Jim received his MFA in Acting from The Yale School of Drama where he was also the recipient of the Lotte Lenya Memorial Scholarship and a Presidential Public Service Fellow. As a grad student at Yale, Jim performed in numerous productions and on various stages, including at the Yale Repertory Theatre where he was twice an understudy and once a performer on the main stage.

Acting: Ron Van Lieu, Evan Yionoulis, Peter Francis James, James Bundy | Voice & Speech: Walton Wilson, Beth McGuire, Pamela Prather, Grace Zandarski, Andrea Haring | Movement: Wesley Fata, Brendan McCall | Stage Combat: Rick Sordelet | Singing: Vicki Shaghoian | Improv/Clown: Jane Nichols

Productions & Parts:
The King Stag - Mos’ly Def (dir. Evan Yionoulis - Yale Repertory Theater)
Hamlet by William Shakespeare - Horatio (dir. May Adrales)
Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare - Sir Toby Belch / Maria (dir. Jessi Hill)
Antony & Cleopatra by William Shakespeare - Canidius / Messenger (dir. May Adrales)
Love's Labours Lost by William Shakespeare - Costard (dir. Tim Vasen)
As You Like It by William Shakespeare - Adam (dir. Anna Jones)
The Shoemaker's … Wife by Frederico Garcia Lorca - The Mayor (dir. Susanna Gellert)
Bridesburg by Victor Kaufold - Matt (dir. Christopher Carter Sanderson)
Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare - Abram (dir. Nick Avila)
The Summer People by Maxim Gorky - Shalimov (dir. Paul Mullins)