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.