JAE K. GEE
Directing
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Jae found her passion for directing during school after self-producing and directing several staged readings in her Junior year. She believes strongly in art and theatre as a tool of political organization and speech and work to create work that forces audiences to critically examine harmful societal norms and their own role in perpetuating them.
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Jae especially enjoys working with classical works and exploring how their timeless themes continue their relevance today and how the lessons of the past can inform our choices now. She favors stories focused on themes of resistance that forefront typically silenced voices and perspectives.
Jae studied direction at American University for three years, starting in 2022, under Colleen Sullivan, Aaron Posner and Tara Giordano. She continues to direct both educational and community theatre in the DC area.
​Upcoming projects include Coriolanus at Silver Spring Stage and Pan! at North Chevy Chase Elementary School where they are helping to found a brand new educational after school theatre program.
ANTIGONE
(American University, 2024)
This adaptation of Sophocles' tragedy, set in a crumbling American capital, told the story of a young woman's resistance in the face of unspeakable odds. It sought to examine the reactions of young people in the face of a broken political system and served as a warning to the dangers of inaction.​​
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Political Science
(American University, 2024)
Produced as a part of American University's New Works festival, in which two dozen short plays written by students were performed as staged readings. Written and directed by Jae K. Gee, 'Political Science' explored a young woman's choice to change her major as she struggled with her father's role in the Bush Administration and a reflection of her own future.
Forgplay #gayamphibiouslove
American University (2023)
A comedic play which explored queerness, the struggle of questioning ones identity and the uncertainty that comes with it through the eyes of our favorite amphibious friends: frogs.
