NYC directing credits include assistant director to Jerry Zaks on the 2006 Broadway revival of The Caine Mutiny Court Martial and also on A Bad Friend by Jules Feiffer at Lincoln Center Theater.  Jamibeth directed Plane Crazy and Far From The Madding Crowd at the New York Musical Theatre Festival, as well as developmental productions and readings of Owl Creek: A New Musical, Warsaw, Dreamweavers, Berlin, Great Googley Moo, Family Dinner, Don’t Blame Me…I Voted For Helen Gahagan Douglas, Dear Maudie and more at prominent NYC venues.  Recent regional credits include directing Do I Hear A Waltz? And Jekyll and Hyde at the Arvada Center Theater in Denver.  Jamibeth is a member of the Lincoln Center Directors Lab and specializes in the development of new plays and musicals.  She has a B.A. in Drama/Directing from Ithaca College and is a member of the Society Of Stage Directors and Choreographers. 

Jamibeth is currently serving as the Artistic Director For Musicals for the Midtown International Theatre Festival.  She previously served as New Works Program Director at the National Alliance For Musical Theatre and was a script reader and evaluator for three years for the New York Musical Theatre Festival.  She also attended the Commercial Theatre Institute.

Jamibeth is also a professional casting director with twelve years of experience in NYC, including numerous shows on Broadway, Off Broadway and national tours.  She worked for Johnson-Liff Casting, Margolis-Seay Casting, and now is a freelance casting director.  Jamibeth cast some of the longest running shows in Broadway history including Les Miserables, Cats, Miss Saigon, and The Phantom Of The Opera.   She is a member of the Casting Society Of America.  As a member of CSA, she has had the honor of being a Tony Awards Voter for three Broadway seasons.  She is currently casting New York theater, regional theater and developmental productions of many new works.

Currently, along with casting and directing, Jamibeth is working to bring the new musical Warsaw to Broadway next season as director and co-producer.

11/18/08