ANTONIO MINIÑO (They/Them) is a Caribbean Genderqueer Multipassionate Creative (Director, Intimacy Director, Actor, Literary, Casting, Marketing & PR) and one of three artistic directors for the Santa Fe Playhouse in Santa Fe, NM where they also head the Literary, Casting, Marketing & PR departments. A native of the Dominican Republic, where Antonio studied theatre at the School of Dramatic Arts, co-hosted/produced and directed for the award-winning television show FashionTV, was a contributing writer for national magazines, an art director for various fashion campaigns, and a director/performer for national productions.
Antonio is a Jonathan Alper Directing Fellow (Manhattan Theatre Club, 2019 & 2020), and a two-time Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation Observer.
Select directing credits include Liz Duffy Adams' Born With Teeth (Santa Fe Playhouse), Steven Dietz's On Clover Road (Santa Fe Playhouse), David Stalling's The Baby Monitor (New York City, Dublin, Belgrade, Italy [Rome and Cagliari]), Yochai Greenfeld's Abbi Gezunt: It Gest Bitter, Gabrielle Fox's Hooters (with Broadway's Donna Vivino, as part of PFAC), Desi Moreno-Penson's Bodega Cat, Richard S. Sargent's Coffee at Compton's, David Stallings’ Anaïs Nin Goes to Hell (Outstanding Costume Design: Izzy Fields - NY IT Awards), Riti Sachdeva’s Scene/Unseen (Nominated Outstanding Director, PCTF Awards), David Stallings’ The Family Shakespeare; and Antonio's solo shows The Shadow Project and Moon Child. International directing credits include Edward Albee's The Zoo Story, Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest, and Rafael Morla's Joan.
Antonio was the assistant director for Signature Theatre Company's Lucille Lortel award-winning production of Pulitzer Prize winner Stephen Adly Guirgis' Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train, directed by Obie award-winner Mark Brokaw; the assistant director to Shay Gines for Paul Zindel’s And Miss Reardon Drinks A Little (Retro Productions), and to Gabriel Paulino for Slawonir Mzoret’s Emigrantes (Teatro Nacional).
Select NYC acting credits include: Suddenly a Knock at the Door at Theater for the New City, The Colonel's Wife (Outstanding Actor - PCTF Awards), the title character in Macbeth with Fab Marquee Productions, Oberon in A Midsummer Night's Dream with Original Binding Productions; Dark Water with Manhattan Theatre Works; Men in Towels, Adrift, Andy@62, Confessions of a Cuban Sex Addict, Triptych and The Garcia Trilogy (All About Meat, All About Sex, All About Power) at the Duo Multicultural Arts Center; Limelight (Access Theater), The Other Day (Wild Project), Parts of Parts & Stitches (The Theater at the 14th St Y), The Stranger to Kindness (Robert Moss Theater; Best Actor Nominee), The Empress of Sex (Audience Favorite National NewBorn Festival), Arpeggio (45th St Theatre), Intermission (HERE), Trojan Women (MHS), Elevation (Payan Theatre), OOPS! (Manhattan Theatre Source), 4 Variations of Mee (Manhattan Children's Theatre), Ilka's Dream (Payan Theatre). Film and TV credits include Snuff the Movie, Open Mike, Destiny, The Amazing Spiderman 2, The Get Down, The Interestings, Madam Secretary, Person of Interest, and The Americans.
Since relocating to Santa Fe, NM in 2021, they have performed in Love's Labour's Lost (ISC), Twelfth Night (ISC), The Baby Monitor (Santa Fe Playhouse), Jacques in As You Like It (SFC), and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' Everybody (Santa Fe Playhouse). They intimacy directed the Freedman and Lutvak musical A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, Lynn Nottage's Sweat, and Lucy Prebble's The Effect at Santa Fe Playhouse, and joined the performing family at Meow Wolf.
Antonio recently dramaturged a site-specific production of the Kander and Ebb musical Kiss of the Spider Woman, directed by Evan Tsitsias, at Toronto's Don Jail (Eclipse Theater Company) which received 6 DORA Award nominations. Their play Memorial was presented as part of the Latino program in the Short+Sweet Hollywood Festival, and presented at the Tempe Performing Arts Center by Teatro Bravo. Their play The Surprise Stocking Stuffer was a finalist for the 2013 Association of Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) New Play Development Workshop. An excerpt of Antonio's solo show Moon Child (Hijo de la Luna) was presented as part of the 14th Street Y 2016 APAP (Association of Performing Arts Presenters) Showcase.
As a singer Antonio has performed at Lincoln Center's Mostly Mozart, The Town Hall of NY, Symphony Space NY, The Time Out Lounge, The Triad NYC and The Nuyorican Poets Cafe.
Antonio's photography has been featured in the NY Times, NY Post, Backstage, Show Business Weekly, among others.
Antonio is the founder and a creative partner of Different Translation (formerly known as Fab Marquee Productions), and former founding member, company actor and co-artistic director at Manhattan Theatre Works (2006-16). Antonio is the writer of the #PersonOfChange series on Medium.com, showcasing persons of color and/or persons who identify as non-binary. Antonio is a proud member of SAG-AFTRA, Actors' Equity Association, and Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (Associate). An alumnus of Directors Lab North (Toronto), and Directors Lab West (Los Angeles).
Antonio creates performances that inhabit the realm of heightened realism, embracing vulnerability, strength, and risk, with a special focus on queer and Latine stories.
As an artist they are excited by the power of text, the physicalization of subtext, and the incorporation of whimsy in everything they do. Whether a new play, a classic, or a film, Antonio believes the universality of the work stems from the specificity we can find within it.
They are driven by the prospect of communing with likeminded artists, and learning from the diverse cultures and experiences of all the players that come together to create Art, and they achieve this by implementing a holistic approach to the process. Gender-conscious and color-conscious casting are priorities for Antonio to greater embody our cultural landscape. Their mission is to present different perspectives that further encourage discourse and create a perpetual connection with an audience.
As an artist they are excited by the power of text, the physicalization of subtext, and the incorporation of whimsy in everything they do. Whether a new play, a classic, or a film, Antonio believes the universality of the work stems from the specificity we can find within it.
They are driven by the prospect of communing with likeminded artists, and learning from the diverse cultures and experiences of all the players that come together to create Art, and they achieve this by implementing a holistic approach to the process. Gender-conscious and color-conscious casting are priorities for Antonio to greater embody our cultural landscape. Their mission is to present different perspectives that further encourage discourse and create a perpetual connection with an audience.
