J. Giachetti (b. 1995) is a professional trans actor, Dramatist Guild Playwright and Lyricist, director, arts educator, and avid poet. Some of their previous creative/performance credits have been Mr. Mayor/Wickersham 1 in “Seussical” (2024), Orcus in “She Kills Monsters” (2024), The Nurse in “Romeo and Juliet” (2021), Wayne Hopkins in “Puffs” (2021), Quasimodo in “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” (2018), the librettist and lyricist of off-Broadway’s “Relapse: A New Musical” (sold out run September 2023 at Theatre Row), Playwright of critically acclaimed “Faith in Shackles” and “Inferno: A New Work About Sin”, and director of “Ceramic Rose” (2024), The Tempest” (2024), “The Penelopiad” (2023), “She Kills Monsters” (2022), “Dog Sees God” (2021), “Laramie Project” (2019), “How I Learned to Drive” (2019), and “Rabbit Hole” (2018). They are also the Associate Artistic Director, as well as Summer Touring Director, with Staten Island educational theater company IlluminArt Productions.
