GALLERY HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH Video Images Watch HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH Add a Title John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask Classics invite interpretation, and this Hedwig is shaped by a new generation of young artists tearing down the walls of traditional gender strictures. Our rehearsals have been an inquiry into how this multifaceted role can be embodied by a diverse ensemble and how this story continues to resonate more than twenty years after its inception. Whatever your journey, I thank you for being here tonight and wish you an exciting theatrical ride! - Jason Jacob, November 2021 Program Note John Cameron Mitchell Stephen Trask HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH Classics invite interpretation, and this Hedwig is shaped by a new generation of young artists tearing down the walls of traditional gender strictures. Our rehearsals have been an inquiry into how this multifaceted role can be embodied by a diverse ensemble and how this story continues to resonate more than twenty years after its inception. Whatever your journey, I thank you for being here tonight and wish you an exciting theatrical ride! - Jason Jacob, November 2021 Program Note John Cameron Mitchell Stephen Trask HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH Classics invite interpretation, and this Hedwig is shaped by a new generation of young artists tearing down the walls of traditional gender strictures. Our rehearsals have been an inquiry into how this multifaceted role can be embodied by a diverse ensemble and how this story continues to resonate more than twenty years after its inception. Whatever your journey, I thank you for being here tonight and wish you an exciting theatrical ride! - Jason Jacob, November 2021 Program Note

GALLERY CABA RET Video Images Watch the entire show. Cabaret at LIU CW Post Director Jason Jacobs, Music Direction James Crichton, Choreography Rakeem Lawrence. Lighting Design: Leslie Lura-Smith Costume Design: Meghan O’Beirne. Sound Design: Chad Raines. Video by Catalin Stelian. CABA RET Add a Title Kander / Ebb / Masteroff Joni Mitchell sang, “You don’t know what you’ve got ’til it’s gone.” In Cabaret, freedom teeters on the edge of extinction—and no one seems able to stop it. Or stop history from repeating itself. Fred Ebb John Kander Joel Masteroff CABA RET CABA RET Joni Mitchell sang, “You don’t know what you’ve got ’til it’s gone.” In Cabaret, freedom teeters on the edge of extinction—and no one seems able to stop it. Or stop history from repeating itself. Fred Ebb John Kander Joel Masteroff CABA RET CABA RET Joni Mitchell sang, “You don’t know what you’ve got ’til it’s gone.” In Cabaret, freedom teeters on the edge of extinction—and no one seems able to stop it. Or stop history from repeating itself.

GALLERY UNCLE TOM'S CABIN Video Images NO VIDEO AVAILABLE UNCLE TOM'S CABIN Add a Title Jason Jacobs, Tome' Cousin, and Douglas Levine. Cousin and Jacobs’s aim is to rescue the work from all its accumulated baggage ...and to present Stowe’s — and Aiken’s — story center-stage. This they do, thanks to a knock-out student cast, without the slightest hint of irony or contemporary shading" Tome and I began working on our adaptation of George Aiken's play -- itself adapted from Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel -- as part of the Lincoln Center Directors Lab. We felt the play's history had become misunderstood, and the term "Uncle Tom" had become an epithet that reduced the original character to a stereotype of acquiescence and a betrayer of his people. Our adaptation aims to restore Uncle Tom's name and to re-envsion his story as one of self-assertion, faith, and human dignity. Tomé Cousin Jason Jacobs Douglas Levine UNCLE TOM'S CABIN UNCLE TOM'S CABIN Tome and I began working on our adaptation of George Aiken's play -- itself adapted from Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel -- as part of the Lincoln Center Directors Lab. We felt the play's history had become misunderstood, and the term "Uncle Tom" had become an epithet that reduced the original character to a stereotype of acquiescence and a betrayer of his people. Our adaptation aims to restore Uncle Tom's name and to re-envsion his story as one of self-assertion, faith, and human dignity. Cousin and Jacobs’s aim is to rescue the work from all its accumulated baggage ...and to present Stowe’s — and Aiken’s — story center-stage. This they do, thanks to a knock-out student cast, without the slightest hint of irony or contemporary shading" Pittsburgh City Paper Tomé Cousin Jason Jacobs Douglas Levine UNCLE TOM'S CABIN UNCLE TOM'S CABIN Tome and I began working on our adaptation of George Aiken's play -- itself adapted from Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel -- as part of the Lincoln Center Directors Lab. We felt the play's history had become misunderstood, and the term "Uncle Tom" had become an epithet that reduced the original character to a stereotype of acquiescence and a betrayer of his people. Our adaptation aims to restore Uncle Tom's name and to re-envsion his story as one of self-assertion, faith, and human dignity. Cousin and Jacobs’s aim is to rescue the work from all its accumulated baggage ...and to present Stowe’s — and Aiken’s — story center-stage. This they do, thanks to a knock-out student cast, without the slightest hint of irony or contemporary shading" Pittsburgh City Paper

