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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.
Upcoming projects include Pirates of Penzance at Boheme Opera in April
and Family Dinner, a new play at the Beckett Theatre at Theatre Row in
June and July, 2010.
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.
3/12/10
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