WHO’S WHO

Artistic Director

JILL EICKMANN, M.A. has been acting for over eighteen years in New York City, San Francisco, and throughout the US. She is the Artistic Director and co-founder of Lila Theatre in San Francisco, and was the founder of the three person long-form improvisational theatre ensemble, Road Dawgz, where she performed with Dan Fogler (Balls of Fury) and Law Tarello (The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee) throughout NYC. Jill’s Bay Area performance highlights include Sacrifices and Transformations, Life and Adventures!, her one woman show, God Put A Smile Upon My Face, and The Razowsky Project, collaborating with the Artistic Director of The Second City (Los Angeles), David Razowsky. She was the Children’s Theatre Director at Children’s Fairyland in Oakland, where she created and directed several original shows and two main stage seasons. Jill directed Aladin Jr. with Kids Take the Stage, and over fifty original productions with Lila Theatre. She has taught improvisational theatre at Stanford University (GSB), the University of Chicago (GSB), San Francisco Day School, Lila Theatre, and now with Rising Stars. Jill received her Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology with an emphasis in Drama Therapy from the California Institute of Integral Studies and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting from the University of Florida - Go Gators!!! She has performed in the Chicago Improv Festival and has studied with some of the best from Uprights Citizens Brigade, The Second City, Improv Olympic, and Annoyance Productions. Jill passionately believes in the healing power of play. Using improvisation and play therapy techniques, she has worked with in-patient psychiatric patients, families involved in the foster care system, and at-risk youth, fostering great change in our world.