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. Recent directing credits include Tosca and Pirates of Penzance for Boheme Opera NJ.  This summer she directed two new chamber operas by Martin Halpern in NYC entitled The Lock Of Hair and The Dwarf Trees.  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. MITF directing credits include staged readings of the following new works: Naked In Encino, 1812: The Musical, and Family Dinner (a new play).  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 proud member of  The Stage Directors And Choreographers Society, Actors' Equity Association, and the Casting Society of America.  She served as Tony Awards Voter for three Broadway seasons. She holds a B.A. from Ithaca College in Drama and Directing with a minor in music.

Upcoming Directing Projects: Mrs. Middleman's Descent by Martin Halpern in NYC and Warsaw in Great Neck, NY.