Reagan Casteel

Biography

Reagan Casteel (she/her) is a music assistant, music director, composer, pianist, and vocal coach originally from Nashville, TN. She is currently based in New York, NY.

Her music assistant credits include Dancin' (B'way), A Beautiful Noise (Pre-B'way workshop), and 1776 (Pre-B'way workshop), in addition to several readings available upon request.

Some of Reagan’s favorite music direction credits include Head Over Heels (Lyric Theatre OK), the New Bronchos Showcase (University of Central Oklahoma), Gone Missing (University of Rochester International Theatre Program), Into the Woods (UR ROC Players), and Next to Normal (UR ROC Players). She spent her summer in 2021 as Associate MD at Parallel45 in Traverse City Michigan (You’re… Charlie Brown, The Sound of Music), and and in 2022 as Associate MD at Lyric Theatre OK (Matilda, Carousel, Kinky Boots). She has also had extensive experience with opera, serving as Assistant MD for OCU’s productions of The Consul, The Threepenny Opera, and Little Women, as well as chorusmaster for Painted Sky Opera’s productions of As One and Pagliacci.

Reagan holds a BM in Composition from the Eastman School of Music, where she studied with Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez, Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon, and David Liptak, and a MM in Vocal Coaching from Oklahoma City University where she studied with Jan McDaniel.