Christian Amato's Biography

Christian Amato is a strategist and community organizer, who has worked across politics, theatre and media—creating products, campaigns and productions—for candidates, organizations and companies in the public and private sectors.

Christian worked in New York State government serving as Senator Alessandra Biaggi’s Deputy Chief of Staff and District Director. Previously, he was an active director and producer, producing over 45 off-broadway productions. On Broadway, he served as a producer on notable productions including Rocky and The Color Purple; as a director, he staged several world premiere productions. Amato served as founder and producing artistic director of The Theatre Project and Shakespeare Off-Broadway, which also toured Bronx Schools to bring theatre to children. For his work in the theatre industry, he has appeared on Fox News as an entertainment contributor and in magazines such as DOWNTOWN, Entrepreneur, Breaking Character, Playbill, TheaterMania and Condé Nast Traveler.

As a community organizer, Amato has trained with Organizing For Action (OFA) and the Progressive Change Campaign Committee. He has worked on several campaigns in New York and across the country. Through OFA, he also mentored and trained dozens of up and coming organizers in New York State. 

Working with clients to craft and enact marketing, branding and digital strategies, Christian has developed tools that further monetize industries. At the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers and at Samuel French, Inc., he created opportunities for artists to earn a living wage through their talents. As the Director of Digital Product at Samuel French, Christian was at the forefront of the company's digital innovation. Samuel French, as acknowledged by Playbill in 2017, “leads the pack in bringing work to the digital space." Christian has pioneered new ways to interact with plays by creating Abbott, the world's first ePlay app, and the first Enhanced ePlay of Agatha Christie's best-seller And Then There Were None. 

Appointed to Community Board 11 in August of 2019, Christian was born and raised in Morris Park and continues to be a proud advocate for his community.