Ashton Muñiz

Ashton Muñiz (They/He) is a queer actor, performance artist, activist and producer based in New York. Ashton’s goal through artistic work is to continue to instill joy into the world by embracing the realities of the present. Muñiz is a co-founder of Legacy: A Black Queer Production Collective. Recent acting credits include The Inheritance (Broadway), Taylor Mac’s 24-Decade History of Popular Music (The Kimmel Center/St. Ann’s Warehouse/Pomegranate Arts), Esai’s Table (Cherry Lane), And She Would Stand Like This (Movement Theatre Company). Ashton has collaborated with various artists and featured in their works at The Guggenheim (Machine Dazzle), Art Institute Chicago/Swiss Institute/New Museum (Cally Spooner), Biennial Performa/Lehmann Maupin (Nicholas Hlobo) & Pace Gallery (Lilleth Glimcher). Additionally, Ashton has danced for Marc Jacobs FW 2020 (Karole Armitage), A$AP Rocky (Lab Rat-Sotheby’s), Rihanna (MTV VMAs 2016). Ashton received training at Ithaca College, Moscow Arts Theatre School, Shakespeare & Co.