Jules Odendahl-James

Dramaturgy: Behold! A Negress, Everyman Theatre; We Are Proud to Present…, All My Sons, I Have Before Me A Remarkable Document…, 9 Parts of Desire, Playmakers Repertory Company; Life Sucks, Marjorie Prime, Brownsville Song (B-side for Tray), I&You, Manbites Dog Theatre; She Kills Monsters, Fefu and Her Friends, Uncle Vanya, Ragtime, Lear, A Doll’s House, The Laramie Project, Duke University. Other: Jules holds a Ph.D. in Performance Studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an M.F.A. in Directing from the University of Texas at Austin. She lives in Durham, North Carolina with her wife and their child who is about to go off to college. She is a co-founder of Durham’s Bulldog Ensemble Theater after many years as an Artistic Associate at the acclaimed Manbites Dog Theatre. In her spare time she is an administrator and faculty at Duke University. www.julesodendahljames.com