The Director

Jamie Young

Director, First Freedom

Jamie Young is the Director and Associate Professor of Theatre at Western Wyoming College. Young has been at Western for six years. During this time he has grown the program from 19 students to more than 60. Students from all over the Rocky Mountains attend Western for its theatre program. The program has been recognized as one of the best musical theatre programs in the country. Prior to his appointment at Western he worked in North Carolina as the Director of Musical Theatre at College of the Albemarle for four years. In North Carolina he also owned an operated a performing arts studio that taught and performed dance of all kinds, theatre, and vocal music. He completed a Master of Fine Arts degree in Theatre with an emphasis in Directing and Acting at the University of Idaho. He also attended Weber State University where he received a Bachelor's Degree in Musical Theatre. He began his higher education studying Musical Theatre at Ricks College for two years.

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You will need the Adobe Flash Player plugin to play this video.		Our show has a message about making choices. I think our show is about the power and the freedom of being able to choose. And once people are given that choice as the statue that our show is about says, that when truth is left to own, it will prevail. And I believe that is why this show is so important so that we can protect our right to choose so that truth will prevail. —Jamie Young

Jamie has produced, directed, choreographed, designed, written or performed in more than 90 academic and professional productions. He especially enjoys working on productions that cause people to think about their lives and make positive changes. He loves singing, dancing, acting, and the singular art form of musical theatre with an equal passion and loves to help students develop their talents and desire to share. Despite his great love of the theatre, Jamie's greatest love is for his family. He has a wonderful wife and five great children. His hobbies with his family include camping, hiking, swimming, diving, tennis, and having creative fun.

One of the things that I have tried to do as a Director is to without offending the audience, finding a way to convey the importance of protecting a secular government. You know, all of the collaborators involved in this project are devout Christians, yet we have seen through the work of Madison and Jefferson, that without a secular government, we would not be able to practice our religions to their fullest, that we would not be able to have our own personal convictions be at the level they are without that freedom. So it is our hope to show the audience that it is important to protect those religious freedoms by maintaining a secular government today.

—Jamie Young

I think that this is a wonderful investment opportunity for two reasons. First of all, I believe that our plan has a significant ability to provide a substantial return on the original investment. I also feel very strongly about the need for this message to get out to the world. So when you combine that potential with the power of the message, I think we have a great investment opportunity.

—Jamie Young