杰里米·R. 富兰克林 is Director of Musical Theatre at Colorado Mesa University. Originally from Arkansas, he completed a BM in vocal performance at Ouachita Baptist University before beginning his career as a professional actor, director 和 music director across the country. 13年前, he ventured into Gr和 Junction for a three-month acting contract with the Cabaret Dinner Theatre 和 never left. 整整五年, he administrated 和 directed the Cabaret Academy of Performing Arts while music directing 和 performing in productions like 美女与野兽, Seussical the Musical, 窈窕淑女. He also worked as a staging 和 installation director for PGT Entertainment, producing revue shows 和 booking musicals for Regent Seven Seas Cruiseline.
For the past eight years, he has been a member of CMU's theatre faculty. During his time at Mesa, he created the current musical theatre curriculum, which was recently approved to become a BFA professional program 和 awaits final approval by the Board of Trustees later this winter. His directorial credits while 卡内基梅隆大学 include Brigadoon, 俄克拉何马州!, 异想天开 和 租金. He has also musical directed main stage musicals including 昏昏欲睡的监护人, The Pirates of Penzance, 为你疯狂 和 律政俏佳人.
富兰克林 is the founding artistic director for the Mesa Repertory Theatre - CMU's semi-professional, summer festival that produces three shows (a play, a musical 和 theatre for young audiences) in repertory during the month of June. An avid promoter of new works, he has directed regional premieres of 坛里, 大道问 和 普通的日子. In 2010, he directed the premiere of a new opera, 比利布莱斯 by Bonnie Montgomery, based on a story from former President Bill Clinton's childhood. A dabbler in composition, he has written 和 arranged scores for five children's musicals 和 several choral works. He is currently working on a setting of 最后的日场 本地诗人
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富兰克林 is an active member of the community. 最近, he was the artistic director for the Gr和 Junction Symphony Orchestra's production of 《pp电子极速糖果》. He is also a member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing 和 the Music Theatre Educators Alliance.