Jimmy Morgan
Arts Educator
Los Angeles,CA
Summary
Highly motivated and versatile artist and teaching professional seeking a new opportunity in the world of education. Takes pride in connecting strongly with students and infusing joy and empathy into the learning environment to help them thrive personally, succeed academically, and become an agent of positive change in the world.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Technical Theater Director & Teacher
Wildwood School
07.2024 - Current
- Taught Upper School (9-12), Middle School (7-8) technical theater courses, and after-school Tech Crew (6-12), including professional-level techniques for designing and implementing lighting, sound, set, and props for three theater productions per year.
- Designed sets, lights, and sound for all theater productions, including sound management for three music concerts and two musicals each year.
- Managed department budget, ensuring high-quality productions while staying within financial constraints.
- Collaborated with our music and theater departments to balance creative freedom with adherence to strict deadlines in order to meet opening night expectations, including ambitious but appropriate selection of performance material, including SPRING AWAKENING (9-12 only) and MAMMA MIA! (6-12).
Acting Coach, Director, and Theater Founder
Self Employed
08.2018 - Current
- Founder, The Bstage Company, Los Angeles, CA
- Director, Harvard-Westlake Playwrights Festival, 2022-2024, Los Angeles
- Director, THE CHARIOTEER AND THE PRINCE (In Development), New York City
- Director, FOOL FOR LOVE, Los Angeles, 2025
- Acting Coach: one one-on-one coaching for artistic projects, auditions, and self-tapes
Partnership Manager
Study Smart Tutors/Hatching Results
01.2023 - 06.2024
- Educational Partnership Manager for professional development offerings to Administrators, School Counselors, and Teachers.
- Established and managed strategic partnerships with various national and regional associations in education field.
- Developed comprehensive partnership proposals tailored to prospective clients'' specific needs and objectives, demonstrating deep understanding of their school or district and their challenges.
Adjunct Lecturer
Brooklyn College
08.2016 - 08.2018
- Taught Introduction to Acting to undergraduate students.
- Responsible for selecting all course content, scripts, performances, etc.
Assistant to the Artistic Director and MFA Acting Head
Brooklyn College
08.2016 - 08.2018
- Assisted in the daily operations of the MFA Acting program and Theater Department
- Planned and managed 12-15 yearly events including galas, award ceremonies, and performances.
Arts Enrichment Specialist and Private Tutor
Self Employed
08.2015 - 06.2016
- Taught performing arts, theater, music appreciation, and percussion at high-need schools.
- Provided private and classroom SAT/ACT prep, history, literature, reading, and writing tutoring.
Theater Director
King's Academy
08.2013 - 07.2015
- Increased annual productions from 1-2 per year to 3 full seasons
- Developed curriculum for 5 performing arts classes
- Secured funding for facility upgrades valued at over $75,000
- Pioneered the first annual Winter Play Festival, a series of student directed one act plays
- Contributed to the establishment of a new 4-year arts curriculum
- Planned and executed 12+ weekends of engaging activities for 100+ boarding students
- Coordinated international performances from 50+ schools at the 2014 Round Square Conference.
Education
Master of Fine Arts: Acting -
Brooklyn College, CUNY
Brooklyn, NYBachelor of Arts: Theater And Music -
Muhlenberg College
Allentown, PANon-Matriculated M.Ed.: -
City College of New York, CUNY
New York, NYSkills
- Directing and Technical Directing
- Sound, Lighting, Set Design
- Production Management, Scheduling, and Project Planning
- Acting Coaching, Script Analysis
- Team Management, Collaboration, and Decision-Making
- Budgetary control
- Set Design
- Lighting Design
- Script analysis
- Production management
- Directing
- Scheduling expertise
- Casting expertise
- Scheduling and planning
- Technical direction
- Acting coaching
- Creative writing
- Production scheduling
Leadership And Community Engagement
- President, Graduate Theater Organization, Brooklyn College
- Vice President, Muhlenberg Theater Association, Muhlenberg College
- Eagle Scout, Scouts BSA
Timeline
Technical Theater Director & Teacher
Wildwood School
07.2024 - Current
Partnership Manager
Study Smart Tutors/Hatching Results
01.2023 - 06.2024
Acting Coach, Director, and Theater Founder
Self Employed
08.2018 - Current
Adjunct Lecturer
Brooklyn College
08.2016 - 08.2018
Assistant to the Artistic Director and MFA Acting Head
Brooklyn College
08.2016 - 08.2018
Arts Enrichment Specialist and Private Tutor
Self Employed
08.2015 - 06.2016
Theater Director
King's Academy
08.2013 - 07.2015
Master of Fine Arts: Acting -
Brooklyn College, CUNY
Bachelor of Arts: Theater And Music -
Muhlenberg College
Non-Matriculated M.Ed.: -
City College of New York, CUNY