ABOUT

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Jermaine Rowe is a Jamaican-born actor, writer, and director whose work spans Broadway, regional theatre, and new play development. He has appeared in The Lion King and FELA! on Broadway, and recently earned the CT Critics Circle Award for his performance in Lynn Nottage’s Mlima’s Tale at Westport Country Playhouse.
 

Rowe is a leading voice in the development of Afro-Caribbean theatre. His work reimagines folkloric Caribbean stories through music, ritual, and performance. His works includes Transitions (Mabou Mines SUITE/Space), Legend of the Rolling Calf (The TEAM’s Perti Lab), and The Children from the Blue Mountain, presented as part of Lincoln Center’s Broadway Future Songbook Series. He currently serves as Associate Director of Watch Night at the Perelman Performing Arts Center.
 

Rowe is a 2025 Candela Fellow in Playwriting & Musical Theatre, and has a background in opera, dance, and classical theatre. He is on faculty at LaGuardia Community College (CUNY) and HB Studio. He holds an MFA in Theatre from Sarah Lawrence College and a BA in Broadcast Journalism from the University of the West Indies.