Jay is Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer of Face Off Unlimited, leading the direction and development of their live productions including their hit show BATSU! now running in New York and Chicago. FOU also specializes in utilizing improvisation for corporate team-building and leadership training. Additionally, FOU was a leading content provider of robot - human dialogue for Aldebaran Robotics and SoftBank, and highly instrumental in the development of their robot Pepper. They operate an improv school out of their headquarters in Astoria, Queens which also houses FOU Studios, their digital media branch.Jay also served for 8 years as Director of “Shakespeare Leaders", an after-school program based at Frederick Douglass Academy in Harlem. Created by Aquila Theatre Company, the program produces full staged classical theatre productions performed on Off Broadway stages.As a stage actor, Jay has performed in numerous Off-Broadway plays and national tours as well as many regional productions. His extensive work with the acclaimed Aquila Theatre Co. includes Agamemnon with Olympia Dukakis and their celebrated productions of The Comedy of Errors and The Iliad among others. Jay received a Planet Connections Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the world premiere of Kimberly Pau's BOMB SHELTHER in 2011. He's appeared on television as well as in independent films, commercials and web series. Jay has been featured in his own segments on Nat Geo's BRAIN GAMES and was one of the stars of the hit comedy podcast In the Room.Jay has taught acting, mask, clown, and improvisation at universities and performing arts centers across the US and has been leading workshops in applied improvisation for over a decade for a long list of clients including several Fortune 500 companies and government agencies. He currently teaches a class in business improv at Columbia Business School.He's a member of SAG/AFTRA and Actors Equity. Represented by Andreadis Talent Agency.