Bio
As a director and producerJason Beckmann’s recent credits include Our Future Stories (SATC), new works such as Zoo Animals by Jack Fuhrmann at the New York Theater Festival, Breaking and Entering and How We Met by Ellie Martino at the Aery 20/20 festival. He also has directed classics such as Love Letters by A.R Gurney at The Jersey City Theater Center and Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov at Nuance Theater. Most recently he workshopped Talk to Me Like the Rain by Tennessee Williams at the Tank. He won Best Play and Best Director twice at the Aery 20/20 festival. He received his BFA in Theater Arts at University of the Arts and spent a semester at the Moscow Art Theater. He has been a resident artist at the National Theater at the Eugene O'Neill Theater center and Dragon's Egg where he workshopped The Seagull. He is also a Development and Artistic Associate of the Equity Off-Broadway Scandinavian American Theater Company since 2017. Currently they just released an international podcast, Our Future Stories featuring writers from all over the Nordic region.
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Artist Statement
My ultimate artistic aspiration and the philosophy I bring to anything I work on is to express the undefinable emotions we feel in life's quiet moments; and any project I create attempts to have heart, humor and humanity. The artists who inspire me the most: Federico Fellini, Maria Callas, Amy Winehouse, Will Eno, Anton Chekhov, Mr. Rogers and Mark Rothko all show these qualities. Each of their work has always left me breathless and filled with a sense of imagination, wonder and play. There is something essentially beautiful and transcendent about all of their artistry. Their work is the antithesis to the rampant cynicism that currently grips our collective well being.
Art should leave one breathless - filled with a sense of imagination, wonder and beauty. When one enters the theater they encounter images and scenes that they didn’t know could exist within our dimension of reality. Peter Brook in a talk back at BAM said the purpose of theater (and art) is unspoken. It may live inside of one person, and they may not talk about it, but that small impact on them can carry them through life. At the Moscow Art Theater, Konstantin Stanslavski said at the core of theater is the principle of “lighter, higher and more joyful.”
Art should leave one breathless - filled with a sense of imagination, wonder and beauty. When one enters the theater they encounter images and scenes that they didn’t know could exist within our dimension of reality. Peter Brook in a talk back at BAM said the purpose of theater (and art) is unspoken. It may live inside of one person, and they may not talk about it, but that small impact on them can carry them through life. At the Moscow Art Theater, Konstantin Stanslavski said at the core of theater is the principle of “lighter, higher and more joyful.”