Bio
Jaki is currently developing projects for theater, film and TV including an original series for FX, a psychological thriller feature film (both with Kevin Armento), and a number of upcoming theater projects.
Jaki’s recent directing for theater includes White Noise (Berkeley Rep), Radio Island, Good Men Wanted (New York Stage and Film), House Plant, 1969: The Second Man (New York Theater Workshop: Next Door), Mama Metallica (Denver Center), and Playing Hot (Ars Nova/Pipeline Theater).
In film, her shorts have screened at BFI Flare, Frameline, NewFest, CHAIN (Best Director of Narrative Short), and NCGLFF (Jury Award: Best U.S. Film). With writing partner Kevin Armento, she has written screenplays for Netflix and Paramount, developed with Scott Free and Wonderland, and recently sold a series to FX. Jaki and Kevin's debut screenplay, Detox, made the 2019 HIT List and Blood List before selling to XYZ Films. Their short film Spa Day will premiere in 2021.
Jaki has developed and created work for theater companies such as The Public, Williamstown, Soho Rep, Clubbed Thumb, the O’Neill, and Arena Stage. She has been a member of the Civilians R&D Group, an Artist-in-Residence at Ars Nova, a Drama League Artist-in-Residence and TV/Film Fellow, a member of the Soho Rep Writer/Director Lab, the Williamstown Directing Corps, Lincoln Center Director’s Lab, and a U.S. Fulbright Scholar.
Jaki’s recent directing for theater includes White Noise (Berkeley Rep), Radio Island, Good Men Wanted (New York Stage and Film), House Plant, 1969: The Second Man (New York Theater Workshop: Next Door), Mama Metallica (Denver Center), and Playing Hot (Ars Nova/Pipeline Theater).
In film, her shorts have screened at BFI Flare, Frameline, NewFest, CHAIN (Best Director of Narrative Short), and NCGLFF (Jury Award: Best U.S. Film). With writing partner Kevin Armento, she has written screenplays for Netflix and Paramount, developed with Scott Free and Wonderland, and recently sold a series to FX. Jaki and Kevin's debut screenplay, Detox, made the 2019 HIT List and Blood List before selling to XYZ Films. Their short film Spa Day will premiere in 2021.
Jaki has developed and created work for theater companies such as The Public, Williamstown, Soho Rep, Clubbed Thumb, the O’Neill, and Arena Stage. She has been a member of the Civilians R&D Group, an Artist-in-Residence at Ars Nova, a Drama League Artist-in-Residence and TV/Film Fellow, a member of the Soho Rep Writer/Director Lab, the Williamstown Directing Corps, Lincoln Center Director’s Lab, and a U.S. Fulbright Scholar.