 He worked with Robert Wilson on "The Knee Plays" and "The Forest", and invited Spalding Gray (of The Wooster Group) to act in "True Stories", while Meredith Monk provided a small part of that film's soundtrack.Byrne provided a soundtrack for JoAnne Akalaitis' film "Dead End Kids", made after a Mabou Mines theatre production.Byrne's artistic outlook has a great deal in common with the work of these artists.