Rabbi Kendell Pinkney serves as the rabbinic educator and artist-in-residence at Reboot, a Jewish arts and culture nonprofit. Additionally, he is the founding artistic directorof The Workshop—an arts and culture fellowship for emerging creatives of BIPOC- Jewish heritage. A frequent keynote speaker, he was among the first rabbis honored to offer a multifaith invocation for the 110th First Lady’s Luncheon, honoring Dr. Jill Biden. He is the recipient of a 2023 IDEA Residency at Opera America and was selected for Theater J’s “Expanding the Canon” commission program. Kendell earned his Rabbinic Ordination and MA from The Jewish Theological Seminary, where he was a Wexner Graduate Fellowship/Davidson Scholar, his MFA in Musical Theatre Writing from Tisch School of the Arts at NYU, and his BA in Religion and Jewish Studies from Oberlin College.