Crossing The Desert

Reena Dutt (SDC) is a Drama League New York Directing Fellow, the first South Asian Community Liaison at the Ford Amphitheatre in Los Angeles and served on the board of Theatre of NOTE. She produced panel discussion connecting 99-seat theater to regional houses in the LA area at the Hollywood Fringe Festival and acted as an Associate Producer for Directors Lab West/Connects during the pandemic.

New York: DirectorFest (A.R.T. New York, Drama League), development at The Public, Playwrights Realm, New Dramatists. Regional: GUARDS AT THE TAJ by Rajiv Joseph (Chester Theatre Company), AMERICAN FAST by Kareem Fahmy (Constellations Screen and Stage), THE HOMBRES by Tony Meneses (Artists Repertory Theatre), REFUGEE RHAPSODY by Yussef El Guindi (S/R, Artists Repertory Theatre). West Coast: Chalk Repertory Theatre, CalArts, Artists At Play/Latino Theatre Company, UC Riverside, Greenway Court Theatre, East West Players/Hypocrit/EnActe, Sacred Fools. Assistant/Associate Director: NYTW (dir. Leigh Silverman), Manhattan Theatre Club (dir. Kwame Kwai-Armah), The Public (dir. Candis Jones), The Fountain Theatre/EWP (dir. Jennifer Chang), Geffen Playhouse (dir. Jo Bonney). Development: #CHARLOTTESVILLE by Priyanka Shetty, HORSEGIRL&COWDADDY by DJ Hills (7 Devils), BEAUTIFUL BLESSED CHILD by Daria Miyeko Marinelli (7 Devils), I WILL BE YOU by India Kotis (IAMA), BRUISED by Vivienne Glance (Playwrights Realm), UNTITLED ELEGY PLAY (New Dramatists). Fellowships: Drama League NY Directing Fellow, LCT Directors Lab, Directors Lab West.

Dutt is also a film director and producer having screened films at over 80 festivals worldwide including Sundance, LAFF, Outfest, Frameline, Cucalorous, NBCUniversal, 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. Dutt 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 Los Angeles: On Location competition with her film "SNAPSHOT!" (2011) which explored Angelinos and their diverse roots. Notable collaborations as a producer include Lulu Wang, John Legend, Tanuj Chopra and Ravi Kapoor. Film Fellowships: Project Involve at Film Independent, SFFilm KRF Producing Fellowship, and Trans Atlantic Partners with the Goethe Institut (Berlin).