Reynaldo Piniella is an actor, writer, activist and educator from East New York, Brooklyn. His co-created bilingual Spanish-English Hamlet has been developed at the Public Theater, Folger Theatre and the Classical Theatre of Harlem. As a playwright, his work has been commissioned by Baltimore Center Stage and been produced by Ars Nova, San Diego Rep, Single Carrot Theater, the Lee Strasberg Institute at NYU Tisch, the Center at West Park, Harlem9, the 24 Hour Plays and Pioneer Theatre Guild. His plays have been developed by the National Black Theater, the Lark, the Billie Holiday Theatre, Egg & Spoon Theatre Collective, HB Studio and the Public Theater’s Shakespeare Initiative. He received the Thomas Barbour award for Playwriting for his play Black Doves. He has received fellowships from TCG, NALAC, Weeksville Heritage Center and the All Stars Project. He is an alum of All for One Theater’s Solo Collective and the Civilians’ R&D Group and is a current New Victory Theater LabWorks artist and an artist-in-residence at Abingdon Theatre Company and Culture Lab LIC. @ReynaldoRey