Jim Brown serves Theatre UCF as an Instructor and Musical Theatre Specialist. He received his BFA in Musical Theatre Performance from the School of Performing and Visual Arts at United States International University (USIU) in San Diego, California and later received his MFA in Musical Theatre Performance from San Diego State University. Jim has performed for over 25 years, with favorite roles including Charley in Stephen Sondheim's Merrily We Roll Along, Finch in How to Succeed..., and Jinx in Forever Plaid. Jim has served Theatre UCF as Director for Is There Life After High School?, Fame The Musical, and Guys and Dolls. Musical Direction has included Songs for a New World, the inaugural production of the UCF graduate program in musical theatre in Daytona Beach, Just So and A Year with Frog and Toad at the Orlando Repertory Theatre, and The Boy Friend, Falsettos, The Wizard of Oz, A Chorus Line, Once on This Island, Nunsense, Damn Yankees, and I Love My Wife at Theatre UCF in Orlando. Direction for charitable outreach includes The Make a Wish Foundation and the United Cerebral Palsy Child Development Center. Jim has also served as an Instructor for the Orlando Repertory Theatre Youth Academy and has lectured extensively for the San Pedro Center Elder Hostel.