Jim Blanchette (he/him)
Actor/Writer
Jim is excited to return for his eighth Fringe, and is loving his return to the stage to work with his friend Corey Lynn Howe and wife Lisa K Wyatt on Happy! Merry! Joyous! Jim previously was the director of Truly Outrageous, the writer/director of Transference, garnering a welcome Double Sweet Rating from Better Lemons, in HFF 2019. He directed HFF 2018’s critical favorite The Women of Lockerbie, also a Double Sweet winner. Jim last performed at Fringe in the parody show Best of Albuquerque Fringe 2025 in 2015. Jim has been working as a dramaturg and director for Write Act Repertory for nearly three decades and has guided many works to premiers on both coasts; including Swing (dramaturg – LA), It Came From Beyond (director – Off Broadway), Lili Marlene (drtg. – LA, dir./drtg. – OB), The Pillars of New York (dir./drtg. – LA & OB), Renewal (drtg. – OB, dir./drtg. – LA) and The Devil’s Bride (dir./drtg.) In his spare time, Jim quilts and spoils his cat.
