Strawberry Jam: Directors Festival

Strawberry Jam is a five-week arts festival dedicated to providing local directors with the opportunity to grow their craft through practice. Motivated by an observation that Seattle's outstanding acting and playwriting communities are fueled by experimental forums not availabe to directors,

SJAM was born in 2022 as a unique public workshop with the director at its center. Now in its second year, SJAM features veteran and emerging artists alike, working with texts ranging from classics to original works. For its audience, the event is a wide-ranging celebration of styles, visions, and voices packed into fifteen nights of relentless energy at 12th Ave Arts... All that makes a Strawberry Jam.

The 2023 Festival Line Up:

JUNE 8-10 (7:30pm)
Carolynne Wilcox & Hannah Votel direct “The Boxes We’re Kept In"
Andy Lowry directs “Know When to Leave"

JUNE 15-17 (7:30pm)
Nabra Nelson directs “Paint Me"
Steven Sterne directs “Do Frontier Women Need Husbands?"
Rylie Latham directs “The Resurrectionist"

JUNE 22-24 (7:30pm)
Amanda Rountree directs “Glass. Kill. Bluebeard’s Friends"
Carly Cipriano directs "Catslut!!!”

JUNE 29-JULY 1 (7:30pm)
Daira Rodriguez directs “Elyse and Mae Play the Most Epic Game of Life Ever"
Adrian Prendergast directs “Minutes and Seconds"

JULY 6-8 (7:30pm)​
Tyler Campbell directs “Brotherly Love"
Christie Zhao directs "Caught"