CURRENTLY
Artistic Director of Silver Line Theatre Exchange
Guest Artist and Adjunct Faculty in Graduate and Undergraduate courses:
Mary Baldwin University & Bridgewater College
Just finished Cabaret at Virginia Theatre Festival
OVERVIEW
Over 16 years of experience leading workshops and masterclasses up and down the east coast, into Canada & England have lead to the creation of these classes for undergraduate students, graduate students, and professionals:
Beginning Acting
Acting Techniques
Scene Study
Acting Shakespeare
Movement for the Stage
Stage Combat
Directing
Actor Training for Business & Leadership
PREVIOUSLY
Chair of Fine & Performing Arts Departments &
Director of Theatre Programs at Stuart Hall School.
Classes included:
Introduction to Theatre
Shakespeare in Performance
Acting Studio
Testimonials
ACTOR
“Jeremy is a dependable, hard-working employee. He’s a motivated self-starter who excelled in the rehearsal room, on the stage, and in the classroom. His stage combat and musical skills also helped him [in being] an extremely valuable teammate.”
“Jeremy is an excellent actor and theatre company colleague. I would always consider casting him in a role in our theatre company.”
“One of the finest Actors I have had the pleasure of sharing the stage with. Whether acting, directing or teaching, West always brings his ‘A game’ and inspires you to up yours.”
DIRECTOR & TEACHER
On directing Christopher Marlowe's The Massacre at Paris
“[T]his production managed to answer, intelligently and engagingly, its audience’s academic curiosity - does Massacre work on stage and how? It was also an enjoyable hour’s entertainment; a show which did not negate the problematic state of the text but demonstrated how an uncut, unaltered ‘bad’ play can come to fluent and convincing life on the stage - in all its scheming, backstabbing, ear-removing glory”
“From a director who has graced this particular stage himself on numerous occasions...it comes as little surprise that the company performs The Massacre with deftness and aplomb, at times rising to excellence, no matter how corrupt the source text may be.”
On teaching an Acting Class
“His own skill as a stage fighter and experience in instructing others allowed him to introduce new concepts efficiently and soundly; his background in acting meant that he understood the needs of the actors and communicated with them in a language that they could easily understand.’”
On leading a stage combat workshop
“Jeremy creates a working environment that is energetic and exciting. You want to jump out of your seat to get involved”
On directing William Shakespeare's Hamlet
“Jeremy’s proficiency as a director lies in his ability to understand more about your potential and talent than you know yourself, and more importantly, he has the skill to make you reach that potential.”
On leading an Acting for Shakespeare workshop
“Jeremy is both a thoroughly professional actor/director and workshop leader, I unhesitatingly recommend him”