Accessibility. Play. Perspective.
Embracing the weird in the wonderful, charming in the terrifying, and queer in the classic…
Jess Yates is a midwestern director who invites audiences and collaborators to play with multidimensional perspectives in accessible theatre and new work development.
They spent their summer serving as Producing Assistant at Williamstown Theatre Festival, and spent the fall assisting Tatyana-Marie Carlo on La Egoísta at Philadelphia Theatre Company and A Christmas Carol at Trinity Repertory Company. This winter, Jess will direct the remount of Addie Gorlin-Han’s A Root Beer Lady at the History Theatre, and direct The Book Club Play at Lakeshore Players Theatre.
Jess is proud to be an Associate Member of SDC.
Associations: (Minnesota) History Theatre, Children’s Theater Company, Yellow Tree Theatre, Theater Mu, Lakeshore Players Theatre, Emerging Professionals Ensemble, Stages Theater Company, Sod House Theater, Sheldon Theater.
(Elsewhere) Trinity Repertory Company, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, National Queer Theater, American Alliance for Theatre & Education, Renaissance Theaterworks, Lime Arts Productions, #1MPF One Minute Play Festival, NYU’s Broke People Play Festival, Make/Shift Theatre.