Who We Are

Becky Peters
Co-Founder, Artistic Director

Becky declared her life goal when at age 5 she told her parents that she wanted to be Spiderman when she grew up. She has not given up on that dream but along the way has had the great pleasure of performing in a variety of Regional Theatres including a 4 year residency with the American Shakespeare Center in Staunton, VA. Becky has lived many places but she calls Georgia home.  She received her BA in Theatre/Communications from Kennesaw State University and completed the Journeymen Program at Warehouse Theater in SC under the direction of Jack Young.  A few favorite roles from shows in DC include: Stella Adler/Babanova in The Death of Meyerhold (Studio), Suzannah/Elizabeth in An Experiement with an Air Pump (Journeymen Theater), Tomi in The Accident and Tirtzah in Pangs of the Messiah both with Theater J.  Becky enjoys dancing, reading, laughing, monkeys and is in the process of becoming a Licensed Massage Therapist.  She also spends a lot of time at Theater J as their Marketing and Group Sales Associate.

JJ Area
Co-Founder, Executive Director

JJ caught the acting bug in Mr. Smith’s 10th Grade English class performing a scene from Twelfth Night, and he was hooked.  Mr. Area was born and raised in Southern California, received his BA from the University of Notre Dame, and his MFA in Acting from The Catholic University of America.  Favorite roles include Garry in Noises Off, Romeo/Iago in Good Night Desdemona (Good Morning, Juliet), Ensemble in The Laramie Project, and Mercutio in Romeo & Juliet.  He is a sports enthusiast, who enjoys watching baseball, soccer and Notre Dame Football.   JJ performed in our inaugural production as Leontes, the Old Shepherd, and the bear in Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale.

People we would like to acknowledge:

God, Our extremely supportive and wonderful families, Deborah Kirby, Journeymen Theater Ensemble, John Michael MacDonald, the cast of As You Like It (takes bravery to be first), Mary C Davis, Tiffany Fillmore, Lindsay Haynes and the many other friends along the way who have been such wonderful inspirations.   The DC theatre community for being a pretty awesome group of folks.