Director/Lecturer
J MICHAELS
509 72nd Street, 3F, Brooklyn, NY 11209 646-226-0370 jaymichaels1@gmail.com
Member: SSDC
STAGE DIRECTOR
OFF-BROADWAY
Hamlet – The Theatre Coalition
The Spanish Tragedy – Chashama Theatre
Dark of the Moon – The 22nd St. Theatre
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead – Theatre Off Park
Counselor at Law – The Mazer Theater
A Bench at the Edge – Jan Hus Playhouse (NY Premiere)
Robert Ader’s Shivah – The Mazer Theater
Jayson, a musical – Primary Stages’ 45th Street Theatre
Coulda Woulda Shoulda – The Homefront Theatre
Loyalties – Perry Street Theatre
OFF/OFF BROADWAY (Showcase agreements)
The Deciders NY Int’l Fringe Festival
Romeo & Juliet: Jerusalem – Genesis @ GCC
The Madwoman of Chaillot – Readers Ensemble/University of the Streets
The Comedy of Terrors – NY Int’l Fringe Festival
Tea Time – Finalist, Samuel French New Plays Festival
A Yorkshire Tragedy – La Mama ETC
Richard III – Midtown International Theatre Festival
War of the Worlds – Raw Space
The Merchant of Venice – Yeshiva University
Macbeth – Jan Hus Playhouse (filmed for HBO documentary)
The Bacchae/Oedipus Rex – HBO Summer Stage
Mirror Mirror/Konvergence – New Dramatists
Maggie’s Daughters – American Playwrights Theatre
Sandcastles, a new rock musical – The Mazer Theater
GUEST DIRECTOR
Fordham University’s Mimes & Mummers:
The Taming of the Shrew (2002) The Man Who Came To Dinner (2003)
Children of Eden (2005) Sweeney Todd (2008)
Kingsborough Community College’s Performing Arts Society (2004-2006)
The Tempest, Cradle Will Rock, Guys & Dolls, Damn Yankees, Our Town, Arsenic & Old Lace
The Bare Stages Series of New Works (work-shopped at the college, presented at the Spotlight On Festival in NYC)
Yeshiva University’s 2005 Arts Festival
Guest Director and Lecturer: The Conspiracy Theory behind William Shakespeare
(Lecture included reading of A Yorkshire Tragedy possibly by Williams Shakespeare)
The Lost Works of William Shakespeare, sponsored by Anne & Fay’s House: Theatre for Young Audiences
Reading and workshop series of plays appearing in Shakespeare’s fourth folio
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Heartbreak House (Gus Kaikkonen, director) The Pearl Theater, NY Drama League Fellowship
The Physicists (Terence Lamude, director) Queens College, NY Internship Program
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
Kingsborough Community College: 2003 – 2006
Adjunct Professor
• Speech: Oral Interpretation, Voice & Articulation
• Mass Media: Event Production, Mass Media
• Theatre: Acting (I & II), Directing, Theatre History
• Faculty Producer: Performing Arts Society
College Now Program: 2004 – 2006
Lecturer: Theatre: Lectures/workshops on the professional theatre designed for high school.
Riverdale Academy: 1985 – 2001
Founder/Lecturer
• Creative Arts: Theatre History, Stage Production
Genesis Arts Foundation: 2002 – present
Founder/Lecturer, Theatrical Arts School:
• Lecturer: Speech and Theatre
• Administrator: All arts programs
Frampton Hall: 1987
Lecturer: Acting Program: Intermediate Acting I & II.
Bronx House (Bronx & Pearl River): 1989 – 1990
Lecturer: Speech & Performance: Speech and theatre
ACADEMIC HONORS AND PROFESSIONAL PANELS AND ASSOCIATIONS
PANELIST
Alliance for Theatre in Higher Education 2003
On Producing Shakespeare in New York 2001
World Trade Center Events Panel 2000
Lehman College Theatre Program 1999
Lehman High School Theatre Program 1988
AWARDS
Citation, Brooklyn Borough President’s Office 2006
Winner, Samuel French New Plays Festival 2004
Crain’s Who’s Who of Professionals 2003
Winner, Spotlight-On Award 2002, 2003, 2004
Winner, Off-Off Broadway Review Award 2001
Honorable Mention, Theatre World Publications 1990
Winner, ASCAP Award 1987
Robin H. Miller Award & Grant 1986