Niccolo Aeed is a black/Palestinian writer and director based in New York. He is half the comedy duo Marina & Nicco, whose sketches and short films have been featured on The New Yorker, Comedy Central, Funny or Die, and many more. Marina & Nicco's plays have been produced at HERE Arts Center, The Peoples Improv Theater, New Ohio Theater and Ars Nova. Individually, Nicco has written and directed plays for The New York Fringe Festival, the Philly Fringe Festival, NY Summerfest and 7x7. He he has written and directed sketch comedy at The Upright Citizens Brigade Theater and The Peoples Improv Theater and teaches storytelling with The Moth.
