James recently directed Lost in Yonkers for Hope Summer Repertory Theatre. Other HSRT shows include Scapin, Sylvia, Two Rockin’ Gents (an original musical that he created with Steve Gunderson), as well as over 20 theatre-for-young audience productions.

Last summer he directed The Burnt Part Boys for San Diego Junior Theatre. Previously, Girl Scouts of America (written by SDJT alum, Mona Mansour) for the New York International Fringe Festival. Other credits include All in the Timing and 7 Stories for the MFA Program at the Old Globe Theatre; Lucky Stiff, Philadelphia Story and Blithe Spirit at Webster University. In San Diego, he directed The Mystery of Irma Vep (Diversionary), Game of Love and Chance (Moonlight), Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol (NCRT), and the American premiere of Alan Ayckbourn’s The Boy Who Fell Into a Book (Lamb’s Players). He assisted Craig Noel on seven productions at the Old Globe. He was a member of Lincoln Center’s Director’s Lab in 2005 and the SSDC Observer to Casey Nicholaw on the Encore’s revival of Follies. His SDJT directing credits include Bye Bye Birdie, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Regional acting credits include San Diego Repertory Theatre, Lamb's Players Theatre, Starlight Musical Theatre, The Old Globe, La Jolla Playhouse, North Coast Repertory Theatre, Sacramento Theatre Company, Apple Tree Theatre in Chicago, the Circle Repertory Theatre Lab, the San Jose Repertory Theatre, and the Cleveland Playhouse.