Bio

Jeremy Lee Cudd started as a drummer. He found his way to the theatre by playing drums/percussion for musical productions in Atlanta and was inspired to try his hand at acting. After graduating from Georgia State University with a B.A. in English Literature and a Theatre minor, he worked as an actor (and teacher) in the Atlanta area for six years with award-winning companies like the Alliance Theatre, Actor's Express, Aurora Theatre, ART Station, Theatre Gael, and Georgia Shakespeare Festival. He was also an actor and artistic associate with Soul-stice Repertory Ensemble.



Jeremy graduated in 2007 with a Master of Fine Arts degree from Penn State University. The focus of his actor training at PSU was Meisner-based Practical Aesthetics. He also studied voice and Shakespeare in London, England with Charmian Hoare; on-camera acting in Toronto, Ontario at the Professional Actors Lab; and directing at Soulpepper Theatre, also in Toronto.


After grad school, Jeremy was based in Chicago for four years, where he worked regionally. Notable credits include: the world premiere of ROCK AND ROLL: THE REUNION TOUR at Actors Theatre of Louisville; the U.S. premiere of THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISSOCIA at Profiles Theatre; assistant director to Rick Snyder on the hit Chicago revival of Tracy Lett's KILLER JOE, which won two Jeff Awards and had multiple extensions at The Royal George Theatre; director/teaching-artist working on new play development with Chicago high school students for American Theatre Co.’s Mosaic and Bridge outreach programs.

Jeremy was co-producer for PLENTY HUMBLE. The theatre side of PLENTY HUMBLE focused on pairing AEA actors in Chicago with new plays in development, the media production side began with the creation of the five-episode web miniseries, DIARY OF A JOB SEEKER.



Jeremy relocated in 2011 to teach at The University of Texas at Austin, first as a Lecturer and then an Assistant Professor of Practice. For the Theatre and Dance Department, he has directed Brian Oglesby’s OR, THE ONE WITH THE DOGS (UTNT), Carlos Murillo's DARK PLAY OR STORIES FOR BOYS, Neil Labute's SOME GIRLS, and Aaron Posner’s STUPID F*CKING BIRD. He co-directed TALES FROM THE GLOBE, a compilation of Shakespeare scenes, with Dr. Lucien Douglas. He also composed original music and played live percussion for THE SPARROW. He developed and directed five episodes of an actor-focused web series, DETENTION, designed to provide undergraduates with experience in both on-camera acting and self-producing video content. This concept developed into a new course, Intro to Creating New Media, which emphasized the creative empowerment available to student actors in making and distributing their own work. During the pandemic lockdown, he produced and directed a five-video series, CLASSICAL VLOGUES.


He is a member of Actors' Equity Association and SAG-Eligible. Some acting credits in the Austin area include a feature film - BUG by Parker Dorris, MEASURE FOR MEASURE at the Mary Moody Northen Theatre, DYNAMITE SISTERS (episodic), and THE SEED - a short film directed by Charles Wiedman. Jeremy directed the short films, RACHEL THE NEXT FIVE YEARS and THE SHAMING, and the music video for Jake Bardin’s HALF-DEGREE, which was an official selection of the 2018 Fort Worth Indie Film Showcase. He produced/directed ACTUALLY by Anna Ziegler, directed CRIME & PUNISHMENT for Penfold Theatre, and Kenneth Lonergan’s THIS IS OUR YOUTH at the Santa Cruz Theater. His 2020 production of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins GLORIA for Street Corner Arts was cancelled due to Covid. In the summer of 2021, he participated in the Oregon Shakespeare Festival Reading Series, reading Matt Sparks in Liliana Padilla’s (W)HOLENESS.

During the pandemic, he developed a short film with Austin actors Jenny De La Fuente and Briana Garcia, which was a finalist for the Best Drama Film award at the Texas Short Film Festival Spring 2023.

Jeremy moved from Texas to Georgia where he started a new faculty position as Assistant Professor of Performance in the Theatre and Dance Department at Georgia College and State University. He directed Deborah Zoe Laufer’s LEVELING UP in Campus Black Box Theatre in the Fall of 2023.

His short screenplay, STORY WITH A LISP, was an official selection for the KinoDrome: International Motion Picture & Screenplay Festival and the Atlanta Comedy Film Festival in 2023. The script had a live table read and Q&A on Sunday, November 12th at the Wild Heaven West End Brewery and Garden in Atlanta.