# @westernavearts on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2026-05-27T22:01:31.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Western Avenue | Studios & Lofts (@WesternAveArts) — https://gondola.cc/WesternAveArts

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Say hello to Dennis Trainor Jr., featured today in #Artist365 one of our Performing Artists living in our Lofts.

Dennis Trainor Jr is an actor, writer, and producer.

His current project is "The Tao of Lloyd", which is both a weekly podcast and an evolving solo theatrical work, with its world premiere at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August 2026

He is also the writer and performer of the Edinburgh Fringe hit Manifest Destiny’s Child, which The Scotsman called “a refreshingly self-aware and honest perspective,” noted for blending political satire with deep cultural critique.

His documentary about Occupy Wall Street, American Autumn, was praised by The New York Times as “calm and smart, offsetting its stridency with discussion, music, even humor, while issuing a call to arms.”

As an actor, recent credits include Loyd in JOB; Henry Wilcox in The Inheritance (Elliot Norton Award winner for Outstanding Ensemble and Outstanding Production); and Mr. Daldry in In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play) —all at SpeakEasy Stage. Other recent work includes How I Learned to Drive (Elliot Norton Award nominee – Outstanding Lead Actor); Macbeth, Let the Right One In, and The Merchant of Venice with Actors’ Shakespeare Project; and The Comedy of Errors and The Taming of the Shrew with Shakespeare & Company. Additional appearances include New Rep, Gloucester Stage, Company One, Lyric Stage, Soho Rep, The Flea, and The Kraine.

Photos:
1 Dennis Trainor Jr and Joshiphine Moshiri Elwood in “Job” at Speakeasy Stage (speakeasystage)

2: The Tao of Lloyd (taooflloyd) written and performed by Dennis Trainor Jr. Directed by GuyMasterson - World Premiere at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, August 2026. poster by kes.maro

3: With Jenny Rohn in How I Learned to Drive with Actors’ Shakespeare Project (aspBostonTheatre)

4: With Nael Nacer and Gigi Watson Simões in The Merchant of Venice

5: With Shamarke Yusuf in The Comedy of Errors at Shakespeare and Company (shakeandco)

Check out the Tao of Lloyd TaoofLLoyd

#Actor #edfringe #writer #PerformingArts #StageActor #CreativeArts #StudioLife #ArtistAtWork #SupportLocalArtists #MadeInLowell #ExploreLowell

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performingarts, supportlocalartists, writer, edfringe, creativearts, artist365, madeinlowell, explorelowell, artistatwork, studiolife, stageactor, actor

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