Jim spent the first four years of his career with the legendary acting teacher, Sanford Meisner – two in his professional, private class, then two more working privately as Mr. Meisner’s assistant and last teaching protégé (view full bio).
Now almost a quarter century later, Jarrett has become one of the most respected teachers of The Meisner Technique in the world, with teaching centers in San Francisco, Sun Valley, Idaho, as well as the Big Island of Hawaii – The Meisner Technique Studio
Jarrett has had even greater success as an actor. For the last seventeen years he has toured Leonard Nimoy’s one-man show, VINCENT to over a quarter million people with sold-out audiences in the premier performing art centers, festivals, universities and museums throughout the world. After seventeen years there have been many highlights but none greater than in 2008 when VINCENT and Jarrett were the smash hit of the largest international theater extravaganza in the world – The Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland. Competing against three thousand shows per day, Jarrett’s production played to sold-out audiences throughout the run. Jarrett was also nominated for “Best Actor” and the prestigious STAGE AWARDS nominated VINCENT “Best Solo Show” -Vincent
In 2006, the world premiere of Jarrett’s original full-length play, MEISNER debuted at San Francisco’s historic Magic Theatre. MEISNER was a critical and commercial success. Next MEISNER headed to Los Angeles playing to SRO crowds for the entire six-week run. Every summer for the last six years Jarrett has brought MEISNER back to Los Angeles for consecutive sold-out shows benefiting various organizations – Meisner
Jarrett has adapted MEISNER into a full-length feature film and will begin shooting in the fall of 2014. MEISNER is being directed by TRUE BLOOD Star, Jim Parrack
In 2012 Jarrett launched MEISNER TRAINED – a weekly teaching series released via the Internet documenting his students as they are trained in the genius of The Meisner Technique –
Jarrett is also partners with eight-time Emmy-award winning producers, John Watkin and Eamon Harrington of Planet Grande Pictures on a reality show turning athletes, models, musicians and comedians into world-class actors – Planet Grande Pictures
Jarrett also tours three shows he created for children – Children’s Shows
In 2014, Jarrett established the JP Meisner Foundation, a 501c3 non-profit dedicated to serving Veterans and their families along with the underprivileged and underserved through the arts -JPMEISNER.ORG
Jarrett is represented exclusively by Clint Mitchell, Senior Vice President at William Morris Endeavor
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