About
About
Candis C. Jones is a New York based theater director and rising filmmaker. Her directing credits span from World Premiere plays, international devising, and indie films. Critic Jonathan Mandel stated that her production of Cullud Wattah (which centers the Flint water crisis) “ably translated the playwright’s verbal poetry into a visual style that – with the colored (contaminate) water lining the stage, and hanging from the ceiling like a nighttime sky full of stars – helps drive home both the ugliness of the story, and the beauty of its telling.”
Selected theater credits include Lynn Nottage’s Fabulation (Chautauqua Theater Co.), Pearl Cleage’s Blues for an Alabama Sky (Barrington Stage), Erika Dickerson Despenza’s Cullud Wattah & Shadow/Land (The Public Theater), Nottage’s Clyde’s (Studio Theater), Black Solo Plays (Willamstown Theatre Festival), Steph Del Rosso’s 53% Of (The Alliance Theatre), Branden J. Jenkins’ Everybody (Tisch School of the Arts), Dominique Morriseau’s Pipeline (Detroit Public Theater), Sarah DeLappe’s The Wolves (American Academy of Dramatic Arts), and Associate Director of Dear Evan Hansen on Broadway. Candis’ film projects include: A film adaptation of Morriseau’s Detroit 67’ (Signature Theater DC), TEMBO! (Zanzibar Film Festival), Volta Documentary (NYU Ghana), and a dance film to be released Spring 25’.
Merits include the 2016 Lilly Award, Women’ Project Theater Lab, Drama League Director's Fellowship, and Playbill’s “20 Powerhouse Women Directors Industry Pros Need to Know”. www.candiscjones.com
contact me:
candisjones@me.com
Agency and Representation- CAA Alex Gold; alex.gold@caa.com Olivier Sultan; olivier.sultanasst@caa.com
Immersive workshop at Weeksville Heritage Center
Fabulation at Chautauqua Theater Company