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Ezra
Reaves

 performer // Writer // Director

"The sublimely cast Reaves rules the stage... Reaves hones a moment to its nugget of meaning, then blasts it full of bravado."

-Lily Janiak, SF Chronicle

About

about me

Ezra Reaves (they/he) is a professional actor, comedian, experimental theater writer, director and performer, and ensemble member of the Neo-Futurists. They have recently joined the cast of the GLAAD-nominated television show 4400 on the CW in the role of "Farraday", performed over 150 shows as Velma the hit immersive show The Speakeasy and performed locally at SF Playhouse, Shotgun, ACT, NCTC, and Magic Theater. In NYC, Ezra performed at La Mama, PS122, Dixon Place, Jack, Incubator Arts Project, with CATCH performance series, and at the Brooklyn Museum. Ezra was a Co-Artistic Director for the NY Neo-Futurists and helped take their long-running critically-acclaimed show Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind to Edinburgh Fringe (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐), Adalaide Fringe and Melbourne Int’l Comedy Festival. Ezra was also a performing ensemble member for New York Times Critic’s Pick and Drama Desk Nominated The Complete and Condensed Stage Directions of Eugene O’Neill: Pt 1 Early Plays, Lost Plays, and helped take it to the Bharat Rang Mahotsav National Theatre Festival throughout India. Ezra was a founding member of the theatre company PSYCHIC READINGS who’s work was featured in Art Forum Magazine.  As a comedian, Ezra has opened for Janeane Garofalo, Bob Odenkirk, John Hodgman, Paul F. Tompkins and even shared the stage with Michael Ian Black at SF Sketchfest. In 2025, Ezra will be Directing and Co-Producing Compton's Cafeteria Riotan epic new immersive theatrical experience based on the historic 1966 riot for Transgender Rights! 
 
NEXT UP: Ezra will be performing along-side RuPaul's Drag Race Winner, Sasha Velour, in her Broadway-bound play, VELOUR: A Drag Spectacular, at La Jolla Playhouse, directed by Moisés Kaufman! 

Visit Ezra's IMDb.

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Pericles, SF Shakes
Plot Points in Our Sexual Development, at NCTC
Plot Points in Our Sexual Development, at NCTC
Plot Points in Our Sexual Development, at NCTC
Plot Points in Our Sexual Development, at NCTC
Plot Points in Our Sexual Development, at NCTC
The Daughters, SF Playhouse
The Daughters, SF Playhouse
The Daughters, SF Playhouse
The Daughters, SF Playhouse
The Daughters, SF Playhouse
The Daughters, SF Playhouse
The Speakeasy, Boxcar Theater
The SF Neo-Futurists
The SF Neo-Futurists
The SF Neo-Futurists
The Daughters, SF Playhouse
Sensitive Guys, Shotgun Players
The Speakeasy, Boxcar Theater
The Speakeasy, Boxcar Theater
The Speakeasy, Boxcar Theater
The Speakeasy, Boxcar Theater
The Neo-Futurists
The Neo-Futurists

The Neo-Futurists

The Speakeasy, Boxcar Theater
The Speakeasy, Boxcar Theater
The Neo-Futurists
The Speakeasy, Boxcar Theater
Michael Ian Black and me at SF Sketchfest
The Speakeasy, Boxcar Theater

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