ABOUT ME
“I want to make theatre that challenges the senses and transforms the world around us… Theatre that is visceral and gets to the core of the feeling rather than hiding behind the intellectualization of it.”
Amanda is a well-rounded classically trained actor, director, and writer from New York City, heavily influenced by her family’s origins in Jamaica, Guyana, and Trinidad & Tobago. She began her training in the drama department at Fiorello H. LaGuardia (Class of 22’) and most recently received a B.F.A in Theatre Arts from Boston University (Class of 26’) with a concentration in Acting, Movement, and Playwrighting. Additionally, she studied abroad in London to deepen her understanding of new play development.
Amanda speaks the language of Langston Hughes, Amiri Baraka, and Sonia Sanchez. She see’s herself in Jennifer Packer paintings and in the many black soap covered faces of Rashid Johnson Her central question as an artist lies in the generational efforts of her ancestors to escape—carving out new worlds in the walls surrounding them.
“Growing up with hard-working immigrant families in Queens, NY, where the tastes, smells, rhythms, and heart beats of cultures from thousands of miles away were being constantly preserved and reimagined, has truly shaped me as a story teller and theatre artist.”
Rehearsal for "One Day Down"
One Penny Down by ( Boston University)
OUR FRIEND LYSSA (Fresh Ink Theatre)
Life Liberty, & The Pursuit (Boston University)
Life Liberty, & The Pursuit (Boston University)
One Penny Down (Boston University)
Macbeth (Actors Shakespeare Project)
"One Day Down" by Samantha Oozes (Connelly Theatre NY)
On set for "Seven Deadly Sins"
OUR FRIEND LYSSA (Fresh Ink Theatre)
Rehearsal for "One Day Down"
Macbeth (Actors Shakespeare Project)
On set for "Seven Deadly Sins"
"One Day Down" by Samantha Oozes (Connelly Theatre NY)
Life Liberty, & The Pursuit (Boston University)
"One Day Down" by Samantha Oozes (Connelly Theatre NY)
OUR FRIEND LYSSA (Fresh Ink Theatre)
Serenity now, Sanity Later (Boston University)
Life Liberty, & The Pursuit (Boston University)
Rehearsal for "One Day Down"
Macbeth (Actors Shakespeare Project)
OUR FRIEND LYSSA (Fresh Ink Theatre)
on set for SEVEN DEADLY SINS
Macbeth (Actors Shakespeare Project)
Macbeth (Actors Shakespeare Project)
Life Liberty, & The Pursuit (Boston University)
Written / Directed / Choreographed
BOOK OF FISHES
Written By: José Rivera | Directed By: Amanda Esmie Reynolds
Pic Cred: Ivy Comery
Book of Fishes is a surrealist post-apocalyptic story following a young married couple, Jaiden (Luigi Bianchi) and Aliyah (Rowan Benz) who have just returned from an anniversary dinner at the local black market. Jaiden has traded a precious family Heirloom in exchange for an exotic anniversary gift, the last fish on Earth. In their last moments together, awaiting a violent confrontation from a disgruntled mob, they are forced to face the ugly, murky underbelly of their relationship.
LIFE LIBERTY & THE PURSUIT
Written & Devised By: Amanda Esmie Reynolds / Chloe McFarlane
Pic Cred: Sydney Lawrence
In this modern poetic adaptation of Waiting for Godot, Joy (Chloe McFarlane) and Meka (Amanda Esmie Reynolds) are two bright black scholars in the pursuit of a life altering scholarship that would allow them to build their legacy at prestigious universities. Hungry, striving, and relentless, they tap dance around each other’s frustrations in an attempt to hold onto their dream long enough to survive this eternity in waiting.
MONOLITH 2025 (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)
DON’T DISAPPEAR 2026 (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)
/FER/ 2026 (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)
