Performer

Colin has originated roles in plays by José Rivera, Craig Lucas, Lloyd Suh, Emily Schwend, Charles Mee, Jeff Whitty, Billy Porter, Matt Cox, Jenny Schwartz, Erin Courtney, Meghan Kennedy, Bill Cain, Don Nyguen and A. Rey Pamatmat. Readings/workshops with Roundabout, Ensemble Studio Theater, Anne Washburn, Niegel Smith, and Joel Schumacher. He has been in array of short films and been appeared in content for such companies as Carmex and McGraw-Hill.

Select press and honors:
The Mysteries (The Flea)
Critic's Pick, The New York Times and Vanity Fair
"Waitt is convincing and moving in a performance of stunning versatility." -- Stage and Cinema
"Jesus is risen and ripped" -- The New York Times
"Mr. Waitt crossed the stage like the messiah on the turbulent waves of the theatrical ocean: at once above and beyond all earthly boundaries yet still utterly one with the ensemble. His Jesus is a Christ of our era: prophetic, wise, indelibly sexy, endlessly relatable and gently superior." -- Stage Buddy

Kapow-i GoGo (The Peoples Improv Theater)
Critic's Pick, Time Out New York
"General President Thunderbolt is played with tremendous evil joy by Colin Waitt" -- Theater in the Now

Versailles (This Is Not a Theater Company)
Voice Choice, The Village Voice

Pool Play (This Is Not a Theater Company)
Performed at The International Theater Festival of Kerala in Kerala, India

Directionless (State of Flow Films, dir. James Button)
​Runner-Up Best Actor, Cardiff Mini Film Festival
Nominated Best Performances, Screentest Film Festival (London)
​Screened at Sundance London