Jayme Kilburn is the Founding Artistic Director of the Strand Theater Company in Baltimore City. She is a graduate of the University of California Santa Barbara, NYU, and is currently in her final year as a Ph.D. Candidate in Theatre Arts at Cornell University. Jayme is an associate member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Union. Her artistic work has received grant funding from the Cornell Council of the Arts (CCA), Baltimore Office of Promotions and the Arts, Maryland State Arts Council, and Artscape. Jayme has directed over thirty plays including Mr. Burns, a post-electric play by Anne Washburn, Real Women Have Curves by Josefina Lopez, and In The Blood by Suzan Lori-Parks. Jayme works with the Phoenix Players Theatre Group (founded by incarcerated men) and previously served on the board of Civic Ensemble, a community-based theater in Ithaca, NY. In 2018, Jayme received a $15,000 grant from Engaged Cornell to establish her Women's Performance Workshop as a permanent program in Baltimore City. In March 2019, Jayme organized a campus-wide community symposium entitled "Feminist Directions: Performance, Power, and Leadership" which brought together dozens of international, national, and locally-based artists and activists to engage in conversations surrounding artistic practice and power. Jayme's research focuses on feminist performance, specifically as it pertains to women directors.