JAKE SUNG-GUK SULLIVAN is a multidisciplinary theatre artist and educator who engages in all-ages theatre, musicals, and new works. In his focus as a director, Jake has worked with such companies as Lyric Arts Main Street Stage ([title of show], The Wedding Singer, The Pavilion), Stages Theatre Company & Theatre Mu (The Name Jar, A Different Pond), CLIMB Theatre (Relative Location), Lakeshore Players Theatre (Disney's The Little Mermaid), Anoka Community Theatre (Ken Ludwig's Sherwood), and serves as the co-artistic director of [un]qualified theatre, helming their productions of H.G. Wells' THE INVISIBLE MAN, which garnered a Best of Fringe 2023 from Cherry & Spoon, as well as [un]qualified's Fall 2024 production of The Lady Demands Satisfaction. He has served as associate director for Cambodian Rock Band with Theatre Mu / The Jungle Theatre, for which he was a Fellow in the inaugural Ordway Center / Knight Fellowship for Emerging BIPOC Directors, as well as assistant director for The Heart Sellers at The Guthrie Theatre. He also works as a actor, designer, and composer, in addition to his work as an educator. Jake is a graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre. He is passionate about modern examinations of canon texts, new work that highlights diverse perspectives, and physical theatre that reflects on the “creative How”.

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