Kyle Beltran most recently spent the summer at the Williamstown Theatre Festival appearing in both A RAISIN IN THE SUN and BEFORE THE MEETING. Broadway credits include: THE CHERRY ORCHARD and IN THE HEIGHTS. National Tour: IN THE HEIGHTS. Off-Broadway: BLUE RIDGE (Atlantic Theater Company), FIRE IN DREAMLAND (The Public Theater), THE AMATEURS (Vineyard Theatre), A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM (Delacorte Theater), HEAD OF PASSES (The Public Theater), GLORIA (Vineyard Theatre), THE FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE (The Public Theater), CHOIR BOY (Manhattan Theatre Club), 10 THINGS TO DO BEFORE I DIE (Second Stage Theatre). TRAINING: Carnegie Mellon University.
Kyle met me in the recording booth at Ripley Grier Studios for our interview. We talked about his almost-law career, the importance of high school academics, guidance from a legendary “fairy-godmother” named Phylicia Rashad, grappling with fear, the joy of performing Shakespeare in the Park, as well as the process of finding and locating a character.