A Director with a Vision
As a director and new play development producer with a passion for strong storytelling and works exploring the diversity of the human and American experience, I believe that theater has the power to create conversations that build community and spark change. Check out my portfolio for a glimpse into my work. Thanks for visiting!Latest News and Updates
Reginald is honored to be named the new Artistic Director of Mosaic Theater Company in Washington, DC! He begins his tenure in February 2022.Biography
Reginald L. Douglas (he/him/his) is a director, producer, and advocate dedicated to creating new work and supporting new voices. He was recently named the Artistic Director of Mosaic Theater in Washington DC, following two years of service as the Associate Artistic Director of Studio Theatre.
Reginald has developed and directed plays and musicals by August Wilson, Dominique Morisseau, Suzan-Lori Parks, Cori Thomas, Angelica Chéri, Lynn Nottage, Nikkole Salter, Dael Orlandersmith, Kemp Powers, Jen Silverman, Idris Goodwin, Ngozi Anyanwu, Brian Quijada, Matt Schatz, R. Eric Thomas, Amy Evans, Zakiyyah Alexander, Imani Uzuri, Dave Harris, Francisca Da Silveira, Khalil Kain, Chisa Hutchinson, Tearrance Arvelle Chisholm, Josh Wilder, Larry Powell, Kareem Fahmy, Harrison David Rivers, Donja R. Love, Brent Askari, Nick Malakhow, Herb Newsome, Craig “muMs” Grant, Korde Arrington Tuttle, a.k. payne, Jessica Dickey, Laura Brienza, Kevin R. Free, Micah Ariel Watson, and several others. He has directed work at the Eugene O’Neill Center, TheaterWorks Hartford, Contemporary American Theatre Festival, Everyman Theatre, Weston Playhouse, La Jolla Playhouse, Audible, Bard at the Gate, Profile Theatre, Playwrights Realm, Kennedy Center, Pittsburgh CLO, Arizona Theatre Company, Barrington Stage Company, Ford’s Theatre, Cape Cod Theatre Project, Negro Ensemble Company, Theatre Squared, Cygnet Theatre, Palm Beach Drama Works, Playwrights Center, NNPN Showcase at B Street Theatre, Capital Repertory Theatre, McCarter Theatre, Florida Rep, Third Rail, Luna Stage, Harlem Stage, Wild Project, Signature Center, Drama League, The Lark (where he was the Van Lier Directing Fellow), New York Theatre Workshop (where he was an inaugural 2050 Directing Fellow), and City Theatre Company in Pittsburgh, where he served as the Artistic Producer from 2015-2020.
As a producer, Reginald has directly developed, dramaturged, and/or produced over 70 new and
contemporary plays, musicals, and multimedia projects by noteworthy playwrights including
Dominique Morisseau, Brian Quijada, Isaac Gomez, Ike Holter, Ifa Bayeza, Pig Pen Theatre Company, Martyna Majok, Carla Ching, Lauren Yee, Lauren Gunderson, Sean Daniels, Matt Schatz, Liza Birkenmeier, Benjamin Benne, Jill Sobule, Kimberly Belflower, Kemp Powers, Sharon Washington, Brittany K. Allen, Jessica Dickey, Anna Ziegler, Stephen Belber, Steven Dietz, Lindsay Joelle, Keith Reddin, James McManus, Eric Micha Holmes, Caroline McGraw, Claire Kiechel, Catherine Trieschmann, Tammy Ryan, Shua Potter, Rachel Bonds, Theresa Rebeck, Molly Smith Metzler, Michael Hollinger, Mike Bartlett, and Benjamin Scheuer; and nationally-recognized directors including Chay Yew, Marti Lyons, Stuart Carden, Adrienne Campbell-Holt, Joanie Schultz, Jade King Carroll, Awoye Timpo, Steve H. Broadnax III, Sheryl Kaller, Lisa Peterson, Talvin Wilks, Michael John Garces, Psalmayene 24, Laura Savia, Joshua Kahan Brody, Maria Mileaf, Caitlin Sullivan, Anya Martin, Kyle Haden, Tome Cousin, Eric Ruffin, Jose Carasquillo, and Christian Parker.
