JAIME CEPERO

#Scorpio placements are all about death and rebirth. We are tasked with conquering and healing the spiritual shadow. We are tasked with intense sexual depth and curiosity. We are tasked with constant metamorphosis. Every day I become someone authentically new and every day I get to challenge myself to love that new person fully and completely. It’s taken me a long time to realize, but what a gift to receive in this lifetime. 📷: @alaricphoto for my 2025 residency @joespub @publictheaterny #photoshoot #broadway #theater #offbroadway #artist #composer #writer #afrolatino #queer #nonbinary #model #music #recordingartist #papimagic #witch #scorpiorising

Meet @papimagic , our newest featured artist on the latest episode of the #PlaybillSongwriterSeries. Click the link in our bio to watch the full episode with @krisnicmil , @thecalmitchell , @jadavalenciaga , and more! 🎥 by @ethan.ari.22

Had a TON of folks reach out about my song after our performance on Monday with @latinemtlab @cuttingroomnyc ! You can find #December on @spotify @applemusic and anywhere else music is distributed! THANK YOU for all the feedback and encouragement! This song is so personal to me and its from a song project I’m continuing to work on. Give it a listen and a like! 🫶🏾🔥 PUNK IS BACK & IT IS BLACK! @punk.black 🤘🏾 #afrolatino #music #writer #broadway #theater #composer #newmusic #rock #punk #lgbtq #queer #nonbinary #supportqueerartists

The hoe is defrosting 🌡️ ❄️ ☀️ #summer #shirtless #selfie #fitness #papi

Excited to get to work!😊 From @playbill : “The 2026 recipients of the Lucille Lortell 121 Project Grant are Bandit Queen with book and lyrics by Sami Horneff and book and music by Amanda D’Archangelis; Francois & The Rebels: A Punk Rock Ritual with book, music, and lyrics by Jaime Cepero; Fusong with book and lyrics by Christine Toy Johnson, music by Cecilia Lin, based on “The Lost Daughter of Happiness” by Geling Yan, and conceived and directed by Gabriel Barre; Next Year in Connecticut! with book and lyrics by Sarah Rossman and music by Sequoia Sellinger; and Out There, co-created, directed, and choreographed by William Carlos Angulo, co-created and with a book by Isaac Gómez, and co-created, composed and with lyrics by Michelle J. Rodriguez. The 121 Project is a program of the Lortel’s Music Theatre Lab, which fosters the creation, development, and presentation of new musicals. The program provides up to $10,000 of tailored support for the specific needs of each project.” #broadway #offbroadway #development #musical #writer

Grateful to share that my punk rock ritual @francoisandtherebels has been selected by @lorteltheatre for its 121 Project musical development program. Thankyou to the team and board for this incredible support. I’m very excited to get to work 🤓 #broadway #offbroadway #theater #musical #nyc

March 30th, 2026 - this Monday at @madamegeorgenyc 😍 we’ve got JAIME CEPERO (Smash, Night of the Living Dead) and MARIAH LYTTLE (The Wiz, Bad Cinderella) and of course your hostess with the mostest - the vibe Queen herself @divalamarr with music director @dannylipsitzmusic and the band: @jredsecker @pjrobertsmusic @alexraderman See you MARCH 30th at Madame George! #broadway #nyc #broadwaynightoff #nightlife #speakeasy @papimagic @mariahlyttle

Looking forward to this because I have been struggling a lot the past few weeks. Life has felt overwhelming. I’ve been finding it truly difficult to stay positive or feel hopeful with the state of our country, our industry, and our world. Thankyou to @publictheaterny for creating this demonstration to help all of us channel our energy into something productive through community, and thankyou for asking me to add my voice. From Leadership: “We stand in solidarity with our neighbors in Minnesota and across the country who are angry and grieving, protesting state-sanctioned violence and abuses of power, and organizing for the safety, dignity, and human rights of all. In this moment of crisis, our intention is to create a collective interruption that invites reflection, accountability, and recommitment to the values we claim as a nation, protesting and contrasting the abhorrent violence and abuses we are witnessing all around us.” Join us this Saturday @publictheaterny to activate and support the community. #nyc #peoplesfillibusternyc #theater #broadway #protest

Don’t fuck this up NY. LFG @zohrankmamdani !!!!

My punk rock ritual @francoisandtherebels won a Phillip Seymour Hoffman @therelentlessaward this week! Thankyou to @buildingforthearts @theatrerow The American Playwriting Foundation and the team and judges at the award for this incredible honor, and to everyone who has supported my journey as a writer and artist this far. Special thanks to @itsjelaniremy @brit_west @jordnalexander @gabelisabeth @latoyaedwards.nyc and @jadavalenciaga for performing my song at the award ceremony to a standing ovation! It feels amazing to be seen and heard at this level and I look forward to seeing where this takes us in the future. Viv Libete Anba Esklavage! 🤘🏾☺️ #broadway #award #theater #writer #musical #punk #rock #composer #artist #nyc

@papimagic (They/He) is an afrolatino queer non-binary artist, actor, and award winning activist, most well known for playing the conniving Ellis Boyd on NBC’s cult favorite musical drama “SMASH” from executive producer Steven Spielberg. Performance credits include TV: “Smash” (NBC), “Connecting...”(NBC), “Mess” (HereTV/Amazon), FILM: “Daddy”, “Dating My Mother”, “Jess”, “I Am Michael”. THEATER: Porgy & Bess 75th Anniversary (National Tour), Night Of The Living Dead: The Musical! (Off- Broadway & Cast Recording), Excorcistic: The Musical (Off-Broadway), Hair (Claude) Dallas Theater Center, Jesus Christ Superstar: Gospel! (Simon) Alliance Theater,  PERICLES (Cerimon, Others) The Shed/Public Theater, Choir Boy (US Pharrus/David) Geffen Playhouse. Artist residencies include work at National Queer Theater, La Mama Experimental Theater, Barishnikov Arts Center, The Chelsea Factory, Carnegie Hall, Joes Pub, and The Public Theater. As a writer, their punk rock ritual  Ed “Francois & The Rebels” was a 2022 nominee for the Vivace Award for Theater Artists, as well as a  2025 finalist for both The Pipeline Arts Foundation Award, and the Phillip Seymour Hoffman Relentless Award for Musical Theater. As an activist, their organizing & community engagement work on the 2020 March On Broadway won two Gold Anthem Awards from the International Academy Of Digital Arts & Sciences.

Opening Night of @exorcisticmusical Off-Broadway @theasylumnyc was an EXPERIENCE! This is also your reminder that I start my run of performances as Diva Devil Sept 22nd! Come get weird! Xx 📸: @oliverrphoto #Broadway #OffBroadway #Premiere #ActorsLife #Theater #Musical #excorcisticthemusical