About
Jared Sakren has had a long and distinguished career in the American Theatre, having performed on Broadway, Off-Broadway, on national tours, in regional theatre, in civic theatres, and in academic programs. He is a graduate of The Juilliard School (Group One), where he received a full-ride scholarship, and is a founding member of The Acting Company under John Houseman.
Teaching
An internationally-renowned Master Teacher in the use of Masks in training and performance, Jared has taught workshops or directed projects at most of the top drama programs in the US and abroad, including Yale School of Drama, American Conservatory Theatre, Juilliard, NYU Graduate Acting Program, The Old Globe Theatre, the British-American Drama Academy at Oxford University, Sydney's National Institute of Dramatic Art, the National Theatre Conservatory, and the North Carolina School of the Arts.
He has conducted master workshops or served as Mask/Movement Director at many of the nation's top regional theaters, including The Oregon Shakespeare Festival, the Guthrie Theatre, The Mark Taper Forum, La Jolla Playhouse, and the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, where he was Director of the MFA Professional Actor Training Program.
Leadership
For 15 years he was the Producing Artistic Director of Southwest Shakespeare Company, operating under LORT-D, during which time he helped quadruple the budget and usher the company into the $100 million Mesa Arts Center. He directed or produced nearly every title in the Shakespeare canon.
Most recently he served as Producing Artistic Director of 6th Street Playhouse in Santa Rosa, CA, where the budget doubled, the company purchased its building (the historic former Del Monte Cannery), and was voted Best Theatre Company in Sonoma County 7 out of the last 8 years.