Marco Antonio is a bilingual actor, writer, and director who was born and raised in New York with roots from the Dominican Republic. He holds two Master of Fine Arts degrees, one in acting from the Meadows School of the Arts and another in television and screenwriting from Stephens College.
As a playwright, Marco has received numerous accolades for his work. He was named one of fifty key figures in LatinX and Latin American Theatre by Routledge Key Guides, and his stage plays have been performed all over the world, including in New York, Argentina, and the Dominican Republic. His plays, Ashes of Light and Barceló on the Rocks, have been published in Spanish and English editions by NoPassport Press and have been studied at universities such as Rutgers and the University of Puerto Rico.
Marco has also written guest commentary for national publications, including Latino Leaders Magazine and the Theatre Communications Guild. He has received fellowships from the CUNY Dominican Studies Institute and the Banff International Writing Residency in Alberta, Canada.
His stage adaptation of Junot Díaz' Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, has been celebrated for its performances at Off-Broadway's Spanish Repertory Theatre, and his most recent play, Bloom, won the New York Independent Theatre Award for outstanding achievement in playwriting.
As a screenwriter, Marco has been recognized for his horror screenplay, Suffer the Children, which was a finalist in the Fresh Voices Screenplay Competition and the Creative World Awards. His half-hour dramedy pilot, Our Friendly Neighbors, scored a rare 8 on The Black List, and its short film version was recently produced by DominiRican Productions.
Marco is a proud member of the Dramatists Guild and the Read LatinX Writers Initiative, and he has been a National Hispanic Media Coalition Series Scriptwriters Program Fellow and a recipient of The Movement Theatre Company x Black List Playwriting Commission.
As an actor, Marco has been seen and heard in numerous television, film, and theater productions, including the Emmy-nominated PBS Kids animated series, Alma's Way, and the Barbie: A Touch of Magic film.
