Jamie Cheatham is a fight director and certified teacher. He has been teaching stage combat since 1986.  His combat teaching and fight direction includes such venues as: Juilliard, Brooklyn College, NY Shakespeare Festival, Actor's Theatre of Louisville, NYC Opera, The Alley Theatre, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, and The Illinois Shakespeare Festival.  Jamie worked for seventeen years in New York City as a professional teacher and classically-trained actor (AEA, SAG-AFTRA).  He founded the stage combat division at AMDA in NY.  He served as a governing body member of the SAFD from 2006-2009 and currently heads the acting program at Marquette University in Milwaukee.

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