About

Charles D. Urstadt

Charles D. Urstadt is a theater producer and multimedia producer, focused on bringing new voices to commercial audiences. 

As producer/managing director of  Edgewood Entertainment, he is part of a Tony Award®-winning team that is unwavering in its commitment to supporting and sharing artists’ stories that are beautiful, authentic, relatable, and deeply affecting. His extensive business background, along with a history of involvement in the performing and visual arts, contributes to the advancement of this goal.

Current projects include acting as lead producer of Sugar Daddy, Long Way Down, La Egoista, and Grace and co-producer of Gun & Powder.  Edgewood has also co-produced past Broadway presentations of Appropriate, New York, New York, A Strange Loop, Thoughts of a Colored Man, The Piano Lesson, and The Lifespan of a Fact. 

Charlie has decades of experience in the real estate field. Most recently, he served as chairman of the board of directors of Urstadt Biddle Properties, Inc., a real estate investment trust traded on the New York Stock Exchange. The company owned 77 properties containing approximately 5.3 million square feet.

He currently serves on the boards of Le Petit Theatre, the Preservation Resource Center of New Orleans, and the Ogden Museum of Southern Art; and is a member of the Drama League.

Charlie is a former board member of the Ensemble Studio Theater, Friends of WNET/Thirteen, New York State Board of Historic Preservation, Miami Design Preservation League, and Miami Beach Planning Board.

He splits his time between New York and New Orleans, where he resides with his husband, David Bernard, and their Boston Terrier, Dolly.

Links: Edgewood Entertainment • Sugar Daddy • Long Way Down • La Egoista • Grace • Gun & Powder

Professional Highlights

Current

Edgewood Entertainment LLC, New York/New Orleans - Producer/Managing Director
Theater and multimedia entertainment producers; Creative lead producer: Long Way Down, Sugar Daddy, La Egoista, and Grace. Co-Producer: Appropriate (Tony Award®), Gun & Powder.

Past

Urstadt Biddle Properties, Inc, Greenwich CT - Chairman and Director
Real estate investment trust listed on the NY Stock Exchange; owned and managed over 77 commercial properties containing over 5.3 million square feet.

Brown Harris Stevens, New York, NY - Executive Vice President
Broker and sales division executive with New York’s premier luxury residential real estate brokerage company.

Halstead Property, New York NY - Executive Director of Sales
Broker and sales director with the largest privately owned New York residential real estate firm.

Pearce, Urstadt, Mayer & Greer Inc, New York NY - Senior Vice President
Broker and executive at national commercial real estate brokerage firm.

Education

University of Miami, School of Communication - Master of Arts, Honors

New York University - Bachelor of Arts, Cum Laude

Volunteer

Current

Le Petit Theatre, New Orleans LA - Board of Governors

Preservation Resource Center, New Orleans LA - Director (past President)

Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans LA - Chairman Emeritus, Trustee (former Chairman)

Past

Ensemble Studio Theater, New York NY - Director

Friends of WNET/Thirteen, New York - Director

Miami Design Preservation League, Miami Beach FL - Chairman, Director

City of Miami Beach Planning Board, Miami Beach FL - Chairman, Member

New York State Board for Historic Preservation, Albany NY - Board Member