Published in American Theatre magazine:
"You Say You Want a Revolution?"
https://www.americantheatre.org
For the complete Director's Cut, click the REVOLUTION tab above.
"You Say You Want a Revolution?"
https://www.americantheatre.org
For the complete Director's Cut, click the REVOLUTION tab above.
DIRECTOR • CONSULTANT • EDUCATOR
Founding Artistic Director of the American Globe Center
ASC Founder and Artistic Director 1988 -2017
Founding Artistic Director of the American Globe Center
ASC Founder and Artistic Director 1988 -2017
Over the course of his career, Jim Warren has directed almost 200 productions, produced and cast over 300 shows, coached thousands of actors, built a theatre company from a $500 student-start-up to a four-million-dollar Equity playhouse, led touring troupes through 47 states and six countries, mentored dozens of developing theatres, and taught students of all ages the power promised by Theatre of the Imagination. Jim founded the American Shakespeare Center when he was twenty-two years old, retiring in 2017 to pursue a solo career as a consultant, director, author, and educator. He is looking for his next adventure, one in which he can bring the skills he's acquired, the knowledge he's gained, and the experience he's gathered to a new project to collaborate with a new team, new community.
This quest includes his passion project — building the nascent American Globe Center (AGC) — which will include the world’s only timber frame re-creation of Shakespeare’s 1614 Globe theatre, the AGC Playhouse (a modern performing arts and education center with state-of-the-art mainstage and blackbox), a visual arts gallery, gathering areas, gardens, and green space. The AGC campus will be an inclusive home for the arts, rooted in its community and reaching across the world to bring lovers of theatre and Shakespeare together in one of several locations under consideration. Jim has proven the Globe will work. From programming to community revitalization to building a re-creation of a Shakespeare theatre, the first 30 years of his career at the American Shakespeare Center are proof of concept. The American Globe Center is the culmination of Jim’s experience as a director, a leader, and a visionary.
This quest includes his passion project — building the nascent American Globe Center (AGC) — which will include the world’s only timber frame re-creation of Shakespeare’s 1614 Globe theatre, the AGC Playhouse (a modern performing arts and education center with state-of-the-art mainstage and blackbox), a visual arts gallery, gathering areas, gardens, and green space. The AGC campus will be an inclusive home for the arts, rooted in its community and reaching across the world to bring lovers of theatre and Shakespeare together in one of several locations under consideration. Jim has proven the Globe will work. From programming to community revitalization to building a re-creation of a Shakespeare theatre, the first 30 years of his career at the American Shakespeare Center are proof of concept. The American Globe Center is the culmination of Jim’s experience as a director, a leader, and a visionary.
I believe that exposure to great art allows us to understand
our humanity more deeply.
Understanding our individual and collective humanity
helps us be better people.
Being better people makes the world a better place to be.
I want to create, curate, and facilitate art that changes the world.
our humanity more deeply.
Understanding our individual and collective humanity
helps us be better people.
Being better people makes the world a better place to be.
I want to create, curate, and facilitate art that changes the world.
- Jim Warren