A proud member of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, Reginald currently serves on the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the National New Play Network and was the recipient of the National Theatre Conference’s 2020 Emerging Professional Award.
Selected Works
Directing Experience
SELECTED PRODUCTIONS
Bars and Measures (upcoming)
Idris Goodwin | Mosaic Theater Company
Radio Golf (upcoming)
August Wilson | Round House Theatre
Lambs to Slaughter*
Khalil Kain | Negro Ensemble Company at the Cherry Lane
Crying on Television*
R. Eric Thomas | Everyman Theatre
Sweat
Lynn Nottage | Georgetown University
White Noise
Suzan-Lori Parks | Studio Theatre
Untilted*
Matt Schatz | City Theatre
Until the Flood**
Dael Orlandersmith | Studio Theatre
Mlima’s Tale***
Lynn Nottage | Profile Theatre
Rita**
Josh Wilder | Weston Playhouse: One Room Series
The Gaze…No Homo (Episode 5)**
Larry Powell
UNTITLED: A New Musical Comedy About Serious Drama*
Matt Schatz | Pittsburgh CLO
Berta, Berta
Angelica Chéri | Everyman Theatre
Break It Down
Herb Newsome | New Horizon Theatre
One Night in Miami…
Kemp Powers | City Theatre
Good Grief
Ngozi Anyanwu | Pittsburgh Playhouse
Berta, Berta
Angelica Chéri | National Black Theatre Festival
Oklahoma!
Rodgers & Hammerstein | Weston Playhouse
The Roommate
Jen Silverman | City Theatre
Pipeline
Dominique Morisseau | City Theatre
Two Trains Running
August Wilson | Weston Playhouse
Berta, Berta*
Angelica Chéri | CATF
Citizens Market*
Cori Thomas | City Theatre
Little Shop of Horrors
Ashman and Menken | University of Pittsburgh
The Champion*
Amy Evans | Theatre Squared
Wild With Happy
Colman Domingo | City Theatre
Big Love
Charles Mee | Point Park University
Sunset Baby
Dominique Morisseau | TheatreWorks Hartford
2016 Young Playwrights Festival*
Various Writers | City Theatre
2015 Young Playwrights Festival*
Various Writers | City Theatre
Paradox of the Urban Cliché*
Craig muMs Grant | Wild Project
Lines in the Dust*
Nikkole Salter | Luna Stage
Mother’s Day*
Colin Drucker | NYC Fringe Festival
Seeds of Abraham*
Angelica Chéri | Billie Holiday Theatre
The Sweat*
Jon Spano | Variations Theater Group
Prison Play*
Archie Maddocks | New Light Theater Project
Master Harold…and the Boys
Athol Fugard | Luna Stage
Conviction*
Derek Turnbo | Voices Inside/Out
Gravity*
Josh Wilder | The Fire This Time Festival
Lorimer Street Station*
Kevin Armento | INTAR Theatre
Ruby Place Nest on the Ground*
Angelica Chéri | Pershing Square Signature Center
Turn this Motha Out*
Kevin R. Free | Harlem School of the Arts
You Can’t Die Here aka Not Normal*
Paul Notice | Culture Project
A Raisin in the Sun
Lorraine Hansberry | The Gallery Players
The Lost Light*
Jackie Danziger | Center for Performance Research
Scared of Sarah*
Laura Brienza | LaMama First Floor Theatre
Amari’s Tomorrow*
Shamsuddin Abdul-Hamid | McCarter Theatre
The Body Washer
Rosemary Frisino Toohey | The Access Theatre
…And Jesus Moonwalks the Mississippi*
Marcus Gardley | Georgetown University
SELECTED READINGS & WORKSHOPS
How to Raise A Freeman (upcoming)
Zakiyyah Alexander | McCarter Theatre/Bard at the Gate
