
Gerald (Jay) Jaski
Acting professor
Education
- M.F.A., theatre arts, dramaturgy/script development, Columbia University
- B.M., music theatre-music, Florida State University
Credentials
Teaching
- Professor, acting, Summer 2025–present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
- Associate chair, acting, Fall 2023–Spring 2025, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
- Associate chair, performing arts, Spring 2022–Fall 2023, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
- Professor, performing arts, Fall 2018–Spring 2022, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
- Guest Director/Visiting Alumnus, Fall 2017, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
- Theater Faculty, art department, 2013–2018, Peddie School, Hightstown, NJ
- Graduate Student Lecturer, theater, 2011, Columbia University, New York, NY
Professional
- Dramaturgy Mentor/Selection Advisory Panel, 2005, 2008, 2012–2015, 2017–present, Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, Waterford, CT
- Actor, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, Roundabout Company, New York
- Graduate Producer and Dramaturg, 2010–2011, Columbia Graduate Playwriting Festival: "Eleven," Columbia University, New York
- Dramaturgical Consultant, 2010, Tectonic Theater Project, New York
- Associate Producer/Investor's Representative, 2004–2010, Take Flight—A New Musical, New York
- Production Dramaturg, 2009–2010, Theater for a New City, New York
- Director/Choreography/Co-Creator/Script Writer, 2008, Gershwin's Greatest Hits, Millennium Park, Chicago
- Actor, 2007–2008, Nine to Five, New York
- Director/Choreographer/Co-Creator, 2007, Bernstein's Broadway, Millennium Park, Chicago
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Creative Associate, 2002–2005, 2007
Assistant Director, 2006, 2007, MASK—A New Musical, Office of Richard Maltby, Jr., New York
- Assistant Director/Associate Producer, 2006, Sondheim in the Park, Millennium Park, Chicago
- Actor, 2005–2006, The Public Theater, New York
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Producing, Associate, 2005
Actor, 2005, Children and Art, New York
- Actor, 2005, Pamela's First Musical, New York
- Co-Produced, 2004, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
- Production Coordinator, 2002–2004, Trinity Repertory Company, New York
Awards, recognitions, and honors
- University of Chicago Outstanding Educator Award, 2018
- Shubert Foundation Fellowship Program/McCarter Theatre Center and Columbia University School of the Arts, 2011–2012
- Oscar Hammerstein II Theatre Scholarship, Columbia University School of the Arts, 2010–2011
- Columbia University Theatre Scholarship for ATHE Conference Presentation 2010, Los Angeles
- Florida State University School of Theatre’s 2004 B.F.A. Alumni Spotlight
Organizations
- Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas
- Association for Theatre in Higher Education
- Actors' Equity Association
Publications and presentations
Presentations
- "Deconstructing TDF's Outrageous Fortune," Association for Theatre in Higher Education, Chicago, August 2011.
- "The Dramaturgy of Musical Media," Association for Theatre in Higher Education, Los Angeles, August 2010.
- "Broadway Dramaturgy," Association for Theatre in Higher Education, New York, August 2009.
- "Dramaturgs in Commercial Settings," Association for Theatre in Higher Education, New York, August 2009.