Antonio Duke is a Twin Cities based actor and playwright. He is the program director of The Ifẹ̀ (Ee-fay) Lab which is a fellowship highlighting black solo performing artists. The fellowship combines film and live performances culminating into a multimedia, multidisciplinary, Afro-futuristic showcase. His goal is to provide easily accessible digital theater that motivates, inspires, and replenishes black communities. Digital theater is live theater that is filmed and streamed online. After graduating from The University of Minnesota/Guthrie B.F.A. Actor Training Program he received The Naked Stages Fellowship with Pillsbury House + Theatre where he created his first solo play Ashes of Moons. His second solo play Tears of Moons was accepted into The Guthrie Theatre’s Solo Emerging Artist Celebration. Tears of Moons was filmed and streamed with Park Square Theatre. With these two pieces he received an inaugural Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship the same year. He created his third solo play Missing Mississippi Moons with additional support from The Minnesota State Arts Board’s Artist Initiative Grant. Missing Mississippi Moons was filmed and streamed by Combustible Theater Company, Los Vegas Theater Company, and The Guthrie Theater. He is a Wonderlust Ensemble Member. He is honored to be a 2024-2025 McKnight Fellow in Playwriting.