Inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jack Reuler founded the Mixed Blood Theatre Company at the age of 22. Mixed Blood has presented 75 world premieres and scores of regional premieres. In 2006, he received the Local Legend Award from the United Negro College Fund and the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2006 Ivey Awards. In 2009, he also received a Sally Irvine Award for Vision, an Actors’ Equity’s Spirit Award and was named a Facing Race Ambassador by the St. Paul Foundation.