Jason Brantman: Co-Artistic Director
Jason Brantman is a Director of
Theatre & Live Events, currently living in New York. He
recently directed the world premiere of Lady Chardonney at Theatre Row
on 42nd Street. Other off-Broadway and regional directing credits
include: The Crucible, All in the Timing, Urinetown, Les Miserables,
Chicago, Tommy, The Secret Garden, Once on this Island, Sweeney Todd,
Into The Woods, The Fantasticks, Assassins, and the NYC premiere of Are
We There Yet? at Queens Theatre in the Park.
For the past ten years, Jason has been associate creative director
for the US OPEN Tennis ceremonies, getting to work with incredible
musical legends ranging from Art Garfunkel, James Taylor, Harry Connick
Jr., Tony Bennett, Carole King, and Liza Minnelli to film/tv stars Liev
Shrieber and Phylicia Rashad to theatre icons Ben Vereen, Idina Menzel,
and Twyla Tharp, to fabulous divas Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys
Knight, and Patti Labelle. This event is broadcast live on CBS to
millions of homes around the world, and includes Jason's favorite part
- directing 40 Marines unfurling the largest American flag in the
northeast.
Other live events include: productions for Walt Disney Entertainment,
ABC's "The View," associate director for the IBM e-server Spectacular
event at Radio City Music Hall (featuring the band Smash Mouth), and
production stage manager for The Water Coolers - both off-Broadway and
as a show for corporations such as Microsoft, Toyota, JP Morgan,
Harrahs Las Vegas, and the launch of Microsoft's Xbox 360.
In addition to directing plays, musicals, and live events, Jason has
been the director of several improvisation troupes across the
northeast. He received his improvisation training at SAK Comedy Lab
(training ground for Wayne Brady).
On the filmmaking front, Jason has had the privilege of working with Emmy Award Winning Documentary filmmaker Slawomir Grunberg.
Jason has a passion for animals, and loves collaborating with them whenever possible. He got the chance to be a part of the opening team of Disney’s Animal Kingdom, performing in a breathtaking free-flight bird show called Flights of Wonder (developed and run by one of the foremost animal trainers in the world – Steve Martin).
Jason is a proud graduate of Cornell University, and very much enjoys bringing his love of theatre to the next
generation. At the college level, he has been an adjunct professor at
NYU and a director & guest lecturer at Cornell University. At the
pre-college level, Jason is show director for the CASA program at Queens Theatre in the Park, has been a senior director at Long Lake Camp for the
Arts, has directed at French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts, and
has worked with the Helen Hayes Performing Arts Center - Youth
Theatre Program. Jason is currently the
co-artistic director of Broadway Training Center with his inspirational
partner Fiona Santos and their mercurial child Mouser.