Andy Warhol in Iran* (upcoming)
Brent Askari | Barrington Stage
not-for-profit* (upcoming)
Francisca Da Silveira | La Jolla Playhouse
Roadkill* (upcoming)
Amy Evans | Cape Cod Theatre Project
Affinity Lunch Minutes* (upcoming)
Nick Malakhow | Eugene O’Neill Center National Playwright’s Conference
Roadkill***
Amy Evans | Audible
American Fast*
Kareem Fahmy | Capital Repertory Theatre
Fireflies
Donja R. Love | Ford’s Theatre
Lambs to Slaughter*
Khalil Kain | Negro Ensemble Company
The Wiring and the Switches*
Angelica Chéri | Cygnet Theatre
not-for-profit (or the diversity, equity, and inclusion play)*
Francisca Da Silveira | Playwrights Realm
Somewhere Over the Border*
Brian Quijada | Arizona Theatre Company
White Party*
Brent Askari | Florida Rep
Detroit ’67
Dominique Morisseau | Third Rail Repertory Theatre
Paradise Blue
Dominique Morisseau | Third Rail Repertory Theatre
Crumbs from the Table of Joy
Lynn Nottage | Palm Beach Dramaworks
Becoming Forgotten
Josiah Turner | Kennedy Center
ALAIYO*
Micah Ariel Watson | Kennedy Center/NNPN
Shitty Shitty Terrible Bad Remorse
Dave Harris | Studio Theatre
Incendiary
Dave Harris | City Theatre
Burnbabyburn*
a.k. payne | City Theatre
Somewhere Over the Border*
Brian Quijada | Pittsburgh CLO
Amerikin
Chisa Hutchinson | National New Play Network Showcase
Djarum Vanilla*
Cary Simolwitz | Kennedy Center/NNPN
The Burdens
Matt Schatz | City Theatre
P.Y.G. or The Mis-Edumacation of Dorian Belle
Tearrance Arvelle Chisholm | City Theatre
Berta, Berta*
Angelica Chéri | Florida Rep
An Untitled New Play by Justin Timberlake*
Matt Schatz | Pittsburgh CLO/City Theatre
Amerikin
Chisa Hutchinson | City Theatre
And All the Dead Lie Down
Harrison David Rivers | City Theatre
Reluctant to Burn
Korde Arrington Tuttle | Lark Play Development Center
Citizens Market
Cori Thomas | City Theatre
Lilies Bloom
Josh Wilder | Eugene O’Neill Center’s National Theatre Institute
Forever Sunset
Tobias Forrest | City Theatre
Girl Shakes Loose
Zakiyyah Alexander & Imani Uzuri | Eugene O’Neill Center’s National Music Theatre Conference
The Champion
Amy Evans | Theatre Squared, BRIC Arts Media
Feeding the Dragon
Sharon Washington | City Theatre
Leftovers
Josh Wilder | Eugene O’Neill Center’s National Playwrights Conference
To The Light
Bil Wright | Harlem Stage
The Human Court
Jessica Dickey | City Theatre
The Sting of White Roses
Angelica Chéri | The Fire This Time Festival
Gravity
Josh Wilder | The Fire This Time Festival
Leftovers
Josh Wilder | Rattlestick, Drama League, Alchemical
Dessalines
William Edgar Easton | New Brooklyn Theater
To The Light
Bil Wright | Ripley Grier
Lilies Bloom
Josh Wilder | Playwrights’ Center
The Three Es
Jason Aaron Goldberg | New York Theatre Workshop
The Stone Will Roll
Josh Wilder | New York Theatre Workshop
The Power Play
Susan Kathryn Hefti | New York Theatre Workshop
Ivory
Karima A. Robinson | Abingdon Theatre Company
Fireflies the Musical
Dmitry Koltunov | DR2/Lark Play Development Center
Old Love/New Love
Laura Brienza | Luna Stage
* Denotes Premiere
** Denotes Film
*** Denotes Audio Work
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