GALLERY T A Y P E Video Images HOME: a story-telling exercize In this video, the kids are improvising a story, each picking up the details from the previous person. It was shot and edited by Rob Tate. T A Y P E Add a Title Jason Jacobs Jason is co-founder of The Theatre Askew Youth Performance Experience (TAYPE), which empowers lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth and their allies to develop their unique theatrical voices. He's worked with the youth community at the Hetrick-Martin Institute and the Ali Forney Center, and directed two original productions for TAYPE: Home/Away and The F On My Chest. Jason Jacobs THEATRE ASKEW YOUTH PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE TAYPE T A Y P E Jason is co-founder of The Theatre Askew Youth Performance Experience (TAYPE), which empowers lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth and their allies to develop their unique theatrical voices. He's worked with the youth community at the Hetrick-Martin Institute and the Ali Forney Center, and directed two original productions for TAYPE: Home/Away and The F On My Chest. LGBTQ youngsters who participated in this year's Theatre Askew Youth Performance Experience (TAYPE) created this play out of a series of workshops, writing assignments, visual art and more. The work explores gender identity, stereotypes and, of course, love." —TIME OUT Jason Jacobs THEATRE ASKEW YOUTH PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE TAYPE T A Y P E Jason is co-founder of The Theatre Askew Youth Performance Experience (TAYPE), which empowers lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth and their allies to develop their unique theatrical voices. He's worked with the youth community at the Hetrick-Martin Institute and the Ali Forney Center, and directed two original productions for TAYPE: Home/Away and The F On My Chest. LGBTQ youngsters who participated in this year's Theatre Askew Youth Performance Experience (TAYPE) created this play out of a series of workshops, writing assignments, visual art and more. The work explores gender identity, stereotypes and, of course, love." —TIME OUT

GALLERY OPUS Video Images Jason discusses OPUS with the Vermont Stage Company's Artistic Director, Mark Nash. Smart, sophisticated and elegant, Opus explores the personal and artistic dynamics of a world-renowned string quartet struggling to prepare for their highest-profile performance. When the violinist, and founder of the quartet, mysteriously disappears, the rehearsal room becomes a pressure cooker as passions rise, personalities clash, and the musicians are forced to tackle the ephemeral nature of their life's work. OPUS Add a Title Michael Hollinger A behind-the-scenes look at a string quartet: every scene, the stakes get higher." ...feels amazingly authentic and is one of Vermont Stage's most even and consistent productions in recent memory." As a world-renowned string quartet prepares for their highest-profile performance, passions rise, personalities clash, and the artists confront the ephemeral nature of their life's work. Jacobs conducts the talented ensemble cast with taut precision, which makes Hollinger’s smart script sing.” Michael Hollinger OPUS OPUS As a world-renowned string quartet prepares for their highest-profile performance, passions rise, personalities clash, and the artists confront the ephemeral nature of their life's work. ...feels amazingly authentic and is one of Vermont Stage's most even and consistent productions in recent memory." A behind-the-scenes look at a string quartet: every scene, the stakes get higher." Jacobs conducts the talented ensemble cast with taut precision, which makes Hollinger’s smart script sing.” Seven Days A behind-the-scenes look at a string quartet: every scene, the stakes get higher." Michael Hollinger OPUS OPUS As a world-renowned string quartet prepares for their highest-profile performance, passions rise, personalities clash, and the artists confront the ephemeral nature of their life's work. ...feels amazingly authentic and is one of Vermont Stage's most even and consistent productions in recent memory." Jacobs conducts the talented ensemble cast with taut precision, which makes Hollinger’s smart script sing.” Seven Days

