Jamie Roberts

Biography

Jamie Roberts is a freelance stage director for theatre and opera, recently returned to the D.C. area from her hometown of Denver where she worked with Opera Colorado. Her professional career includes a broad spectrum of positions in arts administration, education and stage direction working with area theatres including Synetic Theatre, Arena Stage, Opera Theatre of Northern Virginia, Summer Opera Theatre Company, MuseFire Productions, Mt. Vernon Community Children’s Theatre, McLean Drama Company and Bethesda Summer Music Festival. Ms. Roberts holds a B.A. from Colorado College and an M.F.A. in Directing from Catholic University of America, where she taught in the Drama Department and the Rome School of Music and had the opportunity to direct a number of theatre and opera productions. Ms. Roberts is Director of Programs for Chorus America, and currently teaches acting for the Domingo-Cafritz Young Artists Program at the Washington National Opera.