REED BIRNEY returns to Atlantic where he last appeared in the world premiere of Adam Rapp’s Dreams of Flying Dreams of Falling. He received a 2014 Tony Award® nomination and a Drama Desk Award for his performance in Harvey Fierstein’s play Casa Valentina. Mr. Birney also appeared in the Broadway revival of Picnic. Other Off-Broadway includes Clair Barron’s You Got Older (HERE), the title role of Uncle Vanya (Soho Rep; Drama Desk Award nomination), Annie Baker’s Circle Mirror Transformation (Playwrights Horizons), Blasted (Soho Rep; Drama Desk nomination), Dr. Sweet in Bug, and Tony Blair in Stuff Happens (Public). In 2011, he was recognized with a Special Drama Desk Award in recognition of the three plays in which he appeared in during one season: A Small Fire at Playwrights Horizons and at the Roundabout Underground, Tigers Be Still and The Dream of the Burning Boy. He has received three OBIEs and two Drama Desk Awards. He is Donald Blythe on the Netflix series, “House of Cards,” and can be seen in Halley Feiffer and Ryan Spahn’s web series “What’s Your Emergency?”
