JASMINE BROOKS is a director and producer, and a 3rd year MFA Directing student at the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale.

Before pursuing her MFA, Jasmine was based in Boston, MA, where she worked at Company One Theatre as the Artistic Associate and NNPN Producer in Residence, and at SpeakEasy Stage as The Boston Project Coordinator.

Jasmine has directed new play workshops at the National New Play Network, Playwrights’ Center, San Diego Repertory Theatre and more. Jasmine is a 2025 recipient of the Cody Renard Richard Scholarship Program. Jasmine’s Directing and Associate/Assistant Directing credits include Macbeth by William Shakepeare, adapted by Jasmine Brooks and Tia Smith (David Geffen School of Drama), Charity by Matthew Chong (Langston Hughes Festival, David Geffen School of Drama), seven methods of killing kylie jenner by Jasmine Lee-Jones (Yale Cabaret), The Effect by Lucy Prebble (UNATC: Bucharest, Romania), Pride Of Doves by Doug Robinson (Yale Cabaret), Intimate Apparel by Lynn Nottage (Silverthorne Theatre Company), Joe Turner’s Come And Gone by August Wilson (The Huntington, Dir. Lili-Anne Brown), Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 by Anna Deavere Smith (American Repertory Theatre, Dir. Taibi Magar), Bite Me by Eliana Pipes (NNPN National Showcase Of New Plays), Truth Or Consequences by Andrew Siañez-De La O (Fresh Ink Theatre), Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye by Lydia Diamond (The Huntington, Dir. Awoye Timpo), BLKS by Aziza Barnes (Speakeasy Stage, Dir. Tonasia Jones), Period Piece by Various Writers (Visceral Entertainment, Dir. Karen Carpenter), can i touch it? by Francisca Da Silveira (NNPN National Showcase of New Plays, dir. Nicole Watson), Wolf Play by Hansol Jung (Company One Theatre, Dir. Summer L.Williams), Vietgone by Qui Nguyen (Company One Theatre, Dir. Michelle Aguillon).

Jasmine will be the Co-Artistic Director of the Yale Cabaret in the 2025-26 school year. As a producer, Jasmine has previously served as the Creative Producer of Thirteenth Night at New York Theatre Festival, the Better Future Series at Company One, NNPN Producer in Residence at Company Theatre and the Boston Project Coordinator at SpeakEasy Stage. Jasmine holds a BFA In Theatre Arts from Boston University, School of Theatre.

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