JAE KIM is a theater artist originally from Seoul, South Korea with a focus in directing, adapting, and creating original work. She is a graduate of Concord Academy and Northwestern University and has also trained at New York Stage and Film's Powerhouse Apprentice Program and SITI Company's Summer Theatre Workshop. At Northwestern, Jae served as an executive board member of WAVE, a nonprofit student theater company, for three years, serving as Artistic Director her senior year. Jae is passionate about feminism and social justice and helped devise Student Body, a required program for NU freshmen on sexual assault, and How to End Poverty in 90 Minutes, a facilitation-driven theatrical event on poverty in America. Jae is the creator of Riot Antigone, a Riot Grrrl musical adaptation of the Greek tragedy, in collaboration with Alex Benjamin and Brandon Powers. Her most recent production, A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Rabid Bat Theatricals, infused the outdoor courtyard of a pub in Chicago with live folk music and Shakespeare. Jae is currently an intern for CultureHub and La Mama Experimental Theatre Club, New York City. She is always looking for collaborators, gigs, and muses. jae-k.com