A day-long workshop, performance, and celebration in which six directors each devise a short piece with professional actors, using ingredients that were provided to them in advance. Participating directors met their actors for the first time this morning to work for a few hours creating these six unique pieces of theatre.

Pirronne Yousefzadeh

​(DG) Jam Creator

Pirronne is a Brooklyn based director. Recent projects include Utopia Minnesota by Meg Miroshnik (2016 Sagal Fellowship, Williamstown Theatre Festival), That High Lonesome Sound (Actors Theatre of Louisville; 2015 Humana Festival) and We Are Proud To Present A Presentation… by Jackie Sibblies Drury (InterAct Theatre Company). Her productions of The Dangerous House of Pretty Mbane by Jen Silverman (InterAct Theater Company) and In The Blood (Theatre Horizon) together received a total of fifteen Barrymore Award nominations, including Outstanding Direction and Outstanding Overall Production for both. And If You Lose Your Way, or A Food Odyssey (Invisible Dog) received nominations for Outstanding Ensemble and Outstanding Performance Art Production from New York Innovative Theatre Awards. 
She has directed and developed work at The Public/Joe’s Pub, New York Theatre Workshop, Ars Nova, Soho Rep, Playwrights Horizons, Atlantic Theater Company, Ma-Yi Theater Company, Rising Circle Theater Collective, The Woodshed Collective (The Tenant: Best of 2011, The L Magazine), Partial Comfort Productions, Noor Theatre, Rising Phoenix Rep, HERE Arts Center, New York Musical Theatre Festival, Ensemble Studio Theatre, The Wild Project, Dixon Place, The Living Theatre, The Lark Play Development Center, New Dramatists, The Juilliard School, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Cleveland Playhouse, La Jolla Playhouse, Geva Theatre Center, Huntington Theatre Company, Two River Theater Company, Milwaukee Rep, InterAct Theatre Company, On The Boards, Perseverance Theatre, Berkshire Fringe Festival, Walnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre, and Hangar Theatre, where she was a 2006 Drama League Directing Fellow.

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Gallery

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(DG) JAM 2016 Directors + Casts

Tommy Buttler
​Cast:
Anthony Martinez-Briggs
Emily Schuman
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Rehearsal Assistant: Randi Alexis Hickey

Brenna Geffers
​​Cast:
Richard Chan
Amber Orion
Katherine Perry
Sabrina Profitt

Rehearsal Assistant: Peter Loikits

Elissa Goetschius
​Cast:
Anita Marie Holland
Dana Kreitz
Sean Lally
Sam Sherburne
Jahzeer Terrell

Rehearsal Assistant: Marcus S Barainyak

Kate Moore Heaney
​Cast:
Corinna Burns
Amanda Holston
Emily Johnson

Rehearsal Assistant: Taj Murad Rauch

Phoebe Schaub
​​Cast:
Joe Ahmed
Doug Greene
Christina May

Rehearsal Assistant: Paige E Klaniecki

Sam Tower
​Cast:
Ife Foy
Hannah Gold
Stephanie Walters

Rehearsal Assistant: Nick Hatcher

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(DG) Jam 2016 Production Team:

 (DG) Founder & Executive Director: Jill Harrison
Producer: Jack Tamburri
Production Stage Manager: Madeline Charne
Production Manager: Tom Snyder
Communications: Ben Smallen

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Special Thanks to Our Partners:

The Bok School
Taste the Difference Catering
Vynecrest Vineyards
Daniel Kontz Design & Photography