Amy R. Poux, Bio
Amy Rosenfeld Poux (She/Her) is an award-winning director based in the Hudson Valley, NY. Throughout her career, Poux has focused on creating scripted and unscripted contemporary theater and film in traditional and non-traditional settings.
As a theater director, Poux has worked Off Broadway, Off Off Broadway as well as nontraditional theater spaces including Theatre for the New City, Angel Theatre, Primary Stages, WestBeth Theatre Center, The Greenwich Street Theatre in New York City and Old Stone House, Brooklyn and Teatro La Tea, NYC. Most notable NYC work includes The Black-Eyed Brothers by Seth Zvi Rosenfeld, WestBeth Theater Center, and Take To The Bed by Joan Rater, Theater For The New City.
In the Hudson Valley, Poux formed Intergeneration Ensemble (I.E.) and Youth Ensemble Theater (Y.E.T), directing 40+ productions at The Richard B. Fisher Performing Arts Center, NY State & Film/Powerhouse Theater Festival (Poughkeepsie, NY), Byrdcliffe Theater (Woodstock, NY), Denizen Theatre (New Paltz, NY) among others. YET has garnered awards from the American Academy for the Dramatic Arts (Featured performance/Youth Theatre Conference 2018), the NYC Thespian Society (Best Play), NYS Theatre Education Association (Award of Excellence 2019).
As a filmmaker, Poux’s recent work includes the pilot, Do Nothings (2024), [Best Composer - LA Independent Film Awards, Best Series -Chicago Indie Film Awards, Official Selection - Amsterdam Movie Fest, Official Selection - Denver Indie Film Fest, Official Selection - Big Apple Film Fest, Official Selection - San Diego Independent Cinema Awards, Official Selection - Miami Women Film Festival, Official Selection - Tokyo Independent Film Festival, Best TV Pilot -Toronto Indie Shorts Filmmaker Awards], Do Nothings (Proof of Concept) & its sequel, I’m Okay, (Northguild Productions/HUDSY-TV) (NewFilmmakers NY 2021, NYWIFT iWoman Fest, 2022).
Poux’s current project, Nona’s Supper Club, will debut Off-Broadway in spring 2025 at Chelsea Table & Stage, and 54 Below. Written by Amy Poux (book, music, lyrics) in collaboration with their child, Trudy Poux (music, lyrics), this heartfelt, interactive theatrical experience is filled with laughter, love, and just the right amount of dysfunction. Inspired by Amy’s Sephardic grandmother, the musical explores gender bias across generations—juxtaposing a 1950s single mother turned restaurateur with her present-day non-binary grandchild, now managing the family business. Audiences are invited in as honored guests of “Nona’s Supper Club,” a fictional New York City restaurant on the verge of collapse—and reinvention.
Originally titled The Restaurant, the project was initially funded by Arts Mid-Hudson to support its development and premiere production in the Hudson Valley.
