Lee Edward Colston II is a Philly native, former prison guard turned actor, playwright, director, acting and writing coach, and author.
His play Solitary was winner of the 2008 Philadelphia Theater Workshop. His play Roost won the 2010 Life Media Award in the Philadelphia Urban Theater Festival and the 2013 Hidden River Arts Award for Best New Play.
Colston is also a writer for the television shows Fargo and For Life.
As a teaching artist he trains actors and writers in both one on one and classroom settings with a special focus on classical training and preparing actors and writers for the industry as well as undergrad and grad school audition preparation. MFA: The Juilliard School.