Bio
Khari Wyatt is the descendant of runaway slaves and inner-city America with
its adversities, tragedies and triumphs; the son of high school sweethearts: a mother who is an artist and a father who courageously moved his young family from the rust-belt to our Nation's Capital to find a better life; the grandson of men who wore blue collars
Khari Wyatt is the descendant of runaway slaves and inner-city America with
its adversities, tragedies and triumphs; the son of high school sweethearts: a mother who is an artist and a father who courageously moved his young family from the rust-belt to our Nation's Capital to find a better life; the grandson of men who wore blue collars in auto plants and on railroad trains; the grandson of women who taught Sunday school and waitressed in greasy spoons. He is a writer and actor.
He was selected to write and develop his play, Starchild, in the Circle X Theatre Company Evolving Playwrights Group. He was one of eleven writers of #While We Breathe: A Night of Creative Protest, a streaming theatrical event produced by Brian Moreland and Arvind Ethan David. His audio play, “Zip Code 90011 South Central Los Angeles: Speakeasy,” was commissioned and produced by Antaeus Theatre Company .
Moving Arts, Chalk Repertory Theatre as well as the DC Black Theatre Festival have hosted his plays for readings and workshops. His play “Some Type of Ecstasy” was a semifinalist for the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s National Playwrights Conference. His ten-minute play, “Ingredients,” was presented as part of the Moving Arts- Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s Night at the Museum. He currently is a writer for Moving Arts’ web series, “Isolation Inn” being aired on YouTube.
As an actor he has appeared on shows such as “Shark,” “America’s Most Wanted” and “Unforgettable”.
Wyatt is an alumnus of Howard University, earned an MFA in Film from Columbia University in the City of New York, and also completed the Summer Legal Institute at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles. He is member of Antaeus Theatre Company Playwrights Lab, Moving Arts, the Playwrights Union and SAG-AFTRA.
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