Charles D. Urstadt is an independent theater producer focused on bringing new voices and innovative works to the stage.

Charlie started working independently as a producer in 2025, with two Broadway productions: Floyd Collins (nominated for a Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical and a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival) and Call Me Izzy. His planned Broadway productions for 2026 include Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, Schmigadoon!, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, and Wanted.

Charlie began his career as a theater producer in 2023, serving as the managing director and partner of Edgewood Entertainment for two years. While at Edgewood, he was credited as a co-producer of the Broadway production of Appropriate (which won the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival of a Play) and as the producer of regional productions of Gun & Powder, Sugar Daddy, Long Way Down, and La Egoísta. 

With decades of experience in real estate, he served as chairman of the board of directors of Urstadt Biddle Properties, Inc., a real estate investment trust traded on the New York Stock Exchange. The company owned 77 properties totaling about 5.3 million square feet.

Charlie is currently a board member of Le Petit Theatre and the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, and he is a member of The Broadway League and The Drama League.

He has previously served on the boards of the Ensemble Studio Theater, Friends of WNET/Thirteen, the New York State Board of Historic Preservation, the Preservation Resource Center of New Orleans, the Miami Design Preservation League, and the Miami Beach Planning Board.

Charlie splits his time between New York and New Orleans, where he resides with his husband, David Bernard and their Boston Terrier, Dolly.

THEATER PRODUCTIONS

UPCOMING ON BROADWAY

Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, Berrymore Theater, March, 2026. Link

Schmigadoon! Nederlander Theater, April, 2026. Link

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, Broadway, 2026. Link

Wanted, Broadway, 2026. Link

PAST BROADWAY

Call Me Izzy, Studio 54, New York, NY, 2025. Link

Floyd Collins, Vivian Beaumont Theater, New York, NY, 2025. Link

• Tony Award nomination for Best Revival of a Musical. Link

• Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Revival of a Musical.

Appropriate, Belasco Theater, New York, NY, 2024. Link

• Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical

• Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival of a Play

PAST REGIONAL

La Egoísta, Philadelphia Theater Company, Philadelphia, PA, 2024. Link

Sugar Daddy, Wallis Center, Los Angeles, CA, 2024. Link

Long Way Down, Olney Theater Center, Olney, MD, 2024. Link

Gun & Powder, Paper Mill Playhouse, Milburn, NJ 2024. Link

ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS

The Broadway League, New York, NY

The Drama League, New York, NY

PAST PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS

Edgewood Entertainment - Managing Director and Partner
Theatrical and multi-media entertainment producers.

Urstadt Biddle Properties, Inc - Chairman and Director
Real estate investment trust listed on the NY Stock Exchange; owned and managed over 77 commercial properties containing over 5.3 million square feet.

Brown Harris Stevens - Executive Vice President
Broker and sales division executive with New York’s premier luxury residential real estate brokerage company.

Pearce, Urstadt, Mayer & Greer Inc - Senior Vice President
Broker and executive at a national commercial real estate brokerage firm.

EDUCATION

New York University - Bachelor of Arts, Cum Laude

University of Miami, School of Communication - Master of Arts, Honors

VOLUNTEER

CURRENT

Le Petit Theatre, New Orleans LA - Board of Governors

Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans LA - Trustee, Chairman Emeritus

PAST

Ensemble Studio Theater, New York NY - Director

Friends of WNET/Thirteen, New York - Director

Preservation Resource Center, New Orleans LA - President, Director

Miami Design Preservation League, Miami Beach FL - Chairman, Director

City of Miami Beach Planning Board, Miami Beach FL - Chairman, Member

New York State Board for Historic Preservation, Albany NY - Board Member