Director

http://www.jeremyaluma.com/
jeremyjacobaluma@gmail.com
Jeremy Aluma is an award-winning, Jewish-American theatre director of Iraqi descent. He founded the internationally touring clown troupe, Four Clowns and served as Artistic Director during their first seven years. Aluma was the Executive Director of the Alliance for Jewish Theatre in 2020 and 2021. Directing credits include: Abraham & Isaac (MuBe Cultural Theatre, São Paulo, Brazil); Pinocchio and Robin Hood (South Coast Repertory, CA); Sublimity (Theatre Row, NYC); The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity (Theater on the Lake, Chicago) An Oak Tree (Red Theater, Chicago); Crumble, Lay Me Down Justin Timberlake (Sacred Fools, LA); The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (Urban Theatre Movement, LA); Henry’s Potato (REDCAT, LA); In Arabia We’d All Be Kings (Alive Theatre, Long Beach); Jonah (Annenberg, Santa Monica) and Hamlet (American Coast Theater, CA). His original show, Four Clowns toured nationally to La MaMa (NYC); Chopin Theatre (Chicago); Gremlin Theatre (St. Paul, MN); Exit Theatre (San Francisco); Space 55 (Phoenix, AZ); and Insurgo Theater Movement (Las Vegas). Aluma is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Union (SDC). He teaches classes at The Clown School and graduated with an MFA in Directing from The Theatre School at DePaul University.

Upcoming: The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity (Chance Theater).