A professional actor, director, producer, teacher, coach and member of Actors Equity Association and the Screen Actors Guild since 1997; Jeremy received a BFA in Theatre Performance from the University of Miami, graduated from the one-year "professional" program at The New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts School of Film & Television and is celebrating over 25 years in the industry. He grew up in South Florida and has acted in or directed close to 200 theatrical productions including Off & Off-Off-Broadway, two National Tours and several regional theatres including: The Kennedy Center in D.C., The Jupiter Center for the Performing Arts, The Ring Theatre, Actors' Playhouse and The Kravis Center in Florida, the Helen Hayes Theatre (Riverspace) and White Plains Performing Arts Center in NY, the Stockbridge Dinner Theatre in Massachusetts and Troupers Light Opera in Connecticut.
Often referred to as a "consummate" professional; Jeremy is recognized for his artistic integrity, a requisite desire for excellence, and an organized approach to his work while maintaining a contagious sense of humor and ebullient, positive attitude. Throughout his career, he has had the pleasure of working with such industry professionals as Woody Allen, Judy Davis, Joe Mantegna, Burt Reynolds, Kenneth Branagh, Albert Finney, Ed Harris, Neil Patrick Harris, James Doohan (Star Trek’s “Scottie”), Lewis J. Stadlen, Philip Michael Thomas, Karen Mason, Liz Callaway, Ann Hampton Callaway, David Friedman, Alix Korey, Ken Jennings, Barry Keating and many more.
Jeremy’s film and television appearances include principal, supporting and featured roles in: River of Stone, Highs and Lows, Delivering Milo, La Florida, Celebrity, Cradle Will Rock, Pollock, and Shaft; as well as an episode each of Dellaventura, Falcone, The Sopranos, Now and Again and a recurring role on ABC’s B.L. Stryker. He can also be heard as the voice of “Phink” in the Sci-Fi Network’s animated series, Mean Planet as well as several industrial voice-overs.
NYC directing credits include: the highly acclaimed, runaway hit Damaged, a one-woman show by comedian Anna Strong, Daddy Was The Biggest Stagemother in Texas! at The Duplex, Saturday Night, Sylvia and True West for the Michael Chekhov Theatre Company and Lights & Music at The Producers' Club in midtown (which was picked up for a limited run at the 45th Street Theatre in July 2008); as well as several industrial films and music videos. Regional directing credits include: Bat Boy: The Musical, Children of Eden, Yeomen of the Guard (G&S), High School Musical, Big, Starmites, The Crucible, On The Town, Seussical, Once On This Island, Starmites, Once Upon A Mattress, Oklahoma, The Sound of Music, The Prince and the Pauper, and A Christmas Carol (MSG Version) as well as the critically acclaimed Sweeney Todd at the White Plains Performing Arts Center.
After accepting a position as Artistic Director of Educational Theatre at Westchester Broadway Theatre in December of 2005; in a year and a half, Jeremy directed productions of TOMMY, Side Show, The Wiz, Big, Aladdin, Footloose & Zombie Prom and served as an Associate Producer for 101 Dalmatians, Schoolhouse Rock, Jr., The Jungle Book, Annie, Seussical, Cinderella, Guys & Dolls and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. During that time, he also co-directed Starmites at NYU’s Cap 21 Musical Theatre program with the original Broadway composer, Barry Keating and served as an Adjunct Performing Arts Faculty member of SUNY Dutchess where he directed productions of Pippin in 2005 and TOMMY in 2006.
Since the Spring of 2007, Jeremy has served as the Associate Director for the Theatre World Awards for the Broadway and Off-Broadway communities and has had the pleasure of working with such Broadway veterans as Sharon McNight (Starmites original "DIVA"), John Tartaglia (original "Princeton" in Avenue Q) and West Side Story’s original “Maria”, Carol Lawrence as well as presenters: Michael Cerveris, Barbara Cook, Raul Esparza, Boyd Gaines, Rosemary Harris, John McMartin, Estelle Parsons, Alec Baldwin, Andrea Martin, Laura Linney, Rosie Perez, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Alexander Gemignani, among others. This year's awards were presented on Broadway at the Helen Hayes Theatre.
Also in 2008, Mr. Quinn was selected as 1 of 60 directors from around the world to participate in the prestigious Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab where he attended workshops with such theatrical luminaries as: Bernard Gersten (Executive Producer LCT), Andre Bishop (Artistic Director LCT), 4 TONY winning directors: George C. Wolfe, Jack O’Brien, Bartlett Sher & Anna D. Shapiro as well as designers Ming Cho Lee, Natasha Katz, Brian MacDevitt, Ken Posner and many others.
Jeremy is the founder and Executive Producer/Artistic Director of Outside The Box Productions, is a current member of Group Theatre Too in NYC, was the co-founder and Executive Director of the Island City Theatre Project, co-founder and past President of The Actors Alliance, a former member of the Board of Directors at the New York Youth Theatre and a past member of the Michael Chekhov Theatre Company in NYC.
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