Playwright • Actor • Director • Filmmaker
Jackson Rosie is a writer, performer, and creative producer based in Ōtepoti, Aotearoa. He is the founder of JCR Productions, a film and theatre company dedicated to creating daring new work and providing meaningful opportunities for emerging artists in the South. His creative practice sits at the intersection of theatre, film, and dark humor, blending emotional truth with unflinching honesty and a distinctively southern voice. Jackson’s work often explores themes of memory, identity, and illusion, examining how people construct and reconstruct the stories they tell themselves. He is the creator of the upcoming play We Remember Wrong, a haunting and inventive new work that weaves together personal and collective memory to question how we remember, forget, and survive. Known for his roles in Artist Descending a Staircase by Tom Stoppard, The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie, and Drowning Ophelia by Rachel Luann Strayer. As well as for his time directing Crunchy Silk by Jess Sayer, and his playwrighting work. His written works include Lola, We Remember Wrong, Striped Tie, and more exciting upcoming works that JCR hopes to bring to the stage.