Theatre Director / Acting Coach

To ask a question or propose an idea
To arrange 1:1 coaching
Summer, 2026
I’ll be facilitating a Monologue Sharpener, Saturday July 11, 2026. Details and registration here.
Fall, 2026
Monday Night Shakespeare returns! This ten week class happens Monday evenings from 7P-9:30p, in Portland, Oregon. We begin October 5, 2026. Details and registration here.

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LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Jeffrey Puukka is headquartered in the Pacific Northwest, and gratefully resides on the traditional lands of the Cowlitz and Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde.
ANTI-RACISM COMMITMENT / COLLABORATION PHILOSOPHY
Jeffrey Puukka welcomes people of all races, ages, religions, political affiliations, genders, countries of origin, sexual orientations, sizes, and abilities into collaboration with him, and the projects he facilitates as an independent theatre practitioner. Jeffrey is committed to anti-racism as a core thread of his own ongoing education, and a core value in his ongoing independent practice.
Photographs
1. Women of Troy, in a version by Jeffrey Puukka, photographed by Julie Marks.
3. Jeffrey Puukka directing, New Wave Opera, photographed by Ary Finch.
4. Jeffrey Puukka, photographed by Natasha Elizabeth Hass-Hauskins.