Reginald Douglas

Reginald will direct a reading of Forever Sunset by Tobias Forrest as part of the annual Kennedy Center Leadership Exchange in the Arts and Disability Conference. Check out the announcement here.

Reginald will direct Girl Shakes Loose, a new musical by Zakiyyah Alexander and Imani Uzuri, at the Eugene O’Neill Center’s National Music Theater Conference. The cast includes Broadway luminaries Christina Sajous, Kevin Mambo, and Laiona Michelle. Check out the announcement here!

Reginald is thrilled to direct Amy Evans’ The Champion at Theatre Squared, as part of the Arkansas New Play Festival, running June 17-26, 2016. Check out this special interview with Reginald about his process and love of new work.

Reginald is thrilled to announce the 2016-17 season of plays at City Theatre. This season, Reginald will direct Wild with Happy by Colman Domingo in Spring 2017. Check out the full line-up here!

Reginald was named “One of Top 10 People to Meet in 2016″ by The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette!

Reginald’s new position at City Theatre was featured in the Pittsburgh Tribune Review this fall. Read the full article here!

Reginald begins his tenure as Artistic Producer at City Theatre Company by directing a reading of Jessica Dickey’s new play The Human Court at City Theatre’s annual Momentum Festival of New Plays at Different Stages.

“City Theatre’s commitment to developing and producing new plays that challenge and engage diverse audiences is deeply inspiring,” says Mr. Douglas. “I am honored to join Tracy, the Board and staff in this important work, and look forward to uniting my passion and experience with City’s remarkable track record of artistic excellence.”

Read the full announcement here!

Reginald will direct Josh Wilder’s Leftovers at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s National Playwrights Conference, one of the highest-profile new-play development programs in the country! He will be in residence June 25-July 2, 2015.

Read the full announcement in Variety here!

“Verse melts into drama, and love story into Kafkaesque nightmare, in Paradox of the Urban Cliché, whose polished staging by Reginald L. Douglas is part of Poetic Theater Productions’s Poetic License festival…With a fine cast of four and a talented design team — particularly the video designer David Palmer and the sound designer Julian Evans — the new play simmers with anger about injustices both recent and historical.”

Read the full review here!

“Yet in a production that sings, above all else it is the direction that shines brightest. Reginald L. Douglas does incredible work, crafting a finely tuned world, and drawing great depths of emotion and finesse from his actors.”

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“Paradox acquires potent power, with thoughtfully drawn characters and some head- spinning turns into philosophy. Grant alludes to great themes — power, race, justice — without grandstanding, and he keeps the focus on the inner self in the inner city.”

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“Director Reginald L. Douglas crafts a space that is immediate and unflinching. The seamless transitions from past to present and the actors’ groundedness in their bodies and voices allow the playwright’s words to blaze across the audience, holding their attention on a hair pin. His words are ingeniously singular and personal.”

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Reginald is thrilled be directing Paradox of the Urban Cliché by the brilliant Craig ‘muMs’ Grant. Filled with passionate grit, rhythmic hip-hop poetry, and the spirit  of recent events of Ferguson and New York City, the play shines a light on the hope and tragedy of inner-city life with truth and fire. Produced by Poetic Theater Productions, the show stars Clinton Lowe, Mike Carlsen, Eboni Flowers, and W. Tre Davis. Design by Paul Tate DePoo II (scenic), Brad Peterson (lights and video), Liene Dobraja (costumes), Julian Evans (sound), and Travis Bell (props). The production  runs February 5-22 at The Wild Project.

Read the press release here!

The Star Ledger names Master Harold…and the boys one of the Top 10 Shows of 2014!

“Athol Fugard’s play about coming of age in apartheid-era South Africa received a lively and ultimately wrenching showing in West Orange in a perceptive production directed by Reginald L. Douglas. Once again, the theater showcased actors who may not have had the celebrity value of those playing other local houses, but who showed ample skill and fit their roles perfectly.”

Read the article here!

“This is a play that must be seen, as much for its global relevance as for its local resonance. This is a masterful work that provokes thought while acknowledging past change and encouraging future action. We draw lines in the dust, but the lines and the dust both change.”

Read the full review here!

“Salter provides pointed insight into the subject, and her thoughtfully drawn female characters carry it compellingly to its conclusion. Reginald L. Douglas offers sure-handed direction.”

Read the Star Ledger’s review here!

“This a beautifully written, powerful, exciting, thought-provoking play impressively directed (Reginald L. Douglas) and performed by three exceptional actors (Erin Cherry, Rick Delaney and Dorcas Sowunmi).  This closeness and the power of these performances added to the relevant emotional material takes the viewer (at least this viewer) beyond a mere theatrical presentation to almost active participation, in short, you forget this is a play and almost experience it as reality.”

Check out the review here!

