Jesse Jou
Originally from Houston, Texas and based in New York City for many years, Jesse Jou primarily as a freelance theater director of new and contemporary plays. Some of his favorite new play work includes ZEN TIES by Y York (The Rose Theatre, Omaha, NE); SAY YOU HEARD MY ECHO with spoken word artist Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai (HERE); THE BETROTHED by Dipika Guha and NEIGHBORHOOD 3: REQUISITION OF DOOM by Jennifer Haley (...
Originally from Houston, Texas and based in New York City for many years, Jesse Jou primarily as a freelance theater director of new and contemporary plays. Some of his favorite new play work includes ZEN TIES by Y York (The Rose Theatre, Omaha, NE); SAY YOU HEARD MY ECHO with spoken word artist Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai (HERE); THE BETROTHED by Dipika Guha and NEIGHBORHOOD 3: REQUISITION OF DOOM by Jennifer Haley (Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater, Cape Cod, MA); THE NETFLIX PLAYS (Ars Nova); ESTRELLA CRUZ: THE JUNKYARD QUEEN by Charise Castro Smith and PASSING by Dipika Guha (Yale Cabaret); 99 WAYS TO F*CK A SWAN by Kim Rosenstock and the things are against us [les choses sont contre nous] by Susan Soon He Stanton (Yale School of Drama). His work has also been seen at the Lark Play Development Center; the New York International Fringe Festival; The Kitchen Theatre Co. (Ithaca, NY); and the Yale Cabaret. He was the Artistic Director of the 2010 Yale Summer Cabaret and served as the Staff Repertory Director of The Acting Company. He is a proud alumnus of the Cherry Lane Mentor Project, Drama League’s Directors Project, the Soho Rep Writer/Director Lab, and the Civilians' R&D Group. He received his MFA in directing from the Yale School of Drama. He is currently on faculty in the School of Theatre & Dance, Texas Tech University.