Rock Wilk is an actor, playwright, and filmmaker whose work spans theater, film, and music. His acclaimed solo show Broke Wide Open began as a self-produced album before evolving into a celebrated theatrical production, with performances in New York City, London, and an extended Off-Broadway run at The New Theatre at 45th Street. Rock’s work has been presented at venues and festivals including PS 122, United Solo Theatre Festival, The Passage Theatre, and Camden Fringe Festival. He is the recipient of a 2016 BRIO Award for Acting from the Bronx Council on the Arts. His second play, Brooklyn Quartet, directed by reg e gaines, has been staged in New York and internationally, and later adapted into a four-part episodic film series. Rock’s film work includes acting in Jamesy Boy and directing award-winning films, most recently This Is the End for Me, which received Best Coming of Age Feature Film at the 2024 Manhattan Film Festival. As an artist, Wilk strives to “make art that disrupts things.”