Jefferson Performing Arts Society: Donald Jones, Jr.’05 Directs Season Opener

Information derived from Jefferson Performing Arts Society. 

NEW ORLEANS – Donald Jones, Jr. '05 is a Director/Choreographer and Actor originally from New Orleans and is set to direct the season opener, God of Carnage. He is a graduate of Brother Martin High School and Northwestern State University of Louisiana where he received a B.S. in Theatre and Dance. He has trained with the New Orleans Ballet Academy, New Orleans Ballet Theatre, the American Dance Festival, and Spectrum Dance Theater of Seattle, where he was a company member from 2011-2013. Donald has taught dance both nationally and internationally at Broadway Dance Center of New York, Steps on Broadway, Broadway Classroom, Studio West Dance Center of Colorado, New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts, and was a Cultural ambassador with DanceMotion USA where he performed and taught contemporary American dance in Nepal, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka.

He lived in NYC for 7 years where he performed on Broadway in productions of Frozen (OBC), Aladdin (OBC), and CHICAGO. His Off-Broadway credits include: Sweet Charity with The New Group and West Side Story with Carnegie Hall. He has also done a National Tour with The Color Purple Musical. Donald has Directed/Choreographed productions of Dreamgirls at Mill Mountain Theatre, Children's Letters to God with NORD. He is also a guest choreographer for several episodes and advertisements for Nickelodeon's Blue's Clues and You. You can catch him next Fall on Broadway where he will be making his debut in a play yet to be revealed. More to come. Follow him on IG @doniejunior.

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