Tony and Obie Award winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson is the director of the current Broadway production of August Wilson’s JITNEY. Mr. Santiago-Hudson won a Tony in August Wilson’s Seven Guitars on Broadway and later went on to direct the play himself to high appraise. Other directing credits include , The Piano Lesson, Skeleton Crew, Paradise Blue, Cabin in the Sky, My Children My Africa, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Your Blues Ain’t Sweet Like Mine and many more. The multi-award winning director and actor wrote, executive produced and starred in the HBO film "Lackawanna Blues" based on his award winning play. It received several honors including Emmy, Golden Globe, Humanitas, National Board of Review and Christopher Awards. Ruben stars alongside Anika Noni Rose in BET’s new drama The Quad premiering January 31, 2017. The Lackawanna, NY native opened The Ruben Santiago-Hudson Fine Arts Learning Center in 2014 in his hometown.