About

CHRISTA SCOTT-REED is a New York based producer, director, and actor. Christa is a Producer at Occasional Drawl Productions and Associate Producer at Aruba Productions. Her current producing project is Arlene Hutton’s BLOOD OF THE LAMB at 59E59 Theatres, directed by Margot Bordelon, starring Meredith Garretson and Kelly McAndrew, and produced with her Occasional Drawl Productions partner, Brian Letchworth.

Christa’s Off-Broadway directing credits include the first New York revival of William Nicholson’s Shadowlands starring Daniel Gerroll, Robert Bolt’s A Man for All Seasons starring Michael Countryman, and C.S. Lewis’ The Great Divorce (also a 28-city national tour), Christa is an Artistic Associate at Katonah Classic Stage where her directing credits include A.R. Gurney’s Later Life starring Thomas Jay Ryan and Carolyn McCormick, and Noel Coward’s Private Lives starring Brenda Withers and Trent Dawson. She received regional Best Director nominations for both shows from BroadwayWorld.

Christa has commissioned, developed, and directed over a dozen theatre productions for virtual stages, including world premieres of new plays by Heidi Armbruster, James Yaegashi, Jeff Talbott, Lori Fischer, Bridget Viellieu-Davis, and more. Christa’s virtual theatre work has been streamed over 150,000 times from all 50 states, and dozens of countries.

As an actor, Christa has an extensive resume of work on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and in regional theatres, including Second Stage, Atlantic Theater Company, Manhattan Theatre Club, Irish Repertory Theatre, Keen Company, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, The Old Globe, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Two River Theatre, Barrington Stage, Denver Center, Paper Mill Playhouse and many more. Highlights of Christa’s screen credits include roles on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, FBI, Law and Order: SVU, The Good Fight, Madam Secretary, The Other Two, Elementary, 30 Rock, Law and Order, and more.

Directing

Christa most recently directed A.R. Gurney’s Later Life starring Thomas Jay Ryan, Carolyn McCormick, Kelly McAndrew, and Matthew Boston for Katonah Classic Stage where she is also an Artistic Associate and where she previously directed Noel Coward’s Private Lives, starring Brenda Withers and Trent Dawson. Both productions garnered her nominations for Best Director from BroadwayWorld (Rockland/Westchester). The Off-Broadway production of C.S. Lewis’ The Great Divorce that Christa directed completed a 28 city National Tour in 2022. She also directed the Off-Broadway revival of Robert Bolt’s A Man for All Seasons, starring Michael Countryman and Carolyn McCormick, and the first New York revival of William Nicholson’s Shadowlands, starring Daniel Gerroll. Since 2020, Christa has directed multiple filmed virtual theatre productions which have collectively received over 150,000 views in all 50 states and dozens of countries. She has directed staged readings for Irish Repertory Theatre, Urban Stages, FPA, PlayGround NY, and Actors Circle Ensemble, among others.

Directing Resume

Private Lives
Man for All Seasons
A Man for All Seasons
A Man for All Seasons
Shadowlands
Shadowlands
Shadowlands
Private Lives

Private Lives

Pictured: Brenda Withers

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Director Christa Scott-Reed has assembled an extremely talented cast. Coward’s dialogue is delivered with elegance and skill. Her direction is brisk, well-staged and full of beautifully timed humor and well-played pathos…Run! See it! You will laugh out loud and plentifully.

– OnStage

Man for All Seasons

Man for All Seasons

Pictured: Carolyn McCormick, Michael Countryman, Kim Wong

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This current production, sleekly directed by Christa Scott-Reed for Fellowship for Performing Arts, is a stirring piece of theatre…Michael Countryman is superb, leading an excellent cast…riveting.

– The New Yorker

A Man for All Seasons

A Man for All Seasons

Pictured: Harry Bouvy

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 Smartly directed by Christa Scott-Reed…strong and sobering

– National Review

A Man for All Seasons

A Man for All Seasons

Pictured: Michael Countryman, John Ahlin

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The characters are so strong, the drama so compelling and the language so accessible that you probably won’t notice that some pretty complex concepts will go down pretty easily…smart and complex…compelling…it could not be more timely,

– Newsweek

Shadowlands

Shadowlands

Pictured: Daniel Gerroll, Robin Abramson

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A thoughtful and satisfying revival…Under Christa Scott-Reed’s direction, the exceptional cast catches every nuance of this fine play.

– The New Yorker

Shadowlands

Shadowlands

Pictured: John C. Vennema, Daniel Gerroll, Robin Abramson, Jack McCarthy

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Director Christa Scott-Reed conducts this symphony with a sure and imaginative hand. The scenario feels authentic in every way, moves fluidly, and holds visual interest. Its tone is pitch perfect.

Woman Around Town

Shadowlands

Shadowlands

Pictured: Jack McCarthy

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A Must-See…Beautifully acted by Gerroll, Abramson, and the entire cast and directed with quiet sympathy by Christa Scott-Reed, the production has the effect of a prayer delivered tenderly and even humorously.

Huffington Post

Contact

214 West 29th Street
Suite 1203
New York, NY 10001
212-977-8502

A3 Artists Agency – Commercial Division
275 7th Ave
New York, NY 10001
646-486-4600

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