Celebrity Guests

Jeff Daniels

IN CONVERSATION with EMMY AWARD WINNER, Jeff Daniels.
Stage and Screen Star Jeff Daniels joins Projects with Jason's Artistic Director/Founder, J. Jason Daunter in an intimate conversation about Mr. Daniels' career. Teachers will get to pre-submit their questions to Jeff and students should come with their questions ready. From high school performer, to the role of Harry Dunne from the legendary motion picture Dumb and Dumber, to a year in the role of Atticus Finch on the Broadway production of "To Kill a Mockingbird", Jeff brings his hard work and work ethic to this special conversation for the students and teachers at the 2021 British Columbia Provincial Thespian Festival.

JEFF DANIELS BIO:
Mr. Daniels most recent Broadway appearance included a year’s run as Atticus Finch
(Tony Nomination) in Aaron Sorkin’s adaptation of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird.
Other Broadway Credits: Blackbird (Tony Nomination), God of Carnage (Tony
Nomination), Redwood Curtain, 5th of July (Drama Desk Award). Off-Broadway: many
credits as a member of Circle Repertory Company including Dalton Trumbo’s Johnny
Got His Gun (Obie Award). As Founder and Resident Playwright of Michigan’s Purple
Rose Theatre Company, his plays have been contenders for the American Theatre
Critics Association Best New Play Award. He has appeared in over 80 major Motion
Pictures and he won an Emmy for Aaron Sorkin’s The Newsroom and another for
Godless. Mr. Daniels recently starred in The Comey Rule on Showtime playing former
FBI Director James Comey.

J. Jason Daunter

Jason has spent the last fifteen years working professionally on the road and in New
York City on Broadway. His Broadway management credits include
To Kill a Mockingbird starring Jeff Daniels, Meteor Shower starring Amy Schumer, A
Doll’s House, Part 2 starring Laurie Metcalf, Shuffle Along, Wicked, Glory Days, and
Cyrano De Bergerac starring Kevin Kline. National Tours include: A Gentlemen’s Guide
to Love and Murder, Wicked, Chicago, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Joseph and the
Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and A Christmas Carol.

Jason has been fortunate to work closely with theatre luminaries such as Meryl Streep,
Chita Rivera, Steve Martin, Aaron Sorkin, Chris Cooper, Laura Benanti, Alan Menken,
Stephen Schwartz, and directors from Bartlett Sher, Joe Mantello to Jerry Zaks and
George C. Wolfe. On the national level of Educational Theatre Jason is the recipient of
The Educational Theatre Association’s President; Founders Awards. Jason’s
philanthropic work includes creating/directing benefits for The Educational Theatre
Foundation and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

Jason is the Founder and Artistic Director of Projects with Jason. Projects with Jason is
currently producing live streams giving high school students and educators the
opportunity to perform and collaborate with working professionals. Responding to
schools being cancelled Projects with Jason produces, Virtual Cabaret, Artists in
Conversation, and Tech Table. Guests have included; Kevin Kline, Jeff Daniels, Chita
Rivera, Aaron Sorkin, Sam Harris, and Natasha Katz amongst others.

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