Jeff G. Rack

Jeff_Rack_HeadshotFor Unbound, Jeff directed The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (WL13), co-wrote an adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s The Lurking Fear (WL13) with Jonathan Josephson, directed Edgar Allan Poe’s The Tell-Tale Heart at LA Mart/ScareLA, adapted and directed F. Marion Crawford’s The DeadSmile (WL12), M.R. James’ Casting the Runes (WL11), H.P. Lovecraft’s The Unnamable (WL10, WL11), and Robert E. Howard’s Pigeons From Hell (WL09) at Greystone Mansion. Also for Unbound, Jeff directed a flash performance of a scene from Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 inside the West Hollywood Library in celebration of Ray Bradbury month, and co-directed with Paul Millet a flash performance of Charles Bukowski’s poetry at Barney’s Beanery as part of Pacific Standard Times’ Art in LA (check them both out onYouTube). Jeff also wrote the adaptation of Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s The Yellow Wallpaper and directed Katherine Mansfield’s The Garden Party for History Lit. Other directing credits include Molly Sweeney in Ventura, and the LA premiere of Jeffrey Hatcher’s Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde forTheatre 40, continuing his association with the Beverly Hills theater having directed the west coast premieres of Pen and The Mystery Plays. He is also their resident set designer. Probably best known to Los Angeles theater patrons for his award-winning set designs, Jeff has designed and built over 150 sets for productions from Santa Barbara to Edinburgh, Scotland. He enjoys designing and creating unique items for stage and screen, which has included miniatures for Armageddon and Con-Air, the Back to the Future DeLorean cars for the Universal Studios ride, a full- size robot puppet for Frank Zappa’s Joe’s Garage (for which he received an LA Weekly Award), and quirky props for Stuart Gordon’s Ovation Award-winning Re-Animator – The Musical. You can see a video featurette about Jeff and his set design workhere.