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Colton Pometta is an international stage director based in Manhattan. His work has been seen throughout the U.S., Europe and South America.
 

International directing credits include the first Spanish adaptation of Adam Gwon’s Ordinary Days in Buenos Aires, Argentina (originally produced in 2019 and revived in the fall of 2023), the French premieres of Adam Gwon's Ordinary Days, Carner and Gregor's Island Song and Dana Levinson's Fifth Republic in Paris, and The Tale of Sally McLaureen at Edinburgh Fringe.

 

In NYC, Colton has directed new plays, musicals, cabarets and solo performances at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Café Sabarsky at Neue Galerie, Cherry Lane, Primary Stages ESPA, 54 Below, Le Poisson Rouge, The Triad and Joe's Pub. 

 

Other credits include a performance commissioned by The Metropolitan Museum of Art to celebrate Pride Month; outdoor productions of Twelfth Night, Much Ado About Nothing, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and The Comedy of Errors for Sun Valley Shakespeare; Something's Afoot (Maples Rep); Class President (National TYA Tour); Wanda's World (Off-Broadway and Tour); Buyer and Cellar (Emberlight Festival); Outside Mullingar (The Argyros); Fabulous! (Off-Broadway); South Pacific (Maples Rep); All Fall Down (Write Act Rep); a full season of shows for young audiences at Surflight Theatre; and choreography for Georges Bizet’s Carmen (New York Opera Exchange).

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Other creative ventures: Colton is a librettist, dramaturg, and award-winning screenwriter. His screenplays have earned multiple honors, including Best Short at The New York Screenwriters Awards and an Official Selection at the Los Angeles Indie Short Fest. A published librettist and proud Dramatists Guild member, his musical Class President (written with Derek Gregor and Selda Sahin) is available for professional and amateur licensing through Broadway Licensing. His opera Lady Macbeth (music by Anthime Miller) will undergo a developmental workshop in fall 2025. As a dramaturg and translator, he has worked on over a dozen plays and musicals in English, French, and Spanish, and has helped develop solo shows for performers such as tenor Miles Mykkanen (Met Opera's Wozzeck, Boris Godunov) and Broadway actress Emily Koch (Wicked, Waitress, Kimberly Akimbo).
 

Colton is the founding Film Festival Director for Emberlight International Film Festival, which has received submissions from over 90 countries in just five years. He is also the creator and director of The Songwriters' Salon, a celebrated platform that has featured over 100 composers and lyricists, including a recent event hosted by three-time Tony nominee Mary Testa.

 

In education, Colton has taught Acting for Musical Theater at Harlem School of the Arts, Musical Theater Collaboration at Concordia College, and Playwriting through Circle in the Square’s teaching artist program. His work exemplifies a commitment to storytelling across mediums, blending creativity with a deep understanding of the craft.
 

Colton is a proud graduate of Circle in the Square Theater School and Interlochen Arts Academy. He also completed study abroad courses at Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London, directing courses at Primary Stages ESPA in NYC and is a member of Jon Shear's film directing workshop. He is an alumnus of Directors Lab West at Pasadena Playhouse.

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