Jamie Rocha Allan
Phone: (801) 641-3966 Email: [email protected] Website: www.jrallan.com
Upcoming Projects/Delayed projects due to Covid-19
2022-Head over Heels-Grand Theatre, Salt lake City
2020/2021-Noises Off, 39 Steps, She Kills Monsters Virtual Realm, Proof
2020- The Producers- Grand Theatre, Salt Lake City
2020- MORE!- London’s Westend
Current Academic Work
Spring 2021-Co-Instructor- New Play Workshop, University of Utah
Fall 2020-Lead Instructor-Script Analysis
Fall 2019-Lead Instructor- Shakespeare’s Sonnets, University of Utah
Spring 2019- Co-Instructor- New Play Workshop, University of Utah.
Spring 2019- Visiting Instructor- Introduction to Theatre Directing & Acting in Musical Theatre
Fall 2018- Lead Instructor- Introduction to Playwriting, University of Utah
Fall 2017-Lead Instructor- Shakespeare’s Sonnets, University of Utah
Directing Experience:
2020- Heat Death of the Universe- by Pamela Zoline-Grand theatre
2020-Girls & Boys-by Dennis Kelly-Wasatch Theatre/Umbrella Theatre
2019-A Brief Waltz in a Little Room: 23 Short Plays About Walter Eyer- Sackerson Theatre Company
2019- She Kills Monsters-Kingsbury Hall
1 2019-Balthazar- by Deborah Threedy-Plan B Theatre Company (Rehearsed Reading)
2019- First Date- Grand Theatre, Salt Lake City
2018-Spamalot!-Grand Theatre, Salt Lake City
2018-Twelfth Night- Pioneer Memorial Theatre (Associate Director)
2018-King Lear-Dram Tree Shakespeare Company, North Carolina
2017- Love and Information- by Caryl Churchill- Westminster College
2017- Heat Death of the Universe- by Pamela Zoline-Theatre Roy-All as part of the Great Salt Lake Fringe
2017- Land of No Mercy-by Rae Binstock-Salt Lake Acting Company (Rehearsed Reading)
2016-2017 Season-Comedy of Errors-Grand Theatre, Salt Lake City
2016- Comedy of Errors- For The University of Northampton
2016- Blue Stockings- by Jessica Swale, Royal & Derngate for University of Northampton
2015- Animal Farm- by George Orwell University of Utah
2015- The Winter’s Tale Royal & Derngate for University of Northampton
2015- Last days of Judas Iscariot by Stephen Adly Guirgis Royal & Derngate for University of Northampton
2015- Bricks and Bones by Hannah Rodger Arcola Theatre
2014 Othello- Associate Director on Frantic Assembly’s production National Tour
2014 Directing LIPA students for the Sam Wanamker festival Globe Theatre London
2014 Love and Information by Caryl Churchill Royal and Derngate in association with Northampton University
2013 Metamorphoses by Mary Zimmerman University of Utah
2013 Love & Money by Dennis Kelly Tabard Theatre
2013 D.O.D. by Frances Bushe Theatre 503
2012 I’m Terrified/Don’t Cry by Poppy Corbett Arcola/Theatre 503/Southwark Playhouse
2012 Pericles (Co-Director) Courtyard Theatre, RSC
2 2012 LIDO by Polly Churchill Southwark Playhouse
2011 Two Ships by Dan Green (Radio Play) One Fm
2011 Sarah Simon by Dan Green Southwark Playhouse
2011 Jody Kamali’s Business Coaching for Idiots Etc Theatre & Edinburgh Fringe by Jody Kamali
2011 Helen by Euripides in a version by Frank McGuinness Guildford School of Acting
2010 God Don’t Live On a Council Estate by Dean Stalham Soho Theatre Studio
2010 In Times Of War by David Alan Moore Rose Theatre Bankside
2010 Medea Lost Theatre
2010 Sandbox by David Agpalo (Rehearsed reading) Waterloo East Theatre
2010 Super Situation by Lois Tucker Waterloo East Theatre
2009 Baby Rice Cakes by Michelle Hallak Waterloo East Theatre
2010 First Impressions by Tim Stimpson Margate Theatre Royal
2009 Super Situation by Lois Tucker Theatre 503 & Edinburgh Festival
Staff Directing & Assistant Directing Experience:
2013- Macbeth Giles Block Globe Theatre- Text Assistant
2011- Tempest & Twelfth Night David Farr Part of an RSC What Country Friends Is This? 2012 Trilogy alongside Comedy of Errors RST Theatre & Roundhouse Theatre, London
2010 Hens by Alia Bano Peter Gill Riverside Studios (I was also the Assistant Artistic Director on this project working with Pip Broughton)
2010 Not In My Name Alice Bartlett Unity Theatre & Brindley Arts Centre (Theatre Veritae & Fuse Theatre)
2008 Othello Scott Graham & Steven Plymouth Theatre Royal & National Frantic Assembly Hoggett Tour
3 2008 Arturo UI David Farr Lyric Theatre Hammersmith Bertolt Brecht
2008 Metamorphosis David Farr Lyric Theatre Hammersmith & David Farr/Gísli Örn National Tour Gardarsson
2007 Beauty and the Beast Paul Hunter Lyric Theatre Hammersmith Carl Grose
2007 Water David Farr Lyric Theatre Hammersmith & National Filter Tour
Educational Workshops and Drama Teaching:
March 2012- Workshop Leader RSC Ongoing +Led pre show workshops and post show discussions Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford on the themes in ‘The Tempest’ and ‘Twelfth Night’. upon Avon Directing and acting workshops.
January 2000- Workshop Leader Young Blood Theatre Company, based at May 2010 +Ran workshops on improvisation and acting LAMDA, Riverside Studios and Arts techniques for 10 – 20 year old students. Educational Drama School +Wrote and directed various productions which were performed at Lyric Hammersmith and Riverside Studios.
June-July 2008 Drama Practitioner Creative Learning: Lyric Hammersmith START Project +created programs which explored particular situations where young people may be at risk
May 2008 TORCH Project Creative Learning: Lyric Hammersmith + Preparation for text & devising exams for excluded youth
July 2007 Filter’s Water Educational Workshops Lyric Hammersmith, Arts Ed & +Recreating an example of the devising techniques with Compass students
March Thinking Out Loud Schools Workshops Various Primary & Secondary Schools
4 2004-2006 +Led workshops exploring the issue based plays that the students had just seen
Training:
2006 – 2008 MFA Theatre Directing Birkbeck, University of London
2000 – 2003 BA Drama Education Central School of Speech and Drama
Referee details available upon request.
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