A Venezuelan-American actor, stage director, and producer. Mauricio recently produced two feature doc-dramas during the pandemic and most recently nine short films for the 2022 Voices of Now festival at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater. Mauricio served as Creative Producer for the 2020-2021 Virtual Season of IN Series Opera. His projects with IN Series included the film Orphée et Eurydice, the audio play A Fairy Queen, and the interdisciplinary film/theater piece Boheme in The Heights. All three were featured on DC Metro Theater Arts’ 2021 lists of outstanding productions. In addition, Mauricio currently serves as Artistic Associate with We Happy Few Theatre Company and recently directed two Sherlock Holmes audio experiences as part of their at-home Detective Play Series which received praise for their crisp style and directing. Maryland Theater Guide called Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Norwood Builder “...a perfect adventure.”
Mauricio worked previously with Christopher Cunetto as a producer on his latest short, Gateway.
As an actor, Mauricio’s early breakthrough roles include the Bridegroom in the 2013 New York stage production of Blood Wedding by Federico García Lorca, which earned him a nomination for Best Male Breakthrough Performance from the New York ACE (Asociación de Cronistas de Espectáculos de Nueva York/New York Entertainment Journalists Association). He continued his stage career with multiple collaborations with The Kennedy Center, Studio Theatre, GALA Hispanic Theatre, Olney Theatre Center, Theatre 167, Repertorio Español, Superhero Clubhouse, The Bushwick Starr, and Columbia University. Mauricio was featured in the film You, Me, Bathroom, Sex, Now directed by Francisco Lupini. The film became an official selection at the Festival de Cannes and went on to receive multiple awards in film festivals including Best of Festival at the Palm Springs Shortfest, Jury Award at the NCGL Film Festival, Best Comedy at the Global Accolade Film Competitions, Audience Choice at the Cinema Diverse Film Festival, and Best LGBT Short Film at the Columbus International Film and Video Festival.
Mauricio is a proud member of Actors Equity Association (AEA), Mauricio is a graduate of the Acting Program at Marymount Manhattan College and the Shakespeare Conservatory for Actors at Yale University.
Tepui Media was founded by Mauricio Pita in 2021, a film production company based in Washington, D.C. Tepui Media’s mission is to lift under-represented stories by providing them with a unique ecosystem of support.