Jodi Baker

Before COA

Originally from Utah, Jodi began her career with the Denver Center Theatre Company and subsequently worked as an actor in New York, Los Angeles and regional theaters across the country. She has performed, trained and taught in Europe, Japan and the U.S.

Course Areas

theatre, movement training

• B.A., Theatre, California State University, Fresno, CA 
• M.F.A., Acting, National Theatre Conservatory, Denver, CO 

Jodi has strong interests in documentary theatre, street theatre and stranger studies. She’s produced unconventional plays in unconventional locations and developed new approaches for teaching performance skills to non-traditional students in a variety of trans-disciplinary contexts. She has long-standing collaborative relationships with the novelist Kio Stark and Double Edge Theatre. Guest artists in Jodi’s classes have included Andrew Schneider, Linda Montano, Mark Hosler, Der Vorführeffekt Theatre, Rohina Malik and others. COA theatre and movement courses frequently travel to New York, Boston and elsewhere for research, performance and discussion. Shared conversations with Brother Arnold Hadd, Kate Valk, Ariana Reines, Alison S.M.Kobayashi, members of the Belarus Free Theatre and Complex Movements have had an enormous impact on the evolution of the COA theatre curriculum.