Claro de los Reyes
BIO
Claro de los Reyes (he/him/his) is NYC-based actor and storyteller in theatre & cinema. His works aim to raise questions about transnational histories and its intimate influence on popular culture. Claro is the founder and director of Atlantic Pacific Theatre, a theater company committed to exploring cross cultural exchange and pluralism. As an actor he has performed with NY theater companies that include NAATCO, Pan Asian Rep, Leviathan Lab, and International WOW. As a theatre maker he has had the honor of co-creating theatre alongside community members in NYC, Minnesota, the Philippines, and Rwanda. Recent accomplishments include: The Laundromat Project Create Change artist commission; National Artists Strategies Creative Community Fellow; Downtown Art Artist-in-Residence; Epic Theatre Ensemble’s Spotlight Playwriting Commission. He is a graduate of Fordham College Lincoln Center theatre program. Claro is a member of the Ma-Yi Theater Company Writers Lab.
contact: film.claro@gmail.com | claro@atlanticpacifictheatre.org
actor resume at www.clarodelosreyes.com
NEWS:
2023
Claro became the proud recipient of the 2023 Outstanding Artist Award by FANHS-MNY
Claro wrote and directed the short film “SPUR” which was nominated for best experimental short at the 2023 San Diego Filipino Film Festival
https://sdfff.org/2023/movies/spur/
In 2023, Claro was welcomed in to the Ma-Yi Writer’s Lab, the largest resident company of Asian American playwrights in the country.
http://ma-yitheatre.org/labbies/claro-de-los-reyes/
A table read of my short play “Nothing is Tubig is Nothing is Tubig” was presented as part of Atlantic Pacific Theatre’s "Island Table Series: A Play Festival Presenting a Menu of Short Plays Inspired by Global Cuisine and History” [May 2021]. Featuring new short plays by: Matt Barbot, Amikogaabawiikwe / Adrienne Benjamin, Marjuan Canady, Claro de los Reyes, Ankita Raturi, and Monique A. Robinson
If you missed it live - WATCH THE LIVE RECORDING HERE.
My play “Mongoloida’s Casa de Pun” was featured in the Virgin LabFest 2020 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines.
