Jamie Foerst
Actor - Stage Director - Stage Manager - Lighting Designer
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About Me
Jamie Foerst (He/Him) is a current Freshman at the Boston University School of Theatre. Jamie has performed in numerous plays and musicals including: Midsummer Jersey (Lyle), Blue Stockings (Lloyd)*, Clue: On Stage (Col. Mustard), The Curious Savage (Samuel), and Urinetown (Hot Blades Harry). Jamie has been featured in two commercials for Newark Academy: one for the Newark Academy Day of Giving, and one for the Newark Academy Arts Department. Behind the curtain, Jamie has stage managed and assistant directed three productions with young actors (Puffs*, John Lennon & Me*, Game of Tiaras). Jamie has stage managed several dance concerts, including Aurora Borealis 2025 at Boston University. In summer 2024, Jamie attended the Stonestreet Summer Screen Acting and Film Production Residency with NYU Tisch, in which he created a short film entitled "Before I Spoke."
Jamie is a Montclair State University FOXY Award winning actor, having won for Outstanding Actor in a Contemporary Comedy, with an additional nomination for Best Actor in a Comedy Overall. Jamie's productions of Puffs and John Lennon & Me both received FOXY awards for direction and overall production.
Performance Experience
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Clue (2022)
Blue Stockings (2023)
Midsummer Jersey (2024)
24 Hr. Play Festival (2024)
Something Rotten (2024)
Chicago (2023)
Commercial Work
Newark Academy Day of Giving
Newark Academy Arts Voice Over
Headshots
Production Experience & Photos
John Lennon & Me
Photos from a Newark Academy production of John Lennon & Me by Cherie Bennett. In this production, Jamie served as an assistant director and the production stage manager alongside technical director Danny Viola, director Rachel Shapiro Cooper, and three other upper school production team members. This production was staged in the round with a cast of middle schoolers. This production won FOXY awards for Outstanding Direction and for Outstanding Actress.
Aurora Borealis
Photos from the 2025 Aurora Borealis: A Celebration of Light and Movement at Boston University. For this production, Jamie served as stage manager. This show included dance, shadow puppetry, clowning, aerial silks, and movement poetry.
Directors: Yo-el Cassel, Mark Stanley
Lighting Designers: Ailsa Smith, Alisa Saisakorn, and Riley Higgins
Photos by Ivy Comery
Dance Concerts
Photos from three Newark Academy dance concerts. Jamie served as the lighting designer with the help of technical director Danny Viola, and director and choreographer Elise Paccico. For each performance, Jamie also acted as Stage Manager and called the lighting and sound cues from both pre-recorded tracks and live music, performed by award winning Jazz Band Chameleon.
Lithonia Music Video
Jamie served as the lighting designer for this fan made music video set to Childish Gambino's Lithonia. The video was filmed at, and equipment was provided by, Stonestreet Studios in New York, NY as part of the 2024 NYU Tisch Drama Summer High School Residency program.
PUFFS!
Photos from a Newark Academy production of Puffs! by Matt Cox. In this production, Jamie served as the production stage manager, and assistant lighting designer alongside technical director Danny Viola, director Rachel Shapiro Cooper, and three other upper school production team members. This production was staged with a cast of middle school actors.
Director's Portfolio
Before I Spoke: A Short Film
A short film Jamie wrote, directed, and edited. Filmed at Stonestreet Studios, New York, NY. Produced as part of the Stonestreet Studios Summer Screen Acting and Production Residency at NYU Tisch.
24 Hr Play Festival: Successione
A short comedic play directed by Jamie. Written by Charlie Goldstein. Premiered at the 2025 Newark Academy 24 Hour Play Festival. Jamie had approximately 12 hours from first seeing the script to showing it in front of a live audience. Featured actors: Maggie Gavenda, Cyann Leverett, Annabelle Bauer, and Lyra Brock.
The Curious Savage
Below is linked a production proposal for an immersive production of The Curious Savage by John Patrick in a big old house, or a venue like the Spring Lake Theater, or Rosecliff (one of the Newport Mansions). This production would attempt to ask the question: "what does it mean to be insane?"
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Below, design paperwork for a production of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee. Production and set design co-created with Lucy Halstead. Set model by Lucy Halstead. Lighting and sound design by Jamie Foerst.
Noises Off
Below is a production proposal for a production of Noises Off by Michael Frayn. The play itself explores the comedy inherent in a failing performance. This production would attempt to explore how physicalicality can create comedy, relationships onstage, and dynamic characters.
Photos by James WorrellSpecial thanks to Rachel Shapiro Cooper and Danny Viola for their support.
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