JAIME CEPERO (They/He) is an afrolatino queer non-binary artist, actor, and award winningactivist, most well known for playing the conniving Ellis Boyd on NBC’s cult favorite musicaldrama “SMASH” from executive producer Steven Spielberg. Performance credits include TV:“Smash” (NBC), “Connecting…”(NBC), “Mess” (HereTV/Amazon), FILM: “Daddy”, “Dating MyMother”, “Jess”, “I Am Michael”. THEATER: Porgy & Bess 75th Anniversary (National Tour),Night Of The Living Dead: The Musical! (Off-Broadway & Cast Recording), Excorcistic: TheMusical (Off-Broadway & Cast Recording) Hair (Claude) Dallas Theater Center, Jesus ChristSuperstar: Gospel! (Simon) Alliance Theater, PERICLES (Cerimon, Others) The Shed, Choir Boy(US Pharrus/David) Geffen Playhouse. Artist residencies include work at National QueerTheater, La Mama Experimental Theater, Barishnikov Arts Center, The Chelsea Factory, and ThePublic Theater, where Jaime is currently a commissioned artist in development with Joe’s Pub.As a writer, their punk rockritual “Francois & The Rebels” was a 2022 nominee for the VivaceAward for groundbreaking new musical theater, and a 2025 finalist for The Pipeline ArtsFoundation Award. As an activist, their organizing & community engagement work on the 2020March On Broadway won two Gold Anthem Awards from the International Academy Of DigitalArts & Sciences.
