Julie Bates Jones
- Additional Crew
- Casting Department
- Actress
Julie Jones graduated from Augusta State University in the Fall of 2004
as a double major in both English Literature and Theatre. While
attending ASU, her most memorable performances were Hannah in Arcadia
and Veta Louise Simmons in Harvey. She also wrote, directed, and
starred in her first play 499 Seats. Her last semester was spent in New
York City working for Bernard Telsey Casting (now Telsey + Company) on
shows such as Hairspray, Wicked, Rent, and Wedding Singer and the
feature film Carlito's Way: Rise to Power for which she received a
credit as casting assistant. She also studied acting under the
direction of actor John Gould Rubin. While completing her Masters at
Georgia Southern University, Julie performed the role of Jocasta in
Oedipus the King in Thessaloniki, Greece and then reprised the role at
Augusta State in the Fall of 2006. After graduation she began teaching
at ASU where she wrote and directed her second show Cattle Call in the
2008 theatre festival. Julie's only ventures into musical theatre
occurred recently when she directed Oklahoma! with the music department
at ASU and onstage as the Queen in Storyland's production of Sleeping
Beauty. Her last role with Storyland was the sword fighting title
character in The Courtship of Senorita Florabella in January 2009. In
the fall of 2009 she played The Grand Duchess Olga Katrina in You Can't
Take it With You. In the spring of 2010 she played Katie Couric in A
Midsummer Night's (Sci-Fi) Dream.