"One of the greatest mimes in the world today."  -- London Daily Telegraph

"Berky is an inspired clown."  -- New York Times

"Laughter it was. Unadulterated, uninhibited roars of hysteria, mind you . . . and the 'magician' who transcended all age, culture, and language barriers to reduce the lot of us to a convulsing mass was Bob Berky." -- Hong Kong Festival Review

"The mark of a truly great clown is his ability to be both loved and laughed at. Bob Berky displayed that ability to perfection."  -- The Washington Post​

R.W. Berky is a storyteller with a long list of achievements. He is an Obie, Edinburgh Fringe First, Kennedy Center Roger L. Stevens, and Sarett National Playwrighting award-winning performer. He is a National Endowment for the Arts, NY Council on the Arts, and Wyoming Arts Council fellow, appearing on PBS, Disney, Nickelodeon, and programs in Europe and South America.

Berky has performed at the Brooklyn BAM Festival, on and off-Broadway, Folger Library, Arena Stage, and at festivals worldwide. His work has been featured at the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, and Smithsonian Institute. He was a visiting artist and master teacher at Juilliard, Brown, UT Austin, UC Santa Barbara, Brandeis, Smith College, Carnegie Mellon, Dell’Arte International, UNC School for the Arts, and the Lincoln Center Institute. He taught Clowning and Physical Theatre at Brown/Trinity Rep. Berky has also directed/produced plays by Sam Shepard, Tom Stoppard, Shakespeare, Dario Fo, and David Mamet. He was movement and clowning director for Joseph Papp at Shakespeare in the Park in NYC, ass’t directed for John Tillinger at Long Wharf Theatre, as well as movement coach for Donal Donaldson, Gregory Hines, Jeff Goldblum, and Michelle Pfeiffer.

Perhaps most impressive, Berky has worked with at-risk youth for the past 50 years and is a member of Global Arts Corps, a non-profit theatre organization creating dramatic works in international conflict zones.

Trained in classical French horn at the Eastman School of Music, Berky plays Irish and classical music on the concertina, as well as old-time mountain music and original compositions on his 5-string clawhammer banjo. Today, Berky lives in Jackson, WY, and continues to teach, direct, and perform throughout the world.

Visit www.rwberky.com and check out his interview with Wyoming Humanities Council (podcast included below) for more about his story. And grab a copy of his book, The Little Book of Wonders. It follows four curiously gifted children from different parts of the world who come together in a kingdom ruled by a peanut brittle addicted monarch who wishes to destroy their uniqueness in his quest for absolute power.