Jeri Pitcher came to Maine for a summer theater job in 1987 and has continuously worked as a teaching artist, theater educator, director, playwright, and performer ever since. Her work is dedicated to devising original theater through a collaborative group process which, most often, explores the questions: how do we connect to the past and how can we, together, create the future?

As a founding faculty member at Maine Arts Academy, Jeri served as the Director of the Theater Program and Arts Faculty Chair. She teaches as an adjunct faculty member at The University of Maine at Augusta and has created innovative projects with community partners, such as: the UMA Interactive Theater project, The Lonely Soldier, and CREATED EQUAL theater programs.

As a teaching artist, Jeri has completed well over 100 theater residencies, creating original theater in Maine schools in her 25+ years of experience. She worked at The Theater At Monmouth, an Equity LORT repertory company, for 13 years as a director, actor, and playwright and served as Second Stage Director and Associate Artistic Director in her tenure at TAM. Jeri is thrilled to be joining the team at the Ecology Learning Center!