Jim currently serves as the Coordinator of the Performance Program and Head of the MFA Acting Program at the School of Theatre at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, where he teaches both undergraduate and graduate acting classes. Additionally, he serves as Artistic Director of the summer theatre programs, and from 1990 through 2017 produced almost 100 plays in those 27 years.  In 2017, the summer program was reimagined as The New Concepts Theatre Lab at UNCG, focusing on the development of new work.  In 2001 he received a Kennedy Center Gold Medallion for Excellence in Theatre Education, and in 2006 was named Outstanding Teacher of Acting in the Southeast, serving as mentor to the acting students at the National Festival. Directing credits include: The New Hopeville Comics (Chernuchin Theatre, NYC), The Blue Martini (DR2 Theatre, NYC), the means (Soho Playhouse), Irene Ryan Evening of Scenes (The Kennedy Center), Don't Dress for Dinner (Hippodrome State Theatre), and Cinderella (Casa Manana), in addition to over 50 productions for UNCG Theatre.  His production of The Revenger's Tragedy (co-authored with Joe Sturgeon) was selected for performance at the Kennedy Center as part of the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival in 2009.  He was also the Resident Fight Choreographer at Triad Stage, where he provided the violence for over 40 productions. A member of Actors' Equity since 1983, he has appeared onstage in numerous roles including Our Lady of 121^st Street at UNCG and The Little Foxes at Triad Stage.  Education: BA in Psychology/Communication and Theatre Arts from Heidelberg College, MFA in Acting/Directing from The University of Florida.