BIO

Award-winning director, choreographer, producer, and entrepreneur with work on Broadway, TV/Film, special events and concerts around the world.

Jeff was the Resident Director (Associate) on the BROADWAY productions of Bullets Over Broadway (6 Tony Nominations), Big Fish, The Scottsboro Boys (12 Tony nominations), Hair (Tony-winner), Young Frankenstein, and Wicked's 5th Anniversary. On the WEST END, Jeff was Associate Director of Little Dancer. He was also the Director/Resident Director for the NATIONAL TOURS of Hairspray, Young Frankenstein, Bullets Over Broadway, and The Producers.

Jeff is currently developing The Roads to Loch Lomond (Neil Douglas Reilly, Maggie Herskowitz), In The Light (Michael Mott & Kate Mulley), Echo & Narcissus (David Christensen & Luke Holloway), Emergency (Jeff & Jacob Foy), The Gay Divorcee (Cole Porter Estate) , The 39 Widows, and The 1812 Project.

Directing: The Lost Colony (Waterside), Hairspray (NSMT), James Taylor at Carnegie Hall (Carnegie Hall), Chasing Rainbows (World Premiere), Fly More Than You Fall (World Premiere), Rockin’ Road to Dublin (National Tour), Christmas in Killarney (National Tour), Single Wide (NYMF), The Z Team (Off-Broadway), The Scottsboro Boys, Singin’ In The Rain, A Chorus Line, The Sound of Music (Phoenix Theatre), Big, Big Fish, (Milwaukee), Catch Me If You Can (New London Barn), Power Rangers: LIVE (Disney), and Gypsy (Best Direction). Film: Executive Producer -Best Documentary The Show Must Go On (Cannes), Director The Lost Colony. Special Events: Carnegie Hall (James Taylor, Bette Midler, Steve Martin, Sting, Tony Bennett, Barbara Cook, Dianne Reeves). New Victory Awards (Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, David Hyde Pierce, John Lithgow, Sarah Jessica Parker). Jeff was a show director for Disney Event Group, directing numerous special events at DisneyWorld and shows around the globe, including Magic Moments Parade (Brazil), Mickey Mouse Club: LIVE (India), The Power Rangers, The Magic Mirror (Mexico).

BUSINESS: Jeff is the Owner of multiple companies supporting the theatre community, including rehearsal space Open Jar Studios, Artistic Director of The Open Jar Institute, Founder of Stage Write Software, President of Stage Door Network, theatrical search-engine portal and Chair of The Stage Door Foundation.

Prior to directing, Jeff was an actor, most notably originating the role of Quasimodo in Disney’s Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney/MGM Studios). As a Producer: Broadway Shark Tank, The Broadway Workroom, New Next Now, Artist in the Open Jar, The Contender.

TEDTalk:
Whiting was invited to give a TEDTalk on February 6, 2016 at Queens University in Kingston, Ontario, where he spoke about his innovative philosophy of "Open Jar Thinking" with his talk entitled "Rising Beyond Limits with Open Jar Thinking."