A Little Potato and Hard to Peel

David Harrell is an actor, writer, speaker, and disability advocate. In 2021, he was honored by the Casting Society of America as one of the Top 20 Actors from underrepresented populations. Television credits include The Gilded Age, FBI: Most Wanted, The Code, Bull, and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. On stage, he has performed Off-Broadway and regionally across the country. His award-winning solo plays A Little Potato and Hard to Peel and The Boy Who Would Be Captain Hook continue to entertain audiences of all ages. He received the Distinguished Service Award from the New Jersey Governor's Awards for Arts in Education in 2019. He was nominated in 2010 for a New York Innovative Theatre Award for Outstanding Solo Performance and won the 2014 Journalist Choice Award for his work in a solo play festival in Pärnu, Estonia. He currently lives in Savannah, Georgia with his family.