Amanda Charlton is a freelance theatre director in New York City. She has focused her career on developing new work as a director and artistic producer. Amanda worked at Williamstown Theatre Festival as the Artistic Associate and Artistic Director of The Professional Training Program from 2001-2011. Amanda has directed and workshopped plays at several theaters in New York City and regionally, some include: Williamstown Theater Festival, Atlantic Theatre Company, Manhattan Theater Club, Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre, Naked Angels, EST, Juilliard, NYU Grad, The Kennedy Center, The Geffen Theatre, Geva Theatre, Cape Cod Playhouse and Merrimack Rep. Some of the writers and directors she has worked with as a director iand producer include: Molly Smith Metzler, Elizabeth Meriwether, Anne Washburn, Amy Herzog, Alex Timbers and Tommy Kail. Amneds, a short film she wrote and directed, was part of the Soho International film Festival and Big Apple Film Festival. Amanda advocated and supported writers and artists and was a board member of SPACE on Ryder Farm for five years, an artist residency on an organic farm. Amanda is a SDC member and a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University.