Kevin Burke

Since 2003, Kevin Burke has been starring in the Broadway tour of "Defending The Caveman" to critical acclaim. A native of Chicago, Kevin has been featured on" Oprah," "The CBS Morning News," NPR’s "Talk of the Nation," the "Dr. Laura Berman Show" on XM Satellite Radio, NBC-TV’s "Friday Night" and ABC-TV’s "America’s Funniest People," which awarded Kevin its grand prize.

In 2007, "Defending The Caveman" starring Kevin Burke premiered at The Golden Nugget Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. The production is the longest-running Broadway show in the history of Las Vegas with Kevin in the starring role for six years! No, Kevin is starring in the North American Casino Tour of Defending The Caveman.

Kevin is also one of the founding actors of the famed Improv Olympics, and has starred in stage productions of Man of La Mancha, West Side Story, Gemini, Sexual Perversity in Chicago, Guys & Dolls, The Underpants, Whose Life Is It Anyway?, A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream under the direction of David Swann of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts. Kevin’s own solo play Born to Goof debuted at the Phoenix Theater in Indianapolis, and was the hit of the 2001 Chicago Comedy Festival.

Kevin’s favorite stop on the Broadway tour of CAVEMAN was at the Opera House in Lexington, KY, a former vaudeville theater, at which his great-grandmother Hettie Reilly performed in 1908.

Kevin holds a BA in Acting and Directing from Indiana University in Bloomington. A graduate of the Player’s Workshop of The Second City, he’s also a certified stage combatant by the Society of American Fight Directors–which means Kevin longs for the day when playwright Rob Becker adds a completely gratuitous sword fight to CAVEMAN. Kevin has also studied physical comedy at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Clown College, acting with Howard Jensen of the Utah Shakespeare Festival, and movement with Michael Sokoloff.