• SANTIAGO IACINTI (they/them) is a Director, Producer, Writer and Educator. They were born in Mexico, raised in San Diego and live full time in New York. Over the past four seasons they have served as Associate Artistic Director, and Director of Education at PlayPenn— where they have helped develop 29+ new plays.

    Iacinti was the inaugural Artistic/Literary Intern at The Old Globe, an inaugural member of the Roundabout Directors Group, an Emerging Directing Resident at Milwaukee Rep, and an alumnus of Directors Lab West.

    As a Director, they have also worked nationally at Yale Rep, Primary Stages, Playwrights Center, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Wilma Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, The Sol Project and Moxie Theatre— to name a few.

    Their expertise is in New Play Development, 85% of their work has been with a living playwright in the room. They think visually and integrate video art, photography, puppetry, movement and technology into their work. Prior to becoming a full fledged member of The Kilroys, they were a two time Kilroy honoree.

    As a human being, their personhood is intersectional. Iacinti immigrated to the U.S. at age 2 and was undocumented until age 19, before becoming a DACA recipient. They identify as gay, trans/nonbinary and are bilingual. They stand firm in the belief that their body, spirit and mind are not illegal or unnatural, but rather divine.