Antonio Edwards Suarez is an actor, writer, director, and educator–well-known to audiences for his extensive work on Stage and Screen.

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Select stage credits include David Mamet’s American Buffalo on Broadway (Directed by Robert Falls); John Guare’s Chaucer in Rome at Lincoln Center (Directed by Nicholas Martin); The international tour of The King Stag (Directed by Andrei Serban and Julie Taymor); Multiple Off-Broadway credits, including productions at Phoenix Theatre Ensemble, INTAR, National Black Theatre, and Chashama; A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Taming of the Shrew, The Tempest, and Julius Caesar (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company); Havana is Waiting (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park); Spinning into Butter (Repertory Theatre of St. Louis); and Idiots Karamazov (American Repertory Theater).

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His one-man play, Antonio’s Song / I Was Dreaming of a Son (co-written with Pulitzer Prize-nominee Dael Orlandersmith) was produced at Contemporary American Theater Festival, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, and The Goodman Theatre (all directed by Mark Clements, with choreography by Alexandra Beller). The performance earned him a Jeff Award Nomination.

 

Antonio’s vast television credits include Law & Order, The Endgame, Elementary, Royal Pains, Person of Interest, House of Cards, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Good Wife, Flight of the Conchords, One Life to Live, and As the World Turns, among others.

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He has been teaching at the Graduate and Undergraduate levels, as well as private coaching, for over 20 years. He is a certified Lucid Body teacher, and has taught at many respected institutions, including Brooklyn College (MFA), American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Princeton University (master classes), MMC, Hunter College, and City College. He is currently on faculty at The Freeman Studio in NYC.

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Antonio received his MFA from MXAT/Harvard.

 

Recently, his work as an actor was featured in Alexandra Beller’s new book, The Anatomy of Art: Unlocking the Creative Process for Theater and Dance (2026) and he was named Artist-In-Residence by 1761 Arts.

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His artist residency is centered on the development of a new play, currently entitled, Every Wednesday, serving as director and dramaturg. The play follows five suburban men—stay-at-home fathers and working professionals alike—whose weekly meetings force them to confront society’s views and expectations of adult men, male friendship, domestic stability, and modern masculinity.

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