Reena Dutt

Reena Dutt is a city girl with a country soul who believes in creating with a conscience, on and off the stage and screen. Upcoming works include Tony Meneses’s The Hombres at Artists Repertory Theatre, American Fast at Constellations Screen and Stage, and Yellow Face at UC Riverside. Reena is also a film director and producer, having screened films at over 80 festivals worldwide, including Sundance, LAFF, Outfest, Frameline, Cucalorous, NBC/Universal, BET, PBS/Latino and HBO. Her most recent short film, Found, brings voice to transracial adoption through fictional storytelling from the adoptee’s point of view, and is currently touring the festival circuit in conjunction with private events with adoption organizations across the country.

Reena directed Too Many Bodies, a socially-driven music and dance piece advocating for gun reform, which was picked up by NoRAnow.org and Survivors Empowered, and received numerous awards in music video and social justice categories. She directed 3 Puffs of Gold, a magical realism piece about domestic violence, and was a finalist for New Filmmakers LA’s On Location competition with her film Snapshot! (2011), which explored Angelinos and their diverse roots. In addition, Reena directed a series of sponsored and original content projects for Evite, commercials for Mr. Tummee, and a spec for Moët & Chandon. She has received film fellowships from Project Involve at Film Independent, SFFilm, and Trans Atlantic Partners with the Goethe Institut (Berlin). She has also served as a Drama League NY Directing Fellow, and has received other theater fellowships from LCT Directors Lab and Directors Lab West.

Select Credits Include: Alaudin Ullah’s Accidental Feminist (Lenfest, Columbia University), Vivienne Glance’s Bruised (Development, Playwrights Realm NYC), Untitled Elegy Play (Development, New Dramatists), Yussef El Guindi’s Refugee Rhapsody (Artists Rep), ART New York Drama League’s DirectorFest, UC Riverside, Greenway Court Theatre, East West Players, Sacred Fools. Assistant/Associate Director Credits Include: Manhattan Theatre Club (dir. Kwame Kwai-Armah), Cullud Wattah (dir. Candis Jones, The Public), Hannah and the Dread Gazebo (dir. Jennifer Chang, The Fountain Theatre), The Untranslatable Secrets of Nikki Corona (dir. Jo Bonney, Geffen Playhouse).