in the study are: Riverdance, St. Patrick's Day parades, pub performances, and improv theatre...
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