bio
Jamie is a director, producer and creator born and raised on the sunshine and rain of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations (colonially known as Vancouver). Their practice has recently focused on the development of new work, specifically that speaks to contemporary issues through a comedic lens (and with a lot of heart).
theatre directing:
current -
Middletown Sticks and Stones Theatre/Pacific Theatre, co-directed with Arthi Chandra
upcoming -
500 Words Green Thumb Theatre, 2025 tour
previous productions -
Pretty Girls Studio 58, Fourplay
Sunrise Betties Itsazoo Productions
As You Like It Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan
The Legend of Georgia McBride Arts Club Theatre
Blue Stockings Studio 58
What If? Green Thumb Theatre - 2022 tour
BIG Sister Rapid Pitch Productions/The Cultch
Can We Fix It? Studio 58 & Risky Nights
Gopher/Broke star star theatre for HIVE/Magnetic North
Burqa Boutique Killjoy Theatre, co-directed with Gavan Cheema
The Wolves With A Spoon Theatre/Rumble Theatre/Pacific Theatre
Vampires in Barcelona Skinny Walrus Projects - rEvolver 2017, Van Fringe 2018
Love/Sick Stone's Throw Productions
Fool for Love ABB Artist Collective
PULL VI Speakeasy Theatre with directors: Derek Chan and Mayumi Yoshida
Bull Rumble Theatre, Tremors Festival
Wild in Wild/Society - star star theatre, Canadian Fringe tour
The Particulars The EASTWALL/Railtown Cultural Eclective
In The Movies and Drifting Brave New Play Rites
multimedia direction:
The Land Walks Caravan Farm Theatre - audio land walk, ongoing
System Failure: The Walk of Terror Caravan Farm Theatre - immersive sound walk
Sparagmos: The Walk of Terror Caravan Farm Theatre - immersive sound walk
Days of Retrograde Relay Project/The Cultch Digital Storytelling - on vimeo/facebook/youtube
Desiree AMA Scott Button/e-Volver Festival - live on Zoom
dramaturgy & co-creation:
Joyride by Estelle Shook, dramaturgy
Chicken by Lucy McNulty, story by Lucy McNulty and Jamie King
System Failure by Estelle Shook, Jamie King and Izzy Robinson
(behindPARADISE) by Derek Chan & Pedro Chamale, dramaturgy
The Fleeting Fables by Christine Quintana, dramaturgy
Days of Retrograde by Jamie King & Gilles Poulin-Denis
BIG Sister by Deborah Vogt, dramaturgy
Can We Fix It devised creation
assistant directing:
Coriolanus Bard on the Beach, Director: Dean Paul Gibson
Cock Rumble Theatre, Director: Stephen Drover
The Night’s Mare Caravan Farm Theatre, Director: Courtenay Dobbie
Wide Awake Hearts Hardline Productions & Twenty-Something Theatre, Director: Brian Cochrane
The Tragical Comedy of Punch and Judy Caravan Farm Theatre, Director: C. Dobbie & J. Brewin
Speech and Debate Twenty-Something Theatre, Director: Brian Cochrane
Jamie is the current Associate Producer for Theatre Replacement.
Jamie is a recipient of the Ray Michal's Prize for Most Promising New Director. Subsequently, their production of The Wolves was nominated for a Jessie Richardson Award for Best Direction and Outstanding Production in 2019, and BIG Sister, directed and dramaturged by King, was the winner of the Cultchivating the Fringe Award and nominated for Best New Play at the 2020 Jessie Richardson Awards.