JC CLEMENTZ
DIRECTOR | CASTING DIRECTOR
Welcome to the website of JC Clementz!
JC is the Director of Casting and Artistic Operations at Steppenwolf Theatre Company and a theatrical stage director. He has cast productions out of Chicago and New York over the past decade including the world premiere, Pulitzer- and Tony-winning production of Purpose by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins. Other Broadway credits: Little Bear Ridge Road (upcoming), Linda Vista, Pass Over, and The Minutes. As a director his credits include the Associate Director for the out-of-town tryout of The Devil Wears Prada: A New Musical (Broadway in Chicago) with music by Elton John, Director of The Nerd, The All Night Strut!, Murder for Two, Irving Berlin’s I Love a Piano, The Devil’s Music: The Life and Blues of Bessie Smith, The Doyle & Debbie Show, Forever Plaid (Milwaukee Rep), Waiting: A Song Cycle (The World’s Stage/Cherry Lane, NYC), and Murder for Two (Merrimack Rep). He holds an MFA in Directing from Western Illinois University, and is a proud member of SDC and the Casting Society.
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NOW PLAYING:
Casting for Steppenwolf's 2025-2026 Season
Casting for Purpose by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins on Broadway
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IN THE NEWS:
JC won an Artios Award for his casting of Downstate at Playwright Horizons! Read about it in Deadline and Playbill.
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"Clementz excels in comic and musical pieces, crisply executed and masterfully paced while nevertheless tapping into deeper, often overlooked emotional undercurrents."
- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
CASTING
As Director of Casting at Steppenwolf Theatre Company, and previously at Milwaukee Repertory Theater, JC has cast productions out of Chicago and New York City over the past fifteen years. Highlights include the world premiere Steppenwolf productions of Downstate by Bruce Norris (also National Theatre, UK and off-Broadway), Tracy Letts' The Minutes and Linda Vista which both transferred to Broadway, Little Bear Ridge Road starring Laurie Metcalf, King James by Rajiv Joseph, Purpose by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, and Antoinette Nwandu's Pass Over, which was filmed at Steppenwolf by Spike Lee and made its debut at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival before transferring to Broadway in 2021. JC has been nominated for Artios Awards for his casting work on Another Marriage (2024), Downstate (2023 winner), Bug (2022), and Duchess! Duchess! Duchess! (2021). He is a proud member of the Casting Society.
Contact
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Casting Inquiries:
Please contact JC at casting@steppenwolf.org for Steppenwolf related business.