Martin Jago is a British-American poet, playwright, nonfiction author, and stage director who lives between Los Angeles and London and works internationally. His poetry collection, Photofit will be published in 2023 by Pindrop Press.
A respected authority on acting methods relating to Elizabethan drama, he is the author of four critically-acclaimed books on Shakespeare, published in the US by Smith & Kraus.
His writing has been published in literary magazines such as Agenda, Acumen, The Moth, Presence, HCE Review, LIT Magazine and The Penn Review (forthcoming).
Producing Artistic Director at RAZE THE SPACE, the theatre ensemble produces cutting-edge theatre with global focus that stands at the intersection of poetry, theatre, and spoken word, epitomized by events like RAZE's annual international ten-minute play festival at the Mark Taper Auditorium in Los Angeles.
An active member of the LA poetry and theatre scenes, Martin is a Steering Committee member of Directors Lab West, a theatre-arts organization that provides training for mid-career stage directors and choreographers. He teaches creative writing and acting far and wide, from guest lectureships at University of Oxford to Shakespeare Masterclasses at the Malibu Playhouse.
He trained as an actor at Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, has worked as a commissioned playwright for one of the U.K.'s leading Theatre-In-Education companies, and holds a Master's degree in Creative Writing from University of Oxford where he was an F.H. Pasby finalist.
A respected authority on acting methods relating to Elizabethan drama, he is the author of four critically-acclaimed books on Shakespeare, published in the US by Smith & Kraus.
His writing has been published in literary magazines such as Agenda, Acumen, The Moth, Presence, HCE Review, LIT Magazine and The Penn Review (forthcoming).
Producing Artistic Director at RAZE THE SPACE, the theatre ensemble produces cutting-edge theatre with global focus that stands at the intersection of poetry, theatre, and spoken word, epitomized by events like RAZE's annual international ten-minute play festival at the Mark Taper Auditorium in Los Angeles.
An active member of the LA poetry and theatre scenes, Martin is a Steering Committee member of Directors Lab West, a theatre-arts organization that provides training for mid-career stage directors and choreographers. He teaches creative writing and acting far and wide, from guest lectureships at University of Oxford to Shakespeare Masterclasses at the Malibu Playhouse.
He trained as an actor at Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, has worked as a commissioned playwright for one of the U.K.'s leading Theatre-In-Education companies, and holds a Master's degree in Creative Writing from University of Oxford where he was an F.H. Pasby finalist.
