About this Artist

As Staff Associate Director for Disney Theatrical Productions (DTP), JEFF LEE (Director) served as Associate to Julie Taymor on The Lion King and Bob Crowley on Tarzan, having directed several domestic and international productions of each show on their behalf. Now, he is also working in Creative Development on several new projects for DTP. Prior to joining Disney Theatrical, Jeff had an active freelance career as the Associate Director on Cats, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and Shirley Valentine, directing several productions of each show both domestically and internationally. He has directed new works and established touring and regional productions, such as Love, Julie; Bleacher Bums; Getting To Know You; The Grapes of Wrath; Mountain Language; A Chorus Line; Song of Singapore; Jesus Christ Superstar; Evita; Man of La Mancha; Oklahoma!; Sweet Charity; and Mortal Kombat. For several years, Jeff was Artistic Director of The North Carolina Theatre, and he continues to sit on the Advisory Board of The National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts in Washington, D.C. It has been his honor to teach as an Adjunct Professor in the Graduate Schools of the Yale School of Drama and the Columbia University School of Arts Theatre Division.