CLARO DE LOS REYES
Claro (he/him/his) is a NYC-based ACTOR, FILMMAKER, THEATRE ARTIST, EDUCATOR, and PUBLIC HISTORIAN.
Born in Metro Manila, Philippines and raised throughout the United States; Claro draws from his diverse upbringing and eclectic interests to make art that interrogates transnational identity and global culture.
As an actor, Claro is a proud member of SAG-AFTRA and AEA and has been in TV/ Film projects produced by Lionsgate and Starz. He has performed in stage productions with NY theater companies that include NAATCO, Pan Asian Rep, Leviathan Lab, Flint Rep, Powerhouse Theater, and International WOW. Additionally Claro has had the honor of co-creating theatre alongside community members in NYC, Minnesota, the Philippines, and Rwanda.
His current short film ‘Sands Street’ was recently screened at the San Diego Asian Film Festival ‘25, The 49th Annual Asian American International Film Festival, Urbanworld Film Festival, Asian American Showcase Chicago 2026, SOHO International Film Fest, SDFFF, Diwa Film Festival 2026, and the Seattle Asian American Film Festival 2026. Additionally his short film ‘drawn’ was an official selection at the Urbanworld Film Festival 2024 and “SPUR” was awarded the Best Super Short at Chain NYC Film Fest ‘25 and nominated for Best Experimental Short Film at the San Diego Filipino Film Festival ‘23.
Claro is the founding director of Atlantic Pacific Theatre (APT), a socially-engaged theatre company committed to exploring cross cultural exchange and pluralism. His theatre and public history projects with have received support from The Laundromat Project; National Arts Strategies; Downtown Art; New Ohio Theater; KJCC & Sulo: Philippine Studies Initiative at NYU; Episcopal Actors Guild; Dramatist Guild Foundation; Brooklyn Arts Council, and the Network of Ensemble Theaters.
Claro’s work as a theatre-based educator has been published in the books, "Citizen Artists: A Guide to Helping Young People Make Plays That Change the World" (2021) and "Applied Theatre with Youth: Education, Engagement, Activism" (2021). Furthermore, Claro has developed and facilitated arts-in-education programs for the Apollo Theater, CUNY Creative Arts Team, Two River Theater, 52nd Street Project, and Ping Chong & Company / Pink Fang.
Claro is a proud member of the Ma-Yi Theater Company Writers Lab, the largest resident company of Asian American playwrights in the country. His plays have been workshopped by Leviathan Lab and at the Virgin LabFest 2020 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines.
Claro is a proud recipient of the Outstanding Artist Award from FANHS-MNY. He is a graduate of Fordham College Lincoln Center theatre program and the Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema at Brooklyn College.
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FILM - PELIKULANG CLAROSCURO
THEATER - ATLANTIC PACIFIC THEATRE