This week on Center Stage: Steve Byrne!

Steve Byrne has risen through the ranks of the comedy world to become one of the industry’s most innovative and sought-after performers. Hailing from Pittsburgh, PA, Steve Byrne was born to a Korean mother and an Irish father. His unique background gave him the base comedic material for his first television show, "Sullivan & Son," on TBS.

Byrne released his first documentary film he directed, "Always Amazing," about comedian/magician The Amazing Johnathan. In 2020, he released a feature film he wrote and directed, "The Opening Act," about his early years in stand-up. Steve released his fourth hour stand-up special, "Tell the Damn Joke," in early 2017. His popular podcast, "The Gentlemen’s Dojo," premiered in late Aug. 2015.

He has been a featured comic at the Just for Laughs Festival (in Montreal, Toronto, and Chicago), HBO’s US Comedy Arts Festival in Las Vegas, and the CanWest Comedy Fest in Vancouver and has been part of several national comedy tours. Byrne has appeared in the hit comedies: "The Dilemma," "Couples Retreat," "Four Christmases," and "The Goods: The Don Ready Story." His 2006 documentary, "13 or Bust," chronicles the attempt to perform 13 comedy shows in Manhattan in one night.

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About the podcast: "Center Stage" pulls back the curtain to share an inside view of life in comedy clubs. Join General Manager of Helium Comedy Club in Portland and Host Nick Harris as he hangs out with comedian friends to discuss their loves and hates of the world that is comedy… and the clubs that cultivate it. New episodes every Friday!