Alexa Scott-Flaherty is a senior lecturer at RIT in the School of Performing Arts, and also works as a theatre-maker professionally, both locally and nationally. Since joining RIT as a faculty member, she has directed “Concord Floral” (2024), the immersive, team-directed production of "Thy Name is Woman" (2023), “Men on Boats” (2022), and served as vocal coach for "Deaf Republic" (2023) with NTID Performing Arts. Other recent credits include directing “Sisters-in-Law” (2024) at JCC Centerstage. Locally, for Blackfriars Theatre, she has directed “Cry it Out” (2023), “Calendar Girls” (2022), “The Undeniable Sound of Right Now” (2019) and “Twelfth Night” (2018). She also directed two plays written by local playwrights –“Fielder’s Choice” by Dave Andreatta (2018), and "Between Silences" by S.J. Henschel (2019). She collaborated with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra on “Women’s Suffrage: Past & Present” (2020), directing a new theatrical work which set the stories of strong Rochester women, past and present, to music. A proud member of Labyrinth Theatre Company in New York City, she has worked as an actor in New York City at many theaters, including The Public Theatre, SoHo Rep, and PS 122; with the Royal Shakespeare Company of London; and The Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, D.C. One of Alexa's focus areas is on theatre for social change.