Jason (he/him/el) is a New York-based Mexican-American director, bookwriter, and choreographer, specializing in new work development. 

 

As a director, Jason aims to create new works that inspire imagination, spark curiosity and compel audiences to be skeptical of the status quo. He is a

SDCF Fellow – mentored by Susan Stroman, an alumnus of the Directors Group at Roundabout Theatre Company, a graduate of the George and Joy Abbott MFA in Musical Theatre Collaboration at Temple University, and a recipient of Temple University’s Future Faculty Fellowship. He has studied with

The Upright Citizens Brigade, The Groundlings, and the

Broadway Dance Center Professional Semester.

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Recent credits include THE EVOLUTION OF (HENRY) MANN, HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH, PETER AND THE STARCATCHER, and THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE.

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As a writer, Jason is a member of the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre  Workshop and Librettist Workshop, and a founding member of Theatre Now’s National Musical Writers Group. Musicals in development include

SICK MOVES (OR THE DANCING PLAGUE OF 1518) – a pop/rock musical comedy reimagining the mysterious dancing plague, TURING AND

THE POISON – An electro-pop fairytale chronicling the heroic life and villainous death of mathematics genius Alan Turing, DISCO DESTRUCTION – Inspired by the 1979 Disco Demolition event at Comiskey Park which marked, for many, the end of the Disco Era, and BRANDEDTM! – a Sci-Fi musical comedy about identity politics in the 21st Century.

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As an artistic leader, Jason is the Artistic Producer and Co-Founder of UNTITLED Musical Project which is dedicated to providing space for marginalized musical theatre writers of BIPOC/Global Majority, LGBTQIA+/Queer, and their intersecting identities to develop their work and engage in supporting and critiquing their colleague's work. He is also the Artistic Producing Associate at the Vineyard Theatre.

 

Jason is a proud member of the Dramatists Guild and an Associate Member of the Stage Directors and Choreographer Association.