AJ Meijer co-founded The Los Angeles Theatre Ensemble and holds a degree in theater from the UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television. He is an actor, singer, teacher, and tech-enthusiast living in Los Angeles.
While at UCLA, AJ performed alongside Edward James Olmos in All About Gordon at the Ahmanson Theater. AJ has also worked with the National Theatre of Greece in the world premiere of Swallow Song, directed by renowned theatre director Lydia Koniordou. Recently, AJ has found a second home, working on three shows in three years at The Getty Villa, including the world premiere of Anne Carson’s Hippolytos, in which he understudied the title role, the hilarious musical romp Tug of War, in which he created the role of Bigbuxo, and, most recently, in a powerful retelling of Sophocle's Philoktetes, in which AJ had the honor of performing alongside illustrious British actor Henry Goodman.
AJ has most recently been seen on stage at the historic Powerhouse Theatre in Santa Monica in local playwright David Bridel’s I Gelosi, William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, and the Ensemble's War Cycle plays. Other recent credits include local playwright Jennifer Rowland's The Contest and an energetic send up of Aristophanes' The Wasps, for which the L.A. Times called him “an Elvis Presley-style crooner.” Television credits include a role on everyone’s favorite show, Hannah Montana.
AJ can currently be seen onstage in the Pacific Resident Theatre's newest homegrown drama, Loyalties, playing in Venice, CA, through March 28th, 2010.
In addition to co-hosting the industry podcast Inside Acting, AJ teaches the Digital Actor Workshop, a class he created and designed to help actors better market themselves using technology and social media. He regularly gives workshops to actors at UCLA, USC, and multiple Apple store locations.
Moonlighting as a Concierge for the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City, AJ also consults for the Center Theatre Group's Marketing Department. You can follow AJ on Twitter, find him on Facebook, visit him on IMDB, and learn more at http://www.albertmeijer.com.