Ezra Reaves (they/them) is a multi-hyphenate theatre-maker, creating work that uplifts marginalized voices, pushes creative boundaries, and bridges communities. An acclaimed actor, singer, director, writer, producer, comedian, drag king, and ensemble member of the Neo-Futurists, Ezra’s work breaks binaries of genre and gender, spanning stage, screen, and immersive performance with a focus on generating understand in diverse communities, experimental form, and radical joy.

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They appeared as “Farraday” in the GLAAD-nominated CW series 4400 (dir. Cheryl Dunye), and recently devised and performed in Velour: A Drag Spectacular with Sasha Velour, directed by Moisés Kaufman—Tony- and Emmy-nominated director and writer of The Laramie Project, Pulitzer Prize finalist, and recipient of the National Medal of Arts. Other recent credits include The Wizard of Oz at American Conservatory Theater, directed by 2025 Tony Award winner, Sam Pinkleton (Oh Mary!), and Happy Pleasant Valley at TheatreWorks where they originated the role of "Dean."

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Ezra directed and co-produced the critically-acclaimed, sold-out, extended run of Compton’s Cafeteria Riot, an immersive theatrical experience honoring the 1966 trans uprising in San Francisco’s Tenderloin. The production was named one of the San Francisco Chronicle’s “Must-See Productions of 2025,” was one of the last recipients of a National Endowment for the Arts Grant (before Trump's ban on "Gender Ideology" in 2025), and helped catalyze community efforts to reclaim the historic site from private prison corporation GEO Group. Ezra is an active organizer with the ComptonsxCoalition, merging art and direct action to envision trans futures.

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Their stage work includes collaborations with SF Playhouse, Magic Theatre, Center Rep, Shotgun Players, and NCTC in San Francisco; and La MaMa, PS122, Dixon Place, JACK, Incubator Arts Project, and the Brooklyn Museum in New York. As a former Co-Artistic Director of the New York Neo-Futurists, Ezra helmed international tours of Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind to five-star (★ ★ ★ ★ ★) runs at the Edinburgh Fringe, Adelaide Fringe, and Melbourne International Comedy Festival. They also toured India with the Drama Desk-nominated The Complete & Condensed Stage Directions of Eugene O’Neill: Volume 1, a New York Times Critic’s Pick. Ezra also lead over 150 performances in the immersive smash hit The Speakeasy in San Francisco.

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During the COVID-19 pandemic, rather than taking a break, Ezra founded Tarot & Palm Theatre alongside long-time collaborator, Amy Langer, and created The Program, an immersive play performed exclusively over the phone, to critical-success and extended sold-out runs. In 2021, Tarot & Palm was commissioned by San Francsico Playhouse to create an all-trans adaptation of the Outsiders.

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Ezra’s stand-up comedy work includes opening for Janeane Garofalo, Bob Odenkirk, and John Hodgman, and sharing the stage with Michael Ian Black at SF Sketchfest. Their experimental theatre collective PSYCHIC READINGS has been featured in Artforum, and their early NYC career was spent interning at Richard Foreman's Ontological Hysteric Theatre (later Incubator Arts Project) and worked under creatives such as Daniel Fish (2019 Tony, Oklahoma!), Dave Malloy (2017 Tonys, Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812), and Tina Satter (Broadway's Is This A Room).

A proud union member of AEA and SAG-AFTRA, Ezra holds a BFA in Acting from UNC Greensboro, trained at the Atlantic Acting Conservatory, and teaches at American Conservatory Theater. They continue to perform and develop original work internationally.

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