Bereket Mengistu

Bereket grew up in Ethiopia adoring Hollywood and Bollywood movies. He got his first professional theater training at the Ethiopian National Theater in 2010, and that shifted his passion to the stage. He moved to New York in 2015 and since then has had the pleasure of playing remarkable roles at his college, off-off-Broadway, and off-Broadway stages: Oedipus, Hamlet, Prospero, and Oberon, to name a few. He is committed to spreading his Black Boy Joy throughout the country and the world.