Diego Arciniegas* (Galileo, et al.) is a Colombian-American actor, director, and educator based in Boston, Massachusetts. Current role with WAM: Galileo et al. WAM Theatre: debut Selected Theatre Credits Elsewhere: Opera: El Duende in Maria de Buenos Aires, (Gotham Chamber Opera, NYC). Theatre: Charles Babbage in Ada and the Engine, Werner Heisenberg in Operation Epsilon (Central Square Theatre, Cambridge, MA), Firenzuola et al. in Two Men of Florence, Father di Leo in The Rose Tattoo, and Hunk in Dead End (Huntington Theatre, Boston, MA), Voltaire in Legacy of Light, Lord Goring in An Ideal Husband, Valère in The Miser, Nicky Lancaster in The Vortex, Lady Enid, et al., in The Mystery of Irma Vep, Harry Trench in Widower’s Houses, and Morris Townsend in The Heiress (Lyric Stage Company of Boston), Vanya in Vanya And Sonia And Masha And Spike (Gloucester Stage Company), Hamlet in Hamlet, Leontes in The Winter’s Tale, Malvolio in Twelfth Night at The Publick Theatre, Boston. Additional artistic credits: Artistic Director, Publick Theatre Boston (2001 – 2011), Director: Private Lives (Gloucester Stage Company), From Orchids to Octopii (Central Square Theatre, Cambridge, MA) Creative inspiration: Performance led to directing, which led to teaching, which reminds one constantly of what is essential in performance, and, boy, does one need constant reminding! Membership/Affiliations: Actors Equity Association, Screen Actors Guild, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, American Association of University Professors, Wellesley Organized Academic Workers-UAW, . Selected training: Williams College, B.A., British and European Studies Group London (B.E.S.G.L.) Awards/proudest achievements: Eliot Norton Award: Mozart in Amadeus (Merrimack Rep), The Skinhead in God’s Country (Merrimack Rep), Eliot Norton Nomination: Thom Pain in Thom Pain, director of White People (New Repertory Theatre) IRNE Award: Guildenstern in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (New Repertory Theatre), Malvolio in Twelfth Night (Publick Theatre Boston), Heisenberg in Operation Epsilon (Ensemble Award – Central Square Theatre, Cambridge, MA) IRNE Nomination: Bernie/Martin in Some Men, (Speakeasy Stage Company, Boston, MA) Final word: Diego has held an academic appointment at Wellesley College since 1996, where he still serves as Senior Lecturer in Theatre Studies. His essay, ‘Retracing Antonio: In Search of the Merchant of Venice’, was published in Shakespeare’s Sense of Character, On the Page and from the Stage,(2012).
