In his third and final year at The Yale School of Drama, Jim was Artistic Director of the Yale Cabaret, an award-winning, student-run theater, renowned for exciting, irreverant, and new work. He and his board were instrumental in the selection, development, and artistic direction of a diverse season of twenty-three, unique productions presented in repertory over the course of two semesters (including nine original works and four American premieres: Caryl Churchill’s Hotel: Eight Rooms, Elfried Jelinek’s Sleeping Beauty, et al.). Under Jim’s leadership The Cabaret held three separate fundraising events benefiting the Red Cross Hurricane Katrina Fund, Goodwill-Easter Seals, and The Yale Cabaret itself, and was voted “Best Local Theater” by The New Haven Register for the 2005-06 season.

Select Productions & Parts:
The Boss in the Satin Kimono by Blake Hackler - Mother Mary Marcus (dir. Richard Gallagher)
Putting it Together by Stephen Sondheim - Older Man (dir. Jim Noonan & Blake Hackler)
The Madness of Lady Bright by Lanford Wilson - Leslie Bright (dir. Jim Noonan)
Philadelphia Chickens by Sandra Boynton - Farmer’s Wife (dir. Jim Noonan)
The Bad Seed by Maxwell Anderson - Monica Breedlove (dir. Blake Hackler)
Glengarry Glen Ross by David Mamet - James Lingk (dir. Alex Organ)
The Dragon by Evgeny Schwartz - The Dragon - (dir. Yana Ross)