Don Reed is the host/producer/curator of Redwood Nights: Storytelling Under the Stars at Deer Park Villa. He was a Theatre Bay Area winner for Outstanding Solo Production East 14th and is currently co-producing filmmaker Robert Townsend‘s solo hit Living the Shuffle. A San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Nominee and NAACP Triple Nominee for Best Actor & Best Playwright, he played one of the lead roles in the Amazon Prime comedy series Bartlett which was co-financed and stars Lin Manuel Miranda (creator of the Broadway smash Hamilton) in a recurring role. He was the longtime opening act for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.