Bondage @ Undermain Theatre

DALLAS, Texas

“Jiles R. King II directs with a firm hand while also making room for Finch’s boundary-bending frankness.” - DallasNews

“Jiles R. King directed the show with a patient hand. The story built up to quite a climax but it felt that King led it with a certain patience. Finch’s dialogue was engaging and the interpersonal relationships were compelling that there was no need to rush. He and the cast were enrapturing with Finch’s words that resulted in multiple audible gasps and even laughs for the show’s sly humor. - DallasVoice

“Director Jiles R. King II and his first-level ensemble wring all that and a powerful reminder of the ongoing need for humans to grow up and face the reality of our past and our present.” - DallasWeekly

Fairview @ Bishop Arts Theatre Center

DALLAS, Texas

“Director Jiles King II has pulled together a terrific and all-in cast who shift from “regular” onstage performance to other very challenging theatrical styles as the play moves along.”

“The riveting, entertaining, and painfully true production of Jackie Sibblies Drury’s Fairview now running at Bishop Arts Theatre Center (a production of Bishop Arts Theatre in association with Undermain Theatre) is still rolling, sharp-edged, through my mind on this morning after. I expect it to be there for a very long time, an exceptional addition to the many conversations and encounters we have, all of us, on the subject of race in this country.”

“It isn’t that African American playwright Drury is revealing information we don’t (most or all of us) know; it’s that her “delivery system,” for lack of a better term, is extraordinary and powerful, a gut punch to heart and head alike.”

https://www.onstagentx.com/reviews/fairview-bishop-arts-theatre-center?fbclid=IwAR37NTy-P2kDFXo1s4nmd6zKwE_90cdYEzOa8WOPOE_eevnmCNPG3GLGD4Y

Race riots. Motown. Jubilee revisits the long,
hot summer of ’67

fort worth, Texas

Jubilee’s production, directed by Jiles R. King II, is augmented by American soul essentials, like 1960’s “Shop Around” from Motown’s first group, The Miracles; “Dancing in the Street” from Martha and the Vandellas in 1964; and 1966 R&B smash “Ain’t Too Proud To Beg” by The Temptations. These tunes are happy, harmonious, and perfect for dancing. By the end, the sweetness of those Motown songs becomes a devastating reminder of happier times.

Jiles King: Theater, Television
and Film Director and Producer

ATLANTA, GA

What inspired you to produce a magazine when so many have shut down?
I looked around the country and could not find a publication that documented and highlighted the arts as a whole from an urban perspective. I wanted to ensure that there was no barrier to entry for anyone that is looking for information on urban arts so we produced both a digital and print version of the magazine. 

‘Intimate Apparel’ brings audience to its feet

Nacogdoches, TX

An actor/actress’ job is to provoke the audience to feel what their character is feeling, and the actors in “Intimate Apparel” did just that.

A Transcendent Tradition at
TeCo Theatrical Productions

dallas, TX

As directed by Jiles R. King II in his TeCo debut, the show exudes a spirit of godly love with exuberant musical expression and luminous presence. Shifting efficiently from scene to scene, King’s cast moves with deliberate elegance, creating evocative stage pictures full of natural grace.