“Director Reginald L. Douglas employs just the right directorial touch to keep the drama at an appropriate tension while avoiding histrionics. Thus, instead of being a polemic against residency fraud, Lines in the Dust becomes a personal story of three strivers, all of whom are seeking to arrive at (or in the case of Mike, to maintain) success. Luna Stage is to be commended for commissioning plays from young playwrights and giving them polished productions. Once again, the company and playwright have given us riveting, entertaining, illuminating and thought-provoking theater.”

Check out the review here!

“Colin Drucker’s fine script, well acted by a fine ensemble nimbly guided by director Reginald L. Douglas, comes alive at the New York International Fringe Festival…The brilliant writing is matched by superb acting and direction.”

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“Drucker has a talent for witty repartee and this stellar ensemble (under the stalwart direction of Reginald L. Douglas) knows how to sell it. All of the relationships feel real and specific. We get to know (and even enjoy) this idiosyncratic clan with a penchant for verbal barbs tempered with a lot of love…or so it seems. Your eyes will be glued to the stage as you watch this delicate tapestry of a modern family unravel over the course of two hours.”

Check out the rave review here!

“Deeper than the plot is a play about acceptance and what limits we as people put onto our relationships.  It’s a play about learning to love yourself and deciding who you are.”

Reginald shared his thoughts on directing Mother’s Day with StageBuddy.com. Check out the full interview here!

Reginald is thrilled to be directing the reading of Dessalines by William Edgar Easton, a play about the 1893 slave rebellion in Haiti, for this very unique and important play series! Come see it on Sunday, July 27th!

Check out the New York Times feature on the series here!

“This penetrating study in the heritage of hatred is skillfully directed by Reginald L. Douglas. Tony Knotts, who edgily portrays Hally, eloquently registers the character’s shifts in emotion as he struggles with his family issues and succumbs to inbred bigotry. Jamil A. C. Mangan lends a deep, rich voice and a great, inherent dignity to the role of Sam. Beethovan Oden depicts a sweet, high-spirited Willie. These persuasive performances anchor the affecting drama with their easy naturalness.”

Check out the full review here!

“Don’t limit yourself; too often we write ourselves into boxes that don’t need to be there, and there’s no one telling you you can’t. No is not the answer until they say no. Take the chance. Hustle. Everyone that I know in their twenties and thirties currently working is out here not sleeping, they’re working and grinding. That commitment and dedication isn’t lost on anyone no matter how old you are and that opened doors for me. Probably the best advice I can give is don’t give up, keep growing, keep learning, keep doing the work.”

Check out my interview with StageBuddy here!

“Fugard’s story is well served in this Luna Stage production. Douglas has dug deep into the script. He’s led the actors to nuanced performances and kept the staging alive and kinetic as a three-quarter stage demands. The Luna Stage production of “Master Harold and the Boys” is a terrific production of a great play. Put it on your must-see list!”

Check out the full review here!

“Director Reginald L. Douglas has captured Fugard’s richly nuanced details in the interactions among Sam, Willie and Hally so as to present Fugard’s profoundly personal Master Harold to us with its pain, power and glory fully revealed.”

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“About halfway through the production my heart was grabbed and then pulled, like a clump of hair being braided, into this story. It is the power of fantastic dialogue, powerful actors and great direction…”

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“Directed with an eye for detail by Reginald L. Douglas, the play follows a coming-of-age story of the young white boy Hally — or Harold — and his relationship with his two black servants, Sam and Willie.”

Check out the whole article here!

Rehearsals are under way for Reginald’s production of Master Harold…and the boys at Luna Stage. Performances begin January 30th.

Read the article here.

Reginald will direct Gravity by Josh Wilder, the inaugural Many Voices Fellow at the Playwright’s Center, as part of the acclaimed Fire This Time Festival in winter 2014!

Read the full press release here.

Reginald will direct Master Harold…and the boys at Luna Stage in winter 2014!

Read the full press release here.

Reginald was recently named the recipient of New York Theatre Workshop’s inaugural 2050 Directing Fellowship!

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“Ruby Place Nest on the Ground is a poignant, heartfelt play full of beautiful poetics, rich gospel music, and overflowing with love. Angelica’s gift for language and character has resulted in a play that is at once deeply personal and epic in scope and size.” – Reginald L. Douglas

Read the full article from Broadway World here.

Reginald and cast discuss their production of A Raisin in the Sun.

“The direction by Reginald L. Douglas served the audience a clear and radiant production, its message captivating, its characters sincere.”

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Check out Playbill.com‘s coverage of All New People stars Justin Bartha & David Wilson Barnes visit to Reginald’s production of Scared of Sarah.

“A harmonious touch…”

Read the review here.

“The relationships at the heart of the play are what matter in Scared of Sarah, and all concerned bring those to the audience with grace and insight.”

Read Martin Denton’s full review here.

Reginald is awarded the inaugural Van Lier Directing Fellowship.

Read the full press release here.