Jump’s website in undergoing some major changes… including the addition of a WordPress blog that will keep everyone up-to-date on what’s going on with Jump! Keep an eye out for posts from our members, associate artists, and the playwrights & directors involved in Springboard V, coming April 23-25 to the Meridian Gallery, San Francisco.
February 22, 2010
Jump! names a new Artistic Director
JUMP! Theatre is proud to introduce our new Producing Artistic Director, Roberta D’Alois! Roberta took the reins in fall 2009 from co‐founders Rebecca Longworth and Nena St. Louis, both of whom continue to be involved in the company.
Welcome, Roberta!
Ms. D’Alois is a San Francisco‐based monologist, playwright and director who directed Saint for JUMP! in May 2008. She has a B.A in Theatre from Brandeis University and an M.A. in Psychology from J. F. K. University in Orinda, CA. Her most recent play, “Rapture Makes Perfect” a fantasia on the 2008 Presidential election, was awarded a development grant from the International Centre for Woman Playwrights and received an honorable mention in the 2009 Bay Area Playwrights Showcase. She is a proud Member of Theatre Bay Area and the Dramatists’ Guild. With her decades’ long involvement with Bay Area theatre, we’re confident Roberta will help bring the company to greater prominence as we continue our work.
If you’re so inclined, you can read the full press release: Roberta D’Alois named Artistic Director of Jump! Theatre
