Jake Planinc

DramaFest Coordinator

Jake (he/him) is the founding artistic director of Matchstick Theatre, assistant director of the Mayworks Kjipuktuk/Halifax Festival, Festival Director for the Halifax Fringe Festival, and the provincial coordinator of Theatre Nova Scotia’s DramaFest.
Selected directing credits include: Bone Cage by Catherine Banks, The Woodcutter by Don Hannah, Leaving Home by David French (Matchstick); The Aliens by Annie Baker (Theatre in Space); and Rhinoceros by Eugène Ionesco (Timms Centre). In 2025, he received the Robert Merritt award for Outstanding Direction (Leaving Home).