CV Highlights
2025 World Biodiversity Forum/Terra Prime Creativity Project, City of Albuquerque, NM & Switzerland
2025 Mid-America Arts Alliance Artist Leadership Fellow, NM and Beyond
2024 AfroMundo Festival 2024, World Premier, Enhanced Staged Reading New Play, Sterling’s Silver, Albuquerque, NM
2024 Art Exhibit-Protest 2024, Martin Art Studios-The Whole World In Her Hands, Albuquerque, NM
2024 Art Exhibit-NM African American Resilience Committee -Gifts of Our Ancestors: Resilience in the Diaspora, Co-Curator and Exhibitor, 3 Artworks, Gracie Lee Gallery, Placitas Community Library, NM
2023 Art Exhibit-New Realism, Martin Arts Studios, 6 Art Works
2023 FUSION 708 Theatre, Nominee for the Dominic Orlando Playwright Award, Semifinalist
2022-2023 Urban Enhancement Trust Fund Resiliency Residency Award, City of Albuquerque, NM
2020 National Heritage Area Congressional Heart & Soul Awards Breakfast, Excerpt Performance, (and a surprise to me) – Story Protector Medallion Award, presented by the Northern New Mexico Rio Grande National Heritage Area, engraved in English, Tewa, and Spanish, Washington, DC & NM
2018: Nominated, AUDELCO Award, Best Off-Broadway Solo Performance, NY, for HARRIET’S RETURN: Based Upon the Legendary Life of Harriet Tubman Links to two reviews
https://stagebuddy.com/theater/theater-review/review-karen-jones-meadows-harriets-return
http://www.theaterscene.net/plays/solo-plays/harriets-return/darryl-reilly/
SOME HONORS
Certificate For Outstanding Accomplishment, California State Assembly
First Place International Short Film Award, Writer/Producer, Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame, CA
The Links Incorporated Albuquerque Chapter, Building Bridges Community Service Arts Award, NM
W.K.Kellogg Foundation Expert In Residence, MI
Distinguished McGee Professor of Writing Award, Davidson College, NC
The United Minority Media Association, Inc., Special Recognition Award. CA
The Drama League of New York Playwright Award. NY
Award of Achievement, Coalition For A Non-Violent City, For Youth Investment , CA
Cornerstone Award, Penumbra Theatre. MN
Inclusion in The National Black Drama Anthology: Eleven Plays from America's Leading African-American Theaters, Edited By Woodie King, Jr. representing The Negro Ensemble Company, Henrietta. NY
REPRESENTATIVE PRODUCTIONS OF VARIOUS PLAYS IN VENUES SUCH AS; Geffen Playhouse, CA; Alabama Shakespeare Festival, AL; Kennedy Center, Washington, D;, The Acting Company, NY; Crossroads Theatre, NJ; Alley Theatre, TX; Urban Stages, NY; The Negro Ensemble Company, NY; and The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, MI; Doris Duke Theatre, HI; Dock Street Theatre-Charleston Black Theatre, SC; Penumbra Theatre, MN;; Allen Temple Baptist Church, CA; St. Louis Black Repertory Theatre, MO; Madrid Theater, CA; University of Missouri-Columbia, MO; Gullah Geechee Festival, GA; Luna Stage Company, NJ; Gem Theatre, KS; Langston Hughes Theater-Sounds of The Northwest, WA; Greenwood Cultural Center, OK; West Las Vegas Arts Center, NV
KEYNOTES AND SIGNIFICANT SPEAKING AND PRODUCING ENGAGEMENTS (REPRESENTATIVE)
United Nations Commission on the Status of Women Event, "Revolutionary Healing...Full Spectrum Healing With Heart" Panel Presenter & Performance, NY
Association of International Schools in Africa – Keynote Speaker, and Workshop Facilitator in Cote Ivoire, Tanzania, Kenya, and Zimbabwe
Commission, British Virgin Islands Government, Created and directed a theatrical production documenting this multi-island country’s unique and colorful history, entitled Well, Well, Well, as the opening event of their annual week-long Emancipation Celebration
Habitat for Humanity’s Beloved Community Concert, Audience Collective Community Envisioning, NM
XVI International Conference: African and Afro-American Culture, Presenter & Performance Santiago, Cuba
UNESCO International Conference: New Approaches in Interpreting and Representing Slavery in Museums and Sites, Presenter and Performance Excerpt, VA
Creative Placemaking Leadership Summit, Panel, Placemaking in the Cosmos, Afro-Futurism, NM
Global Summit, Council on International Relations, Building Altars That Alter for Global Peace, NM
International Women’s Economic Forum, The Spirit of Money & Altars That Alter for Prosperity, NM
Hiroshima Commemoration, Cross Cultural Empathy Poem, Mightier Than the Sword, and Peace, Pods and Pearls Community Envisioning, NM
Project Director NM Forum for Youth in Community, Lieutenant Governor’s Education Summit Performance of DROPPING IN Created By College and High School Students That Then Toured NM
ARTS-IN EDUCATION AND ARTS ADMINISTRATION (REPRESENTATIVE)
Children’s Defense Fund Freedom Schools Training Institute, Led Workshops for 320 Teachers, TN
Amy Biehl Charter High School, Albuquerque, Special Projects, Drama Teacher Designed Drama and Performing Arts Program and produced and directed theatrical student written and performed productions specifically addressing conflict resolution and adolescent issues, NM
Arts and Science Council, NC—Director of Community Services, Liaison between the Council and 52 Member Organizations, Assistance with Board and Program Development, Grant Preparations, Council Funding Evaluations and Awards, and Arts Council Capital Campaigns
New Jersey State Council For The Arts, NJ – Grants Committee, and Arts Program Evaluator
Founding Member-AACT African-American Children’s Theater, NC
PRODUCED PLAYS & TELEVISION SCRIPTS
HARRIET’S RETURN: Based Upon The Legendary Life of Harriet Tubman
TAPMAN
SALA CINDERELLA
EVERYBODY’S SECRET
MAJOR CHANGES
HENRIETTA
THE CHALLENGE: Sophia and William Meet Chesnutt and Twain
HIP HOP IN THE PROMISED LAND
A SHOWER OF TEARS
WELL, WELL, WELL
DROPPING IN
STARS OF URBAN LIFE – S.O.U.L
Actor (Representative)
28 Featured Commercials, 8 Featured Film Roles, Numerous Theatre Roles