Artistic Director
Kendell Pinkney

Kendell is the founding Artistic Director of “The Workshop”– a signature project of Reboot. Kendell Pinkney is a Brooklyn based playwright, arts advocate, and rabbi, whose creative work and scholarship explore the intersections of race, religion, identity and sacred text.

His storytelling has been featured on The Moth, and his theatre work has presented or developed at venues such as Mercury Store, The TEAM, Theater J, Feinstein's 54 Below, Joe’s Pub, Musical Theatre Factory, Two River Theater, and Goodspeed Opera House, to name a few. He was the recipient of a 2023 IDEA Residency at Opera America, as well as a Theater J “Expanding the Canon Commission” in Washington DC.

Beyond his creative work, he is the Director of Education for the arts and culture organization Reboot.

Kendell sits on the boards of Ammud: Jews of Color Torah Academy and Usdan Summer Camp for the Arts. He is a proud graduate of Oberlin College, NYU-Tisch Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program, and received ordination from the Jewish Theological Seminary where he was a Davidson Fellow. kendellpinkney.com