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JAMES CAREY
James Carey has had a very diverse and rewarding career in 30+ years in the theatre and entertainment business.
As the Co-Founder and Producing Artistic Director of the Attic Theatre Conservatory for over 19 years, he has directed/produced over 300 productions, both locally and nationally. His productions have won over 13 Drama-Logue Awards, and numerous LA Weekly "Pick of the Week" citations. He is the recipient of both the Los Angeles Drama Critics’ Award and the Hollywood Arts Council Theatre Award. He was the Founder and served as the first president of the Theatre Row-Hollywood Association. He also served on the Hollywood Community Redevelopment Agency’s Theatre Committee.
As President of Shire Entertainment Group, a production and management company formed in 1985, he has produced or served as creative consultant on many theatre and film productions. In the past couple of years, he has directed and produced the digital short, OWLMAN, presented the Southern California tour of the critically acclaimed That Day In September, the story of 9/11 survivor Artie Van Why, and is currently in pre-production for his second film, Cost Of Freedom.
As a teacher, he is currently serving as adjunct faculty for Drama Departments of California Lutheran University and Pepperdine University. He obtained his Masters of Fine Arts in Theatre Management from California State University – Long Beach, where he also served as Faculty from 1997 to 1999.
As a writer, his first book, Regional Theatre, A Need for Community Volunteers, was published in 1999. As a playwright, his adaptations of William Shakespeare’s Love Labours
Lost, Aristophanes’ Lysistrata, and Truman Capote’s One Christmas and A Christmas Memory have had over 12 productions nationally. His new play, Dancing In Hell, will have its’ professional debut at the Attic Theatre & Film Center this spring. He also completed editing and published a volume of his mother’s poetry, Emily, The Poetry and Words of Emily Harrison Carey in 2002.
Read James’ Directing Resume
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