{"id":6310,"date":"2019-02-25T17:16:52","date_gmt":"2019-02-25T22:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=6310"},"modified":"2022-10-17T11:23:14","modified_gmt":"2022-10-17T15:23:14","slug":"aditi-kapil-about-the-artist-6","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=6310","title":{"rendered":"Jim Helsinger: About the Artist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Click here to <a href=\"http:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?p=6305\">listen to his interview<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:13.63212%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Helsinger_Jim.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=600&#038;ssl=1 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data-width=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/download-1.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:19.96653%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GertrudeClaudius-1024x870.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=600&#038;ssl=1 600w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GertrudeClaudius-1024x870.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=900&#038;ssl=1 900w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GertrudeClaudius-1024x870.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1200&#038;ssl=1 1200w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GertrudeClaudius-1024x870.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1500&#038;ssl=1 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600w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/OrlandoShakes_TwelfthNight_2-1024x684.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=900&#038;ssl=1 900w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/OrlandoShakes_TwelfthNight_2-1024x684.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1200&#038;ssl=1 1200w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/OrlandoShakes_TwelfthNight_2-1024x684.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1500&#038;ssl=1 1500w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/OrlandoShakes_TwelfthNight_2-1024x684.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1800&#038;ssl=1 1800w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/OrlandoShakes_TwelfthNight_2-1024x684.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=2000&#038;ssl=1 2000w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"1709\" data-id=\"7635\" data-link=\"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?attachment_id=7635\" data-url=\"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/OrlandoShakes_TwelfthNight_2-1024x684.jpg\" data-width=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/OrlandoShakes_TwelfthNight_2-1024x684.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"s1\">Jim Helsinger&#8217;s directing credits for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orlandoshakes.org\/\">Orlando Shakes<\/a> include West Side Story, Monty Python&#8217;s Spamalot, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, The Adventures of Pericles, Henry V, Titus Andronicus, Cymbeline, Tartuffe, Crime and Punishment, Macbeth, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, A Midsummer Night&#8217;s Dream and others. Other directing credits include: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pragueshakespeare.com\/\">Prague Shakespeare Company<\/a> (Dracula: The Journal of Jonathan Harker), <a href=\"https:\/\/cupresents.org\/series\/shakespeare-festival\/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI49Tx9vPX4AIVh4nICh3nNgSSEAAYASAAEgIlOPD_BwE\">Colorado Shakespeare Festival<\/a> (Much Ado About Nothing), <a href=\"https:\/\/actorstheatre.org\/\">Actor\u2019s Theatre of Louisville<\/a> (A Tuna Christmas), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.floridastudiotheatre.org\/\">Florida Studio Theatre<\/a> (Good Evening), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.capemaystage.org\/\">Cape May Stage<\/a> (Stones in His Pockets), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.floridarep.org\/\">Florida Repertory Theatre<\/a> and Actor\u2019s Playhouse (The 39 Steps), <a href=\"https:\/\/flatrockplayhouse.org\/\">Flatrock Playhouse<\/a> (The Hound of the Baskervilles) and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pashakespeare.org\/\">Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival<\/a> (The Foreigner, Lend Me A Tenor). As an actor, he has performed in the title roles of Cyrano de Bergerac, Hamlet, Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde, Dracula, and Henry V. Television credits include From the Earth to the Moon; Sheena, Queen of the Jungle; and Mortal Kombat. As a playwright, his adaptations include Robinson Crusoe; A Christmas Carol; Dracula: The Journal of Jonathan Harker; Frankenstein, The Modern Prometheus; and The Trial of Joan the Maid. He is a member of Actor&#8217;s Equity Association, National Theatre Conference, The National New Play Network, and is the Past President of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stahome.org\/\">Shakespeare Theatre Association<\/a>. He holds a BA from Miami University (Ohio) and an MFA from the University of Alabama Professional Actor Training Program. Jim currently serves as the Artistic Director at Orlando Shakes.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Click here to listen to his interview. Jim Helsinger&#8217;s directing credits for Orlando Shakes include West Side Story, Monty Python&#8217;s Spamalot, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, The Adventures of Pericles, Henry V, Titus Andronicus, Cymbeline, Tartuffe, Crime and Punishment, Macbeth, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, A Midsummer Night&#8217;s Dream and others. 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