has worked with the Hypocrites as Technical Director for a couple of years now (becoming a company member in 2003).  He lead the Hypocrites in the builds of Henry 5, Machinal, Happy Days, Balm in Gilead, Edward Gorey’s Dispirited Diversion for Christmas, Camille/La Traviata, The 4th Graders Present an Unnamed Love-Suicide, Leonce und Lena and A Christmas Carol - A Radio Broadcast. 

Other Chicago companies he has worked with include Naked Eye Theatre Co. (Waving Goodbye, Nocturne, The Idiot Box), Rivendell Theatre Ensemble (Indulgences in the Louisville Harem, Silence), Seanachai Theatre Co. (Dylan, Calamity Meat), European Repertory (Madame de Sade), Chicago Dramatists (Book of Mercy, Heat), Pegasus Players (The Waverly Gallery, Sunday in the Park with George), Walkabout (Offspring of the Cold War), Barrel of Monkeys (The Best of B.O.M.), Ravenous Productions (Between Doors, The Alchemy of Tulips), and  Plasticene (…And So I May Return). 

Originally from Wyoming, Jim was lured to Florida by the love of Track & Field and the prospect of a good, affordable education.  After being cut from the University of Florida Track Team, he received the latter in the form of a B.A. in Classical Languages and Literature from New College of Florida (where he translated and produced the Roman Comedy, Mostellaria of Titus Maccius Plautus).