Jaimee Harmon-Taboni (she/her) is a director, teaching artist, and theater administrator based in Austin, TX.
Jaimee is a director of new work, classics and adaptations of classics, and theatre for young audiences. Through her work, she seeks to center a wide range of experiences and to uplift stories and voices of all people, especially those who have been historically underrepresented. She especially loves plays that incorporate comedy, horror, science fiction, and surrealism as containers to braid larger-than-life stakes with true-to-life questions about humanity and society.
As a teaching artist, Jaimee works with PreK-12 students, creating and teaching short and long-term lesson plans and directing both scripted and devised performances.
Jaimee is passionate about the opportunities theater creates to practice empathy, and therefore seeks to create theater that is both an exciting event and a vehicle for self-reflection. Her work fosters community and encourages introspection among students, artists, and audiences alike.
CURRENT & UPCOMING:
Director - The Luddites by Marty Shambles for Kill the Computer podcast
Assistant Director - Passage by the Heartland Theatre Collective at Bottle Alley Theatre, directed by Sarah Hogestyn
Assistant Director - fire work by Mary Glen Fredrick at The VORTEX, directed by Bonnie Cullum
Assistant Director - The Trial, A Funhouse Mirror Reflection of Racism in America at The VORTEX, adapted by and directed by Charles P. Stites, after Franz Kafka
Education & Engagement Emerging Arts Professional - Texas Performing Arts
