What the Critics have said...
Exit the King
...One of the best casts assembled for a play in recent memory at one of the best theaters in Dallas...Manuel Mendoza, Dallas Morning News
Tim Johnson directs a remarkable cast with a jarring mix of grotesque humor, desperate slapstick, various volumes of guffaws and plaintive sighs—all shrinking to meaningless patter as we watch a self-deluded king forced to confront the reality of human mortality.
Jim Jorgensen is creepy and funny, taking on the mannerisms of expert bossiness as The Doctor, Surgeon, Executioner, Bacteriologist and Astrologer. Martha Heimberg, OnStage NTX
Jim Jorgensen played the hovering doctor with a dynamic energy laced with a distinct comedic style. The character felt duplicitous when it came to taking sides, and Jorgensen walked that balancing act well with his shifty nuances.
Under director Johnson’s guidance, the cast skillfully portrayed complex characters who delivered absurd lines and engaged in dramatic flair. This portrayal presented a farcical and troubling portrait of a king whose grip on power failed to meet his expectations. Rich Lopez, Dallas Voice
Between Riverside & Crazy
Director Ruben Carrazana’s comic pacing feels perfect, but he doesn’t let the sweeter moments slip by...The cast members create vivid portraits—a particularly good trick considering the playwright asks us to re-think how we feel about these characters, sometimes more than once. In this engaging Riverside and Crazy, the whole cast is a standout, and that’s that—I couldn’t pick just two or three. Jan Farrington, OnStage NTX
The edge-of-the-seat intrigue lies in who is sincere, who is lying, who is friend, and who is foe. Moquete and Jorgensen are superb. If either stars in Jekyll and Hyde I’m buying a ticket.
Jorgensen infuses his characters’ lies with great passion. Lt. Caro charms with his Giuliani insults (which, notably, Guirgis wrote in 2014). Lt. Caro tells an astounding lie about his own family...the conversations cleverly expose deeper motivations regarding what the characters are really about. Ann Saucer, The Column
Marie Antoinette
The rest of the cast is an embarrassment of riches...Jim Jorgensen uses his stern looks and stentorian voice to great effect as Marie’s brother Joseph (that would be the Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II). Jill Sweeney, OnStage NTX
Madame Bovary
Jim Jorgensen transformed Charles Bovary, a buffoonish character into one that commanded quiet respect. Ashley Johnson, Katy Trail Weekly
Jim Jorgensen is an empathetic Charles Bovary, rock solid as the stoic, neglected husband...Carol St. George, The Column Online
Madame Bovary is alive and pulsing with adulterous desire, embodied by scintillating Stephanie Cleghorn Jasso, in Adrienne Kennedy’s potent 90-minute adaptation. Charles Bovary attentive, plainspoken Jim Jorgensen...Martha Heimberg, Theatre Jones
The four male characters centered around Emma are well-portrayed by the actors who play them...Charles Bovary and Léon are perhaps the only good men in the play, but a play that focuses on vice is hard-pressed to develop goodness. As a result, although Padilla and, especially, Jorgensen perform their more innocent characters well, we scarcely get to know them....Anna Lowery, Dallas Observer
Holmes and Watson
Stage West’s engaging production...Hatcher’s script is a nice mix of laughter and tension... it’s unclear whether Hatcher intends Holmes and Watson to be played with just a touch—or a slather—of ham-it-up Edwardian style. Director Susan Sargeant...finds a workable middle ground...Jan Farrington, Theatre Jones
Our Town
Doc Gibbs (Jim Jorgensen’s portrayal is wry and empathetic...Jan Farrington, Theatre Jones
Jim Jorgensen contrasts (as a ) calmly reassured husband Doc Gibbs, delivering his lines with a dry sarcasm that brings an added edge of humor into his household...Zac Thriffiley Broadway Theatre World
The actors who took on the roles of Dr. and Mrs. Gibbs, parents of Rebecca and George (Gigi Cervantes and Jim Jorgensen) and Mr. and Mrs. Webb, parents of Emily and Wally (Julienne Greer and Steven Pounders), were spot on...Mildred Austin, The Column Online
How is it We Live or Shakey Jake + Alice
Haunting, poetic and achingly tender, the pitch perfect world premiere...Jim Jorgensen and Shannon Kearns navigate the chronological and emotional journey with quiet, compelling power. Nancy Churnin, Dallas Morning News
Lean and lanky Jorgensen’s Shakey Jake is all skinny muscle and on-the-run male nerves as the bebop owner of a loaded ’68 Cadillac Coupe de Ville, but then touchingly evokes the dismay of the wanderer and army veteran stumbling back toward his beginnings. Jorgensen’s forthright, flesh-bound Jake...The play’s title asks a question about how people manage to live out their lives together. (Director Katherine) Owens once more draws a lyrical, touching and distinctly American answer from her remarkable cast and Jenkin’s time-teasing love story...Martha Heimberg, Theatre Jones
A Lost Leonardo
David Davalos' tantalizing A Lost Leonardo offers a fascinating, speculative historical riff on the life of a genius with insatiable curiosity...The cast...features ... Jim Jorgensen's ingratiatingly evil Cesare Borgia...So get thee to Fort Worth. You won't regret it. Nancy Churnin, Dallas Morning News
Jorgensen has a ball with the conniving Cesare Borgia (a model for the character in Machiavelli’s The Prince)...Jorgensen is a memorably lusty sociopath. A Lost Leonardo is one of Amphibian’s finest full productions of a new play in a while. It’s funny, beautiful, and thoughtfully directed and performed, the kind of play that sticks with you...Mark Lowry Theatre Jones
Quixote
Jorgensen is really good as Quixote. He’s noble and driven – and clueless. I remember seeing him 25 years ago, soon after he graduated from SMU. These days, he’s mastered the kind of weary majesty that comes with age, an essential ingredient for Quixote. But he’s not afraid to look foolish. Jerome Weeks, State of the Arts_KERA
An updated Texas 'Quixote' from Shakespeare Dallas tilts at windmills and wins. Jorgensen's knight brings a dulcet nobility to Quixote that contrasts well with the earthy, frenetic humor of Ramirez as Sancho. Nancy Churnin, Dallas Morning News.
Like the original, we find the idea of man’s action and nature’s laws conflicting in Solis’ exceptional play... is seen in the wonderful performances of Jim Jorgensen as the titular character and Anthony L. Ramirez as his squire, Sancho Panza.
In these characters and actors, we see the conflicts of the human condition laid before us in sparkling layers of clarity and depth. In Jorgensen, succeeding in a difficult role, it’s a man fully embracing while consciously oblivious to the contradiction in his devotion to the code of chivalry—a knight riding an electric scooter in his underclothes. Brian Wