David Santos Donaldson

David performed on stage for Seriously Entertaining at Joe’s Pub at The Public Theater on June 7, 2022, speaking on the evening’s theme, “Being and Becoming.” Watch it below. He also performed at a SpeakTogether student matinee at Fordham High School for the Arts in the Bronx on March 7, 2023, speaking on the theme “A Brave and Startling Truth,” and at a SpeakTogether student matinee at Bronx High School for Law and Community Service in the Bronx on March 20, 2024, speaking on the theme “Choosing Courage.” 

David Santos Donaldson was raised in Nassau, Bahamas, and has lived in India, Spain, and the United States. He attended Wesleyan University and the Drama Division of the Juilliard School, and his plays have been commissioned by the Public Theater. He was a finalist for the Urban Stages Emerging Playwright Award and has worked as the Artistic Director for the Dundas Centre for the Performing Arts in Nassau, Bahamas. Donaldson is currently a practicing psychotherapist, and divides his time between Brooklyn, New York, and Seville, Spain. Greenland is his first novel.

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