Dominic Colon Biography

Fast Facts

• In 2011, received an award for playwriting from the Bronx Council on the Arts
• Graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts with a bachelor's degree in acting
• Began acting at the age of nine at Kips Bay Boys and Girls Club
• Playwriting credits include "Crush," "Sherita Blues" and "The Mandingo Show․"
• An accomplished stage actor, has performed in a number of plays including "Slanguage," "'Till the Break of Dawn" and "Shoe Story․"
• Bets known for his role as Manny Spamboni on the PBS revival of "The Electric Company․"
• Wrote and produced "Crush," which won the 2011 HBO/New York International Film Festival Short Film Script Competition
• Teaches acting and playwriting in high schools, hospitals and juvenile detention facilities throughout New York City, also serving as the theater director of Teatro El Puente, a New York City-based youth theater company