Ann C. James
Altruistic director/producer with a strong consultancy background within corporate environments. Specializing in intimacy consultation and advocacy, group dynamics, curriculum development and motivational communication in professional educational, entertainment and business models.
ACCOMPLISHED HIGHLIGHTS
- First Black Intimacy Director on Broadway (Pass Over, 2021)
- First Black Woman to serve as Artistic Director of Celebration Theatre
- MFA Candidate in Performance Pedagogy
Loyola Marymount University – 2023 - Founder, Intimacy Coordinators of Color (ICOC)
- Member, Arts Administrators of Color
- Associate Member of SDC
- Co-Creator of the only Intimacy podcast, “Intimacy Choreography in Conversation”
- Co-Founder of Black Bee Entertainment, (blackbeeentertainment.com)
- Intimacy Consultant Actor’s Equity and A.R. T./New York
- Intimacy Direction Panel Member, Los Angeles Theatre Alliance (LATA)
- Intimacy Consultant – East Los Angeles College Theatre Faculty
- Executive Aide to Betty Williams, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (won, 1976)
- Lead Fundraiser, AIDSFONDS, Amsterdam
- Directors LAB – Lincoln Center, New York City
- IWPS Entrepreneur of the Year 2016, Shanghai
SPEAKING
Panel Moderator
Intimacy in LA, SDCF
INTIMACY PROJECTS
Broadway
Pass Over by Antionette Nwandu – Intimacy Coordinator
Off-Broadway
Seven Deadly Sins by Tectonic Theater Project – Intimacy Director / Sensitivity Specialist
The Aftermath – Lucille Lortel Theatre / Howard University – Intimacy Director
Seize the King – Harlem Classical Theatre
Televsion
The Shrink Next Door – Apple TV+ Principals Will Ferrell and Paul Rudd-Intimacy Coordinator (8 episodes)
ROAR – Apple TV+ Principals Cynthis Enrivo and Issa Rae-Intimacy Coordinator (3 Episodes)
Regional
N*gga B*tch by June Carryl – Vagrancy Theatre (Los Angeles) – Virtual Theater -Director
A Play for the Living in a Time of Extinction – Baltimore Center Stage – Intimacy Director
Film
Northern Shade – Independent Feature – Intimacy Coordinator
Stu – Feature film – Producer / Principal Actor, Mark Wahlberg – Intimacy Coordinator
EXECUTIVE EXPERIENCE
Artistic Director, Celebration Theatre
Celebration theatre is the longest running LGBTQIA2S+ theater company in The United States. In 2022 the non-profit organization will enjoy its 40th anniversary. I am the first Black woman in this position.
Owner, Facilitator, Intimacy Coordinators of Color (ICOC)-
ICOC is the only registered company focusing on training the world’s upcoming Intimacy Coordinators and Directors of Color. We emphasise qualified credentialed graduates and we are resolute in making sure that equal representation in this new field reflects the entertainment industry. ICOC supports Brave Space for Actors of Color.
Executive Producer-Amaranth Media- Los Angeles
Amaranth Media is a company dedicated to raising the voices of marginalized groups of society through compelling media and theatrical projects. Amaranth endeavors to be a leader that brings forward inclusive and diverse stories and to work within larger organisations and companies to that end. Our first documentary, Black Vietnam: Into the Light has been awarded 5 Official Selections and won the prestigious Next Generation Indie Film Award 2021 for Best Short by a 50+ Filmmaker.
2010-2018 Executive Producer-DreamWeaver Productions Amsterdam/Shanghai
DreamWeaver was a registered production company celebrating 50 productions of award-winning plays and musicals. DW served audiences of Shanghai through creative public events, excursions and live entertainment for adults and children. Skills: Hiring staff, all casting, interaction with international media sources, timelines, scheduling, budget development, logistics.
2012- 2013 Walt Disney Corporation-DisneyEnglish Shanghai
DisneyEnglish is the forefront English teaching company in Shanghai with over 30 training centers operating in Mainland China. Responsibilities include delivering the DisneyEnglish curriculum to students, lesson planning, managing Assistant Trainers, curriculum development
INTERNATIONAL DIRECTING CREDITS – ABRIDGED
DreamWeaver-Shanghai, China (2018-2012)
Titanic- Immersive Experience
3 by Tenn Shanghai Gay Pride
Hay Fever
Thom Pain
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Glengarry Glen Ross
Reservoir Dogs
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Doubt
The New Electric Ballroom
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Comedy)
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
5 Course Love
The 3 Cinderellas
Little Shop of Horrors
Rosemary’s Baby
The Last 5 Years
Psycho Beach Party
Fight Club-Immersive Experience
The Princess Bride
39 Steps
Venus in Fur
Hamlet
Santaland Diaries
Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me
Pillow Talk Urban Aphrodite Comedy Theatre Nes, Amsterdam
REGIONAL THEATRE (2005 – 2012)
The Bourgeois Gentleman
The Cherry Orchard
Camino Real
Esther, Queen of Persia
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Balm In Gilead
Dreamgirls
Proof
Top Dog/Underdog
Medea
Kingdom of Earth
Wonka!
Comedy of Errors
Hamlet
Unmerciful Good Fortune
Food, Sex and Longing
Animal Farm
The Quadroon Ball
James and the Giant Peach
The Chinese Cinderella
Kids Saving Planet Earth
Plain and Fancy
A Doll’s House
Educating Rita
Little Shop of Horrors
Escape to Freedom
Khartoum International Community School (Sudan)
(Opera) Celestial Productions, Manhattan Theatre Source
Cherry Lane, Lincoln Center Director’s Lab
Hartford Stage (Asst. to Michael Wilson)
Barnevelder Artspace BP Players (Houston)
The Great Caruso (Houston)
The Goodman Theatre (Asst. to Chuck Smith)
Associate Director to Amy Morton
DTC, Hartford Stage, Steppenwolf, The Alley Theatre
Symposium Tour (Sam Houston State University)
Theatre LaB Houston
Stages Repertory Summer Theatre Symposium (Houston)
Jones High School Players (Houston)
Stages Repertory Theatre (Houston)
Unhinged Theatre (Houston)
Theatre LaB Women’s Playwrights Festival (Houston)
Main Street Young Theatre Program (Houston)
Main Street Theatre (Houston)
Main Street Theatre Kids on Stage (Houston)
Main Street Theatre Kids on Stage (Houston)
Touring Production (Chicago)Unicorn Theatre
Bird-in-Hand (Pennsylvania) Theatre
York Theatre (Pennsylvania)
York Theatre (Pennsylvania)
Carbondale Repertory (Pennsylvania)
The Ensemble (Houston Tour)
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