Jim Macdonald, Lead Teaching Artist, is a TWP collaborating Teaching Artist for Reentry and Arts in Corrections programs. His one-man show, Big Frame Shakin’, enjoyed a run off-Broadway before it was optioned by HBO. After appearing on and off Broadway, James relocated to Los Angeles, where his plays have been performed at ARCADE, E.S.T, IAMA, and The Mark Taper Auditorium. Heavy Lifting, the film he wrote and directed, garnered multiple awards at film festivals across the country.
Jim has appeared in dozens of TV series, pilots, and feature films. He has taught writing to beginners and professionals alike using the tools of meditation, visualization, role-playing, and sensory exercises—techniques he employs in his own writing. Jim is a member of SAG-AFTRA, AEA, and Ensemble Studio Theatre/LA, and he was a Big Brother for more than a dozen years.
