About Jackson G.
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Theater Director and Instructor
Jun, 2002 - PresentDirecting and Teaching
Jackson’s directing work includes: Wendy MacLeod’s Slow Food (Dorset Theatre); Power of Sail by Paul Grellong (Warehouse Theatre); Chekhov’s The Seagull (Juilliard); Kleptocracy by Kenneth Lin (Arena Stage); Woman In Mind by Alan Ayckbourn and August: Osage County (REP); Transfers by Lucy Thurber (New York Stage & Film and MCC, off-Broadway Alliance Best New Play Award); Christina Anderson’s the ripple, the wave that carried me home (Ground Floor Berkeley Rep); Lover Beloved by Suzanne Vega and Duncan Sheik (Alley Theatre); Mat Smart’s Kill Local (La Jolla Playhouse); Chekhov’s Three Sisters (Studio Theatre / New Neighborhood); Shakespeare’s Much Ado adapted with Ken Lin (Cal Shakes); These Paper Bullets! by Rolin Jones with music by Billie Joe Armstrong (New Neighborhood, Atlantic, Geffen, Yale Rep - Critics Pick Time Out NY, Best Production and Adaptation LA Sage Awards, Time Out Los Angeles, Connecticut Critics Circle Award Best Production and Best Director); 3C by David Adjmi and Thurber’s Where We’re Born (Rattlestick); Elevada by Sheila Callaghan (Yale Rep); Thurber’s The Insurgents (Labyrinth Theatre Company); Thurber’s Scarcity and Jones’ The Jammer (Atlantic); A Little Journey by Rachel Crothers (Mint - Drama Desk nomination Outstanding Revival of a Play); Jones’ The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow (Atlantic and Yale Rep, Connecticut Critics Circle Award Outstanding Production of a Play). Jackson’s upcoming projects include: Lucy Thurber’s Transfers with Audible; the new musical Sabina by Willy Holtzman, Louise Beach and Darrah Cloud (Portland Stage); Yale School of Drama Second Year Project (Yale University); Partnership by Elizabeth Baker (Mint Theater Company). Teaching: Williams, Yale, New School, Columbia, Fordham, Primary Stages ESPA. MFA Directing Yale School of Drama, Yale University. BFA Acting University of the Arts.
Education
BFA Acting
Sep, 1995 - Jun, 1999University of the Arts
MFA Directing
Sep, 1999 - Jun, 2002Yale School of Drama, Yale University
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Stage Directors and Choreographers Society
Jan, 2004SDC is the theatrical union that unites, empowers, and protects professional Stage Directors and Choreographers throughout the United States. Our mission is to foster a national community of professional stage Directors and Choreographers by protecting the rights, health and livelihoods of all our Members; to facilitate the exchange of ideas, information and opportunities, while educating the current and future generations about the role of Directors and Choreographers and providing effective administration, negotiations and contractual support.
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