Contact
Jesse Cameron Alick
917-715-5576
jcalick@yahoo.com
Work History
Associate Artistic Director, The Vineyard Theatre, New York, NY
September 2021-Present
Dramaturgy, Producing, Curation, Artistic producing, New work development, budget management, gala event producing; fellowship/producer/dramaturg/production department hiring, training and supervision; development department cultivation; strategic institutional relationships and coproductions.
Freelance Dramaturg
2010-Present
The Shed (NYC), Sundance Institute Theater (NYC/UT), The Bridge Theatre (UK), Ballet Boys (UK), Bushwick Starr (NYC), McCarter Theater (NJ), Ars Nova (NYC), Acting Company (NYC), Mai-Yi Theater (NYC), Royal Court (UK), Ilsa Film Productions (NYC), All For One Theater (NYC), Mai Yi Theater (NYC), The Kimmel Center (PA), High Tide Theater (UK), Good Chance Theater (UK), Deaf West (CA), Summer Shorts festival (NYC), City Theater (PA), Denver Theatre Center (CO), The Vineyard Theatre (NYC), MCC Theater (NYC), The Public Theater (NYC), BAM (NYC), Lincoln Center (NYC) and work as a production dramaturg with various other independent playwrights, directors and producers in the non-profit and commercial sectors. Nightclub Dramaturg.
Interdisciplinary Program Advisor, Sundance Institute
January 2021-August 2022
Interdisciplinary Program advisor, duties include helping a new department with long term planning, project ideation and granting review.
Lead Forum Curator, Theater Communications Group, New York NY
September 2021-November 2021
Lead Curator in charge of programming for National Fall Forum 2021 Conference, artistic researcher, field ideation leader
Company Dramaturg, Public Theater, New York, NY
August 2016-August 2021
Co-head of the New Play Development department, in charge of the dramaturgy, creation and tracking of development plans for plays, musicals, devised work and digital theater. Managing 12-15 commissions, readings and Workshops (over 60 per year), Artist Retreats, Artist Residencies, Public Lap workshop productions, leading the Emerging Writers Group. Developing artist contracts and managing department budgets. Production Dramaturgy and Artistic lead on 3+ productions a season. Artist cultivation and individualized dramaturgy. Long term relationships with other theatrical institutions, agents and producers. EDI Taskforce, BIPOC Affinity Group Leader.
Artistic Researcher and Theater consultant, Sundance Institute
January 2021-August 2021
Conducted a comprehensive survey of the field of theater and live performance, interviewing over 70 individuals representing a wide sampling of the industry, and prepared an in depth report on the future of the industry, while analyzing Sundance’s place in the ecosystem. See more at www.emergingfromthecave.org
Literary Manager, Public Theater, New York, NY
2014-2016
Managing various script submission systems, including readers, pass letters and play reports. High level dramaturgy and play development. Communication with agents and senior artist relations facilitation. Managing artist residencies, retreats, Emerging Writers Group and Public Lab workshop productions. Extensive travel to theaters nationwide and beyond.
Artistic Associate, Public Theater, New York, NY
2011-2014
Artistic Liaison, read large quantity of scripts, play coverage, dramaturgical meetings and notes with artists. Internship coordinator. Assisting in establishing new programs. Interim Literary Manager.
Executive Assistant to the Artistic Director, Oskar Eustis
2006-2011
Assisting the Artistic Director of the Public, managing a fast-paced office, including phone systems, email correspondence and scheduling. Serving as the main conduit of information coming to and from Artistic Director. Organizing travel plans in the US and numerous international locations. Hiring and managing two additional assistants.
Assistant to Playwright Suzan-Lori Parks
2008-2014
Assisting Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks.
Artistic Director and Producer, Subjective Theatre Company
2002-2012
Overseeing and guiding the overall artistic vision of an independent theater company in New York City. Restructuring, forming and supervising all departments. Lead Producer on over a dozen full productions, three musicals, numerous hip hop performances and cabaret acts. Space rentals, contracts and budgets.
Associate Producer, Smokin’ Word Production
2001-2006
Hip hop and spoken word theater company. Cultivating new relationships, special events, fundraising, programming, space rentals, contracts and casting.
Board Membership
2021-Present
Pipeline Theater Company
Teaching Experience
NYU, PH Theater School, Creative Leadership Professor, 2022/2023; Faculty Leadership Committee
Kennedy Center, Guest lecturer, 2021
Fordham University, Adjunct Theater History Professor, 2019
Goddard College, Guest Teacher, 2016
Primary Stages, Guest Teacher, 2016
UT Austin, Guest Lecturer/Dramaturg, 2017, 2015
NYU, Theater Matters, Assistant Teacher, 2012-2013
NYU, Collaboration Reloaded, Assistant Teacher, 2011-2013
Lewis and Clark College, Adjunct Professor, Theater, 2010
Ryan White Youth Conference, Workshop Facilitator, 2006
Police Athletic League, Poetry Teacher, 2005-2006
Smokin’ Word Productions, Hip Hop Playwright Training, 2003-2005
Recent media
I LOVE NY
A profile on LGBT arts leaders in NYC
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS
VARIETY
An interview on the release of EMERGING FROM THE CAVE study with Sundance
AMERICAN THEATRE MAGAZINE
An interview on the state of the theater field, post pandemic
THE THREE BELLS, GLOBAL CULTURAL DISTRICTS NETWORK
A discussion of the future of theater and live performance
BARDQUEST EMPIRE
An interview on Dungeons And Dragons and storytelling
Book Society