Jax RF McAtee

(he/they) is a choreographer, director, and performance artist, currently based in Pittsburgh, PA. McAtee holds an MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts from Wilson College in Chambersburg, PA, and a BFA in Theatre: Original Works from Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle, WA. Born into the West Virginia hills, Jax spent their early years pursuing arts and performance in the form of dance, theatre, and instrumental music, followed by a nine-year stint of art-making in and around Seattle. After undergrad, McAtee took a few-year performance detour into the art of vaudeville, becoming the initial conduit for their interdisciplinary approach. In recent years, Jax danced four seasons with West Virginia Dance Company, and just wrapped up their first performance season dancing with Attack Theatre in Pittsburgh, PA. Summer 2026, Jax will return to Theatre WV where they have been on Artistic staff since Summer 2022 (Choreographer: 2022-2026, Fight Director: 2025-2026). 

Selected recent projects include: Macker’d LIVE (Choreographer; WV Dance Company), Macker’d (a super8mm film by Jax RFM), Last Days of the Tsars (Choreographer/Fight Director; WITNESS), Rent: School Edition (Choreographer; Youth Theatre Northwest), The Women (Choreographer/Fight Director/Dialect Coach; Harlequin Productions), John (Intimacy Choreographer; ArtsWest), You On The Moors Now by Jaclyn Backhaus (Choreographer; Seattle University), The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Director/Choreographer; Sol Children Theatre), Dust by Danielle Mohlman (Choreographer; Youth Theatre Northwest), Totally Solid Gold: Cruisin’ for a Bruisin’ (Choreographer/Cameo; Copious Love Productions), Devil’s Highball (Event Director 2017-18; monthly variety show, Barca Seattle), Totally Solid Gold: Deep Squats! (Choreographer/Performer; Seattle Fringe Festival), Baby, Baby (Playwright; Fantastic.Z).