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Jamibeth
Margolis
is an accomplished stage director based in NYC.
She has fifteen years of professional experience working in theater and
opera.
During that time, she has worked consistently at some of the most
prestigious
theaters and opera companies around the US. Last year, she was the
recipient of
the competitive SDCF Directing Observership on Mark Lamos'
production of Tosca at New York City Opera and served as Assistant Stage
Director for La Traviata at Opera
NJ. Prior to that she assisted with the casting for The
Merry Widow at the Metropolitan Opera
starring Placido Domingo. At Ithaca College, she served as stage
director for Dance of Death (Distler) as guest
director in the school of music and also worked on a production of The Tender Land. As casting director for
Johnson-Liff Associates, Jamibeth was in charge of the casting for all
of the
US companies of The Phantom of the Opera
(Lloyd Webber) for five years. She toured the US scouting the best up
and
coming and established classical singers.
Currently Jamibeth serves as Artistic Director For Musicals at the
Midtown
International Theatre Festival (MITF) where she fosters new
writing
talent and looks to bring a dozen new musicals and operas to life each
summer.
This summer she directed 1812: The Musical
and Family Dinner (a new
play) at MITF. Jamibeth also teaches musical theater and
opera
performance and audition technique in NYC.
Recent theatrical directing credits include Do
I Hear a Waltz? and Jekyll and Hyde
at the Arvada Center Theater in Denver. Jamibeth served as assistant
director
to Tony Award winner Jerry Zaks on the recent Broadway revival of The Caine Mutiny Court Martial and also
on Jules Feiffer's A Bad Friend at Lincoln Center Theatre.
She has also helmed developmental productions of the following new
musical
works: Owl Creek, Far From the Madding
Crowd, Plane Crazy, Great Googley Moo,
and Warsaw
(which is currently on track for a Broadway production in the next two
years).
Jamibeth
is a member of Actors'
Equity Association, the Casting Society of America, and the Stage
Directors And Choreographers Society. She served as
Tony
Awards Voter for the past three Broadway seasons. She holds a B.A. from
Ithaca
College in Drama and Directing with a minor in music.
Upcoming Projects: Gianni Schicchi and Pirates
of Penzance at Boheme Opera
in
NJ.
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