Renardo is proud to be in his 15th year as a member of the acting cast of Ruth Page’s The Nutcracker. He was trained at the University of Illinois at Chicago under the guidance of William Raffeld. Bill played the grandfather in the ballet for 47 years. 

Renardo continued his acting training at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts where he earned an M.F.A. While in New York, Renardo performed in several productions for the Public Theater. The highlight of his work was appearing in the Joseph Papp production of Twelfth Night with Oscar Winner, F. Murray Abraham.  

After returning to Chicago, Renardo earned an M.A. in Social Work from the University of Chicago and joined the Old World Theatre Company. For nearly ten years and again under the direction of William Raffeld, he performed in over twenty productions. Some of his Old World work includes Master Harold and the Boys, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, Waiting for Lefty, The Importance of Being Earnest, Last Night of Ballyhoo, Driving Miss Daisy, Fools, Blood Knot, Too Many Husbands, Pygmalion, the Dairy of Anne Frank, Of Mice and Men, Our Town, Box And Cox, Black Comedy and Awake And Sing.  

His work with other theater companies includes Ragtime (Porchlight Music Theater) Once On This Island (Porchlight Music Theater), Phantom (Porchlight Music Theater), Crowns (Open Door Repertory Company), Driving Miss Daisy (Village Players), The Full Monty (Village Players), Superior Donuts (Open Door Repertory Company), Clara (Open Door Repertory Company), and Eye of the Storm (Open Door Repertory Company). His work in Eye of the Storm earned him a Black Theater Alliance Award. 

When not onstage, Renardo can be found working diligently alongside his colleagues at the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services. He has worked for the Department for nearly 33 years.