Artist

Moayed is an actor, co-founder of Waterwell, arts educator and an award winning writer/director for TV. As an actor Mr. Moayed won an Obie Award for  Performance in the Best New American Play, Guards at the Taj with Omar Metwally. He was nominated for a Tony award for Joseph's Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo opposite Robin Williams. As the Co-Founder of Waterwell, he has helped devise over a dozen original productions including most recently a dual-language Hamlet (played the title role) and remounting a forgotten war musical called Blueprint Specials, produced on board of the Intrepid with a cast of veterans. With Waterwell Drama Program, Mr. Moayed helps administer public school arts programming with hundreds of students in New York City giving high quality theater and citizenship training free of charge. With Waterwell Films he had written and directed, The Accidental Wolf, a streaming online series starring Kelli O'Hara, Laurie Metcalf, Denis O'Hare and a cast of over 50 Tony nominations on its own platform, the accidentalwolf.com. He just finished shooting season 2. Notable theaters include Public Theater, Signature Theatre, Manhattan Theater Club, Homebody/Kabul (Steppenwolf Theatre Company). Notable TV credits include Succession (HBO), Madam Secretary, Rock the Kasbah, Appropriate Behavior and Rosewater. Awards include Theater World Award, Drama Desk Award and Indiana University Outstanding Young Alumni Award.