Venue / category Original work All projects Vermont Stage Company Independent theatre Theatre Askew Post Theatre Company AFTER THE CHAIRS David Koteles View More ANOTHER HORATIO ALGER STORY Jason Jacobs View More AS YOU LIKE IT Wm. Shakespeare View More BALD DIVA! David Koteles and Jason Jacobs View More BAT BOY: THE MUSICAL Keythe Farley, Brian Flemming, and Laurence O'Keefe View More BIG LOVE Charles L. Mee View More CABA RET Kander / Ebb / Masteroff View More HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask View More I GOOGLE MYSELF Jason Schaffer View More I, CLAUDIUS LIVE View More LAVENDER SONGS Jeremy Lawrence View More MACHINAL Sophie Treadwell View More MARAT / SADE Peter Weiss View More MISS BLANCHE TELLS IT ALL Jason Jacobs: and Matthew C Pritchard View More MY FIRST LADY David Koteles View More OLIVER TWIST Neil Bartlett View More OPUS Michael Hollinger View More POST-MOD ERN LIVING Richard Sheinmel View More T A Y P E Jason Jacobs View More THE TEMPEST Wm. Shakespeare View More

GALLERY I GOOGLE MYSELF Video Images NO VIDEO AVAILABLE I GOOGLE MYSELF Add a Title Jason Schaffer an insightful and entertaining window into our society's preoccupation with fame and recognition, and how Internet innovations like blogs and online chats promote one's quest to be known, even as the same technology can lead to a debilitating isolation that increases the need for connection." i google myself is queer in the best sense of the word: self-consciously outside of the mainstream, looking in with intelligence and wit." Three men. Same name. Who will be the first hit? "I GOOGLE MYSELF is an insightful and entertaining window into our society's preoccupation with fame and recognition, and how Internet innovations like blogs and online chats promote one's quest to be known, even as the same technology can lead to a debilitating isolation that increases the need for connection." -OffOffOnline Jason Schaffer I GOOGLE MYSELF I GOOGLE MYSELF Three men. Same name. Who will be the first hit? "I GOOGLE MYSELF is an insightful and entertaining window into our society's preoccupation with fame and recognition, and how Internet innovations like blogs and online chats promote one's quest to be known, even as the same technology can lead to a debilitating isolation that increases the need for connection." -OffOffOnline Queer in the best sense of the word: self-consciously outside of the mainstream, looking in with intelligence and wit." -Village Voice The play had an impact. On the way out, one audience member said to another, 'I’m going to go home and turn off my computer.'" -Jason Zinoman, NY Times In the new play “I Google Myself ,” this ordinary act fuels a bizarre encounter which takes on ever creepier proportions in a show both hilarious and gothic." -Ellen Wernecke, New Theatre Corps The play had an impact. On the way out, one audience member said to another, 'I’m going to go home and turn off my computer.'" -Jason Zinoman, NY Times Jason Schaffer I GOOGLE MYSELF I GOOGLE MYSELF Three men. Same name. Who will be the first hit? "I GOOGLE MYSELF is an insightful and entertaining window into our society's preoccupation with fame and recognition, and how Internet innovations like blogs and online chats promote one's quest to be known, even as the same technology can lead to a debilitating isolation that increases the need for connection." -OffOffOnline Queer in the best sense of the word: self-consciously outside of the mainstream, looking in with intelligence and wit." -Village Voice In the new play “I Google Myself ,” this ordinary act fuels a bizarre encounter which takes on ever creepier proportions in a show both hilarious and gothic." -Ellen Wernecke, New Theatre Corps

GALLERY ANOTHER HORATIO ALGER STORY Video Images NO VIDEO AVAILABLE ANOTHER HORATIO ALGER STORY Add a Title Jason Jacobs In an inner-city classroom, a teacher tries to save an at-risk student by introducing him to American novelist, Horatio Alger, Jr. As the play moves across two worlds—urban America today and 19th-century New York—the conflict between fact and fiction leads to hard lessons about the American dream and the myth that we can all pull ourselves self up by our bootstraps. Learn more at New Play Exchange Jason Jacobs Fresh Fruit Festival ANOTHER HORATIO ALGER STORY ANOTHER HORATIO ALGER STORY In an inner-city classroom, a teacher tries to save an at-risk student by introducing him to American novelist, Horatio Alger, Jr. As the play moves across two worlds—urban America today and 19th-century New York—the conflict between fact and fiction leads to hard lessons about the American dream and the myth that we can all pull ourselves self up by our bootstraps. Learn more at New Play Exchange Jason Jacobs Fresh Fruit Festival ANOTHER HORATIO ALGER STORY ANOTHER HORATIO ALGER STORY In an inner-city classroom, a teacher tries to save an at-risk student by introducing him to American novelist, Horatio Alger, Jr. As the play moves across two worlds—urban America today and 19th-century New York—the conflict between fact and fiction leads to hard lessons about the American dream and the myth that we can all pull ourselves self up by our bootstraps. Learn more at New Play Exchange

GALLERY BAT BOY: THE MUSICAL Video Images NO VIDEO AVAILABLE BAT BOY: THE MUSICAL Add a Title Keythe Farley, Brian Flemming, and Laurence O'Keefe Keythe Farley Brian Flemming Laurence O'Keefe BAT BOY: THE MUSICAL BAT BOY: THE MUSICAL Keythe Farley Brian Flemming Laurence O'Keefe BAT BOY: THE MUSICAL BAT BOY: THE MUSICAL

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GALLERY THE TEMPEST Video Images Watch the entire show. THE TEMPEST Add a Title Wm. Shakespeare Staging Shakespeare’s The Tempest at the Archlight demanded more than conjuring a storm in a teacup. I set out to explore the play’s grand themes—revenge and forgiveness—within the most intimate setting imaginable: the human mind. Wm. Shakespeare Arclight Theatre THE TEMPEST THE TEMPEST Staging Shakespeare’s The Tempest at the Archlight demanded more than conjuring a storm in a teacup. I set out to explore the play’s grand themes—revenge and forgiveness—within the most intimate setting imaginable: the human mind. Wm. Shakespeare Arclight Theatre THE TEMPEST THE TEMPEST Staging Shakespeare’s The Tempest at the Archlight demanded more than conjuring a storm in a teacup. I set out to explore the play’s grand themes—revenge and forgiveness—within the most intimate setting imaginable: the human mind.

GALLERY OLIVER TWIST Video Images Jason discusses OLIVER TWIST with the Vermont Stage Company's Artistic Director, Mark Nash. Using Charles Dickens' original words, a handful of tunes composed by local musician David Symons, and a chameleon ensemble of actors featuring some of Vermont's finest performers, Neil Bartlett's powerful new version of Oliver Twist brings the dark underbelly of nineteenth-century London back to bold theatrical life. The unforgettable characters - Fagin, Nancy, Bill Sikes, and the Artful Dodger - inhabit a world filled with images of danger and fear, innocence and hope; a world seen through the eyes of an astonished child. OLIVER TWIST Add a Title Neil Bartlett Dickens — and Bartlett in this adaptation — focused on the brutality toward the poor by 19th C society." The parallels between the Victorians and how we're treating immigration today, as if it's somehow these people fault..." An adaptation that really embraces 19th-century theatrical storytelling: theater as spectacle, theater as melodrama. ..one of the Burlington professional company's most compelling and entertaining productions to date” Neil Bartlett OLIVER TWIST OLIVER TWIST An adaptation that really embraces 19th-century theatrical storytelling: theater as spectacle, theater as melodrama. The parallels between the Victorians and how we're treating immigration today, as if it's somehow these people fault..." Dickens — and Bartlett in this adaptation — focused on the brutality toward the poor by 19th C society." Times Argus One of the Burlington professional company's most compelling and entertaining productions to date” Times Argus Dickens — and Bartlett in this adaptation — focused on the brutality toward the poor by 19th C society." Times Argus Neil Bartlett OLIVER TWIST OLIVER TWIST An adaptation that really embraces 19th-century theatrical storytelling: theater as spectacle, theater as melodrama. The parallels between the Victorians and how we're treating immigration today, as if it's somehow these people fault..." One of the Burlington professional company's most compelling and entertaining productions to date” Times Argus