Annette Jolles

Annette Jolles is a distinguished Lecturer with a prolific career in theater and television direction, production, and arts management. She has received 22 Emmy Awards and is affiliated with organizations such as Live From Lincoln Center, PBS, The Little Orchestra Society, and Portland Stage Company. Her work spans symphonic concerts, operatic productions, and Off-Broadway premieres, including collaborations with renowned artists like Cynthia Erivo and Leslie Odom, Jr. She is a founding partner of KTW Productions and has led projects like Keeping the Word and The Handshake.

Her educational contributions include residencies with The Little Orchestra Society and collaborations with institutions like the York Theatre Company and Portland Stage Company. Upcoming projects include directing the world premiere of Madeleines (2022 National Jewish Plays Contest winner) in 2025.

• Key Productions: Live From Lincoln Center broadcasts, PBS's Stars on Stage, Symphony Space's Wall to Wall Bernstein, and Lincoln Center's Mostly Mozart Festival.
• Operatic Works: Directed Così fan tutte (Alice Tully Hall), The Singing Heart (David Geffen Hall), and John Luther Adams’ In the Name of the Earth.

Awards: 22 Emmy Awards.

Grants & Labs: Produced over 50 programs at NYC's Symphony Space, including Project Broadway and gala concerts of Pippin and Cabaret.