Jacob Janssen Email & Phone Number

Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, United States

• Lead development of organization's first world premiere play, I CARRY YOUR HEART WITH ME. The play was honored with a Steinberg/ATCA Citation as on of the three best new plays produced outside of New York in 2023. • Effectively lead the transition back to production after a two year pause and produced TAP's best attended productions to date• Successfully closed TAP's $2.5m capital campaign• Created several audience development and retention strategies, including 'Check Out TAP' - a program to connect library patrons with the theatre • Doubled our audience in our first season back • Expanded the size of the board of directors and developed best-practice board cultivation processes• Realigned the organization with industry production processes• Doubled the size of our artistic company and instituted new pay equity standards• Directed the best selling show in the company’s history, Slow Food

New York, Ny

• Collaborate with Artistic Director Andrus Nichols to create vision for the company• Ensure quarterly goals align with company’s north star• Negotiate, draft, and execute all contracts with artists and unions• Create audience resource lists for targeted marketing campaigns• Evaluate sales metrics to inform budget allocation• Train production staff on contract management best practices• Create fundraising strategy for a startup company• Develop, manage, and maintain organizational budget• Coordinate and execute all casting operations• Create and manage relationships with internal and external stakeholders• Provide artistic oversight to season artists and directors• Recruit artistic and technical staff for production

Chicago, Il

• Create and maintain database of 700+ works by female and playwrights of color• Ongoing research and scouting of new works for accession into DePaul’s collection • Assist faculty and students with the selection and procurement of plays

Chicago, Il

• Evaluated scripts for production in artistic season, and provided textual and business analysis• Curated gallery shows highlighting local Chicago artists tied to themes of season productions• Led research for new funding sources and partnerships• Provided dramaturgical research for season shows• Created a corporate giving target list for the board and managing director

• Produced on 22 season plays• Lead producer: Rachel Bonds’s ​The Wolfe Twins ​(world premiere), ​Murder Ballad ​(immersive musical)• Line Producer: ​Zeitgeist Festival (​ w​ith Goethe Institute and Embassies of Switzerland, Germany, Austria)​, ​New Plays From Spain​ project ​(with the Embassy of Spain)• Applied data driven decision making for large scale capital purchases• Facilitated communication between technical departments and artistic teams• Obtained work visas, served as point of contact for international presenting partners• Drafted and negotiated director and designer contracts• Recruited and oversaw all production roles• Responsible for production department project management and stakeholder relations• Liaison between Production Department and internal and external stakeholders

Stage 4

Assisted Director Lila Neugebauer, to plan and execute rehearsals.Facilitated communication between the theatre and the production staff.Responsible for understudies, their rehearsals and preparedness to perform. Also, responsible for replacing and recasting the understudy for "Peter," when he was no longer available to perform.Provided performance maintenance; noting the actor's in a respectful and effective manner.

Master’S Degree, Mfa Directing, With Distinction

Bfa, Acting, Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Student Representative to Faculty Board 2007-2009