Billy Lyons is a professional actor and teaching artis. He is in his fourth year with American Place Theatre ‘s Literature to Life Production of The Things They Carried by National Book Award winner Tim O ‘Brien. A native of New York, NY, Lyons is a graduate of Ithaca College (BFA. Acting). His Credits include The Things They Carried, Wynn Handman, The American Place Theatre, NYC, At American Place Theatre, his credits also include William Steinbeck ‘s The Grapes of Wrath as actor and William Faulkner ‘s As I Lay Dying as teaching artist. The Laramie Project, Die Fledermaus,; The Cherry Orchard, Ithaca College), The American Dream, Icarus Theatre Ensemble, Ithaca, NY, Lyons currently studies at the Wynn Handman Studio and is durector Handman ‘s studio assistant. He will be performing The Things They Carried at Words & Music, 2010. American Place Theatre selects important American novels and adapts them for the stage. Each play is accompanied by a teaching element, with introduction andquestions and answers follow conducted by actors who also are teaching artists. American Place Theatre is doing its performance of The Things They Carried on Friday, November 19 at 2 p. m. at Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre, corner of Chartres and St..Peter Streets.