Jay Goede is an actor, director, acting instructor, and illustrator who began his professional acting career in 1991 after graduating with honors from the Yale School of Drama. He has appeared in many Broadway, Off-Broadway, and regional theatrical productions, opposite such legendary actors as Joanne Woodward, Sigourney Weaver, Marcia Gay Harden, Cynthia Nixon, Ron Liebman, F. Murray Abraham, Cherry Jones, Dana Ivey, Mark Lin-Baker Marlo Thomas, Valerie Harper, Viola Davis, Liev Schreiber, Frances McDormand, Leah Thompson, and Jessie Tyler Ferguson. He has taught acting and directed at the Art Institute of Ft. Lauderdale and the University of Miami.