| Jane Unger Stage Director, SDC |
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| www.janeeunger.com 503.680.488 |
janeunger503@gmail.com 8475 SW Brentwood St. Portland, OR 97225 |
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| PRODUCTIONS | |||
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| Lombardi | Eric Simonson | Actors Theater of Indiana | 2021 |
| Alabama Story | Ken Jones | Actors Theater of Indiana | 2019 |
| 2.5 Minute Ride | Lisa Kron | Profile Theatre Project | 2018 |
| The Talented Ones | Yussef El Guindi | Artists Rep Theatre | 2017 |
| World Premiere: Mothers and Sons |
Terrence McNally | Artists Rep Theatre | 2016 |
| Crimes of the Heart | Beth Henley | Triad Stage | 2015 |
| Master Harold and the Boys | Athol Fugard | Profile Theatre Project | 2012 |
| Fifth of July | Lanford Wilson | Profile Theatre Project | 2012 |
| Lips Together, Teeth Apart | Terrence McNally | Profile Theatre Project | 2011 |
| Fortinbras | Lee Blessing | Profile Theatre Project | 2011 |
| Great Falls | Lee Blessing | Profile Theatre Project | 2010 |
| The Trip to Bountiful | Horton Foote | Profile Theatre Project | 2009 |
| Jake's Women | Neil Simon | Profile Theatre Project | 2009 |
| Fools | Neil Simon | Profile Theatre Project | 2008 |
| Lanscape of the Body | John Guare | Profile Theatre Project | 2008 |
| Six Degrees of Separation | John Guare | Portland Literary Arts | 2007 |
| Cathedral / What We Talk About | Raymond Carver | Profile Theatre Project | 2007 |
| The Sisters Rosenweig | Wendy Wasserstein | Profile Theatre Project | 2007 |
| An American Daughter | Wendy Wasserstein | Creede Repertory Theatre | 2006 |
| The Man Who Shot...Jesse James | C.R. Coddington | Profile Theatre Project | 2006 |
| Burn This | Lanford Wilson | Profile Theatre Project | 2006 |
| Talley and Sons | Lanford Wilson | Profile Theatre Project | 2005 |
| The Lisbon Traviata | Terrence McNally | Profile Theatre Project | 2005 |
| The Stendahl Syndrome | Terrence McNally | Profile Theatre Project | 2005 |
| Klonsky and Schwartz | Romulus Linney | Profile Theatre Project | 2004 |
| World Premiere: 2 |
Romulus Linney | Profile Theatre Project | 2003 |
| Seascape | Edward Albee | Profile Theatre Project | 2003 |
| American Dream / Zoo Story | Edward Albee | Profile Theatre Project | 2002 |
| Ashes to Ashes / A Kind of Alaska | Harold Pinter | Profile Theatre Project | 2002 |
| The Homecoming | Harold Pinter | Profile Theatre Project | 2001 |
| The Ride Down Mt. Morgan | Arthur Miller | Profile Theatre Project | 2001 |
| The Price | Arthur Miller | Profile Theatre Project | 2000 |
| No Mercy | Constance Congdon | Profile Theatre Project | 2000 |
| Tale of the Lost Formicans | Constance Congdon | Profile Theatre Project | 1999 |
| Garden District | Tennessee Williams | Profile Theatre Project | 1999 |
| The Glass Menagerie | Tennessee Williams | Profile Theatre Project | 1999 |
| Wings | Arthur Kopit | Profile Theatre Project | 1998 |
| Road to Nirvana | Arthur Kopit | Profile Theatre Project | 1998 |
| Indians | Arthur Kopit | Profile Theatre Project | 1998 |
| Feather on the Sea | James Racheff | Idaho Theatre for Youth | 1997 |
| Blood Relations | Sharon Pollock | CoHo Theatre | 1996 |
| Educating Rita | Willy Russell | Sylvia's Dinner Theatre | 1995 |
| A Day in the Death of Joe Egg | Peter Nichols | New Rose Theatre | 1992 |
| Orinoco! | E. Carballido | Miracle Theatre Company | 1990 |
| Electra | Sophiocles | Miracle Theatre Company | 1989 |
| Roosters | Milcha Sanchez-Scott | Miracle Theatre Company | 1989 |
| COLLABORATIVE WORKS WITH PLAYWRIGHTS | |||
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| Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay | Jeff Schwager | Book-It Repertory | 2013 |
| Financial Lives of the Poets | Myra Platt | Book-It Repertory | 2013 |
| A View of the Mountains First time reading |
Lee Blessing | Profile Theatre Project | 2011 |
| Paradise Street Workshop & Staged reading |
Constance Congdon | Portland Center Stage, JAW West | 2008 |
| Sympathetic Magic Staged reading, Co-director with Lanford Wilson |
Lanford Wilson | Profile Theatre Project | 2006 |
| Klonsky and Schwartz World premiere, Co-director with Romulus Linney |
Romulus Linney | Profile Theatre Project | 2004 |
| One Day Earlier | Constance Congdon | Profile Theatre Project | 2000 |
| STAGED READINGS | |||
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| Mink River | Myra Platt | JS Productions/University of Portland | 2025 |
| Mink River | Myra Platt | JS Productions/Portland Center Stage | 2024 |
| The Family Line | Lee Blessing | Actors Theater of Indiana | 2021 |
| The Talented Ones | Yussef El Guindi | Artists Rep Theatre | 2017 |
| Workshop | Lee Blessing | Great Plains Theatre Workspace | 2015 |
| Because He Can | Arthur Kopit | William Inge Festival | 2014 |
| Third | Wendy Wasserstein | Profile Theatre Project | 2007 |
| A View from the Bridge | Arthur Miller | Profile Theatre Project | 2003 |
| TRAINING | ||
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| Shakespeare & Co | Linklater Technique / Tina Packer | 1995 & 1996 |
| HB Studio, New York City | Acting: Mike Nichols, Austin Pendleton | 1985 |
| Hofstra University | M.A. Humanities / Teaching | 1976 |
| University of Minnesota | M.F.A. Directing Program / Warren Frost, Bob Moulton | 1975 |
| ADA/Meadowbrook Theatre | Ada Mather, Paul Lee | 1971 & 1972 |
| University of Washington | B.A. Drama / Literature: Eve Roberts, Bob Loper | 1971 |
| AFFILIATIONS & AWARDS | ||
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| Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC) | Member | |
| Founding Artistic Director of Profile Theatre Project, profiling a single playwright each season | Founding Artistic Director | |
| Co-founder of Thornbrake Theatre, an improvisational theatre company formed to develop original plays | Co-Founder | |
| AEA Actress – includes Manhattan Punch Line, Classic Stage Company, Manhattan Theatre Club, Hartford Stage | AEA Actress | |
| Portland Drama Critics’ Drammy | Lifetime Achievement Award | 2012 |
| American Theatre Wing Recognition Award to Profile Theatre Project | Recognition Award | 2010 |
| Drammy for Best Supporting Actress for The Trip to Bountiful | Director of Production | 2009 |
| Drammy for Best Actor for Tales Of The Last Formicans | Director of Production | 1999 |
| Drammy Award for Best Director for Wings | Best Director | 1998 |
| Drammy for Best Actor for A Day In The Death of Joe Egg | Director of Production | 1992 |
| Semi-finalist for NEA/TCG Directing Fellowship | Directing Fellowship Semi-Finalist |
1991 |
| REFERENCES | |||
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| Lee Blessing | Yussef el Guindi | ||
| Marshall Mason | Lue Douthit | ||
| Josh Hecht | Don Farrell | ||
| Download resume below for reference contact details. | |||