Jared Zeigler
he/him
Additional casting projects include serving as the first external Casting Consultant for the National New Play Network's 2025 National Showcase of New Plays, supporting ongoing casting needs at the History Theatre and other local theatres, and several years of coordinating the annual community-wide General Auditions at Park Square Theatre.
As a stage manager, he has supported artistic teams and stories with theaters across the metro including Frank Theatre, Theatre Latte Da, Playwrights' Center, Guthrie Theater, Mixed Blood, the Moving Company, and Workhaus Collective, among others. He has helped produce theater and performance at Park Square, Theatre Novi Most, Interact Center for the Visual and Performing Arts, the Museum of Russian Art, and the Northfield Arts Guild. From 2013 to 2016, he created queer performance work under the name HOMO HOTDISH with collaborators Ryan Patrick and Chase Burns. They created in partnership with Bedlam Theatre, PlaceBase Productions, and 20% Theater Company as part of the inaugural Q-Stage series, in addition to their own self-produced work.
In addition to creative and production work, Jared has also organized with various groups advocating on behalf of art and artists including the Treeshakers and MN Theater Accountability Coalition as well as several pieces of writing for Technicians for Change. He's been a member of Actors' Equity Association since 2015.
Jared holds a BA in Theater Arts from the University of Minnesota with emphases in stage management and ensemble devised new play creation. Recent performance highlights include devising a clown piece called The Concierge Project and a stint as one of the Command Central members in TRACES (After Sophie Calle), a traveling performance for a single audience member across multiple downtown Minneapolis sites created in collaboration between the Walker Art Center and Wax Factory. He loves wandering the neighborhoods of Minneapolis with his dog Farlie and makes an outstanding tater tot hotdish.