ANN C. JAMES
Altruistic director/producer with a strong consultancy background within corporate environments. Specializing in intimacy consultation and advocacy, group dynamics, curriculum development and motivational communication in professional educational, entertainment and business models.
RECENT BROADWAY CREDITS INTIMACY COORDINATOR
Parade
Sweeney Todd
Hamilton USA, Australia and United Kingdom
Pass Over
RECENT OFF-BROADWAY /REGIONAL CREDITS INTIMACY COORDINATOR/ SENSITIVITY SPECIALIST/ CONSULTANT
Shadow/land– The Public Theater
How to Defend Yourself- New York Theater Workshop
White Girl In Danger– 2nd Stage
The Outsiders-LaJolla Playhouse
Lempicka- LaJolla Playhouse
Evanston Salt Costs Climbing- Signature Theater NYC
My Broken Language- Signature Theater NYC
Romeo and Juliet- The Acting Company
The Three Musketeers- The Acting Company
From the Mississippi Delta- Westport Playhouse
Here There Are Blueberries- Tectonic Theater Project
The Aftermath- Lucille Lortel Theatre/Howard University, NYC
Seize the King- Harlem Classical Theatre, NYC
Twilight Los Angeles: 1992– Signature Theatre, NYC
Confederates- Signature Theatre, NYC
Yemandja- MassMOCA, Kennedy Centre, World Tour
NEW YORK CITY WORKSHOPS SENSITIVITY/ INTIMACY SPECIALIST
Potluck- Performing Arts Center at the World Trade Center
Cats/Ballroom- Bill Rauch/Performing Arts Center at the World Trade Center
Black Swan- Rachel Chavkin
FILM INTIMACY COORDINATOR
Black Vietnam: Into the Light- WINNER- Indie Film Award-Next Generation (Director)
Pool Boy-BAFTA Short Film award
Northern Shade- Independent FeaturE
Stu-Feature- Producer/Principal Actor, Mark Wahlberg
TELEVISION INTIMACY COORDINATOR/ DIRECTOR
The Shrink Next Door- Apple TV+ Principals Will Ferrell and Paul Rudd (8 episodes)
ROAR- Apple TV+ Principals Cynthis Enrivo and Issa Rae– (3 Episodes)
Directing:
Nina Simone: Four Women-Director, San Antonio Public Theater
SHANGHAI, PRC. DIRECTING/ PRODUCING CREDITS {Abridged} DreamWeaver-Shanghai, China (2018-2012) These productions were produced in high-profile locations in and throughout the city of Shanghai. DreamWeaver Productions (originally Urban Aphrodite) was China’s first theater company registered by a resident expat. In all there were 52 full productions in 5 years.
Titanic, The Ship of Dreams- Immersive Experience
3 by Tenn Shanghai Gay Pride
Hay Fever
Thom Pain
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Glengarry Glen Ross
Reservoir Dogs
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Doubt
The New Electric Ballroom
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
5 Course Love
Little Shop of Horrors
Hamlet
Godspell
God of Carnage
The Last Five Years
Psycho Beach Party
Fight Club
The Fugees Tribute Concert
Abba Tribute Concert
The Three Cinderellas
The Little Prince (Toured at The Edinburgh Festival 2014)
Pygmalion
Dancing at Lughnasa
12 Dates of Christmas
Santaland Diaries
Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me
The Princess Bride
39 Steps
Rosemary’s Baby
DreamBoyz-Shanghai’s All Male Exotic Revue
Venus in Fur
USA REGIONAL THEATRE DIRECTOR (2004-2012)
Pillow Talk- Comedy Theater Nes, (Amsterdam)
The Bourgeois Gentleman- Khartoum International Community School (Sudan)
The Cherry Orchard (KICS, Sudan)
Camino Real (KICS, Sudan)
Esther, Queen of Persia-(Opera) Celestial Productions, Manhattan Theatre Source
Mail- Cherry Lane, Lincoln Center Director’s Lab
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof- Hartford Stage (Asst. to Michael Wilson)
Balm In Gilead- Barnevelder Artspace BP Players (Houston)
Dreamgirls- The Great Caruso (Houston)
Proof- The Goodman Theatre (Asst. to Chuck Smith)
Top Dog/Underdog- Associate Director Dallas Theater Center, Hartford Stage, Steppenwolf, The Alley Theatre
Medea- Symposium Tour (Sam Houston State University)
Medea- Theater LaB (Houston)
Kingdom of Earth- Theatre LaB (Houston)
Wonka!- Stages Repertory Summer Theatre Symposium (Houston)
Comedy of Errors- Jones High School Players (Houston)
Hamlet- Stages Repertory Theatre (Houston)
Unmerciful Good Fortune- Unhinged Theatre (Houston)
Food, Sex and Longing- Theatre LaB Women’s Playwrights Festival (Houston)
Animal Farm- Main Street Young Theatre Program (Houston)
The Quadroon Ball- Main Street Theatre (Houston)