Alexa Scott-Flaherty
Senior Lecturer
Alexa Scott-Flaherty
Senior Lecturer
Education
BA, Vassar College; MFA, University of Idaho
Bio
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.
Alexa serves on the Rochester Fringe Festival’s Board of Directors; and is an ensemble member of Impact Interactive LLC. Impact Interactive is an innovative, theatre-based training company that helps organizations create healthy, diverse and inclusive learning and working environments. Using interactive theatre-based techniques and trained performance educators, this work stimulates dialogue, challenges assumptions and engages groups in collaborative problem solving around issues that matter.
Currently Teaching
In the News
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September 29, 2023
NTID Performing Arts and RIT School of Performing Arts present ‘Thy Name is Woman’ Nov. 9-12
Thy Name is Woman, an immersive and site-specific adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, will be presented by NTID’s Department of Performing Arts and the School of Performing Arts. Shows are 7 p.m. Nov. 9-11 and 2 p.m. Nov. 11-12.
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August 24, 2023
More than 500 Performing Arts Scholars added to RIT’s cast of talented students
Nearly one in six of the more than 3,300 first-year and transfer undergraduates this year received a Performing Arts Scholarship from RIT. That brings the total number of scholars to more than 1,800 in the five years since the program began. The program encourages high school students involved in performing arts to continue their passions at RIT.
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June 6, 2023
RIT/NTID and School of Performing Arts present 2023-2024 theatrical season
The 2023-2024 theatrical season featuring a partnership between RIT’s School of Performing Arts and NTID's Department of Performing Arts will include a celebration of Deaf rap and hip hop, an adaptation of Hamlet, a multimedia dance production, and several immersive theatrical performances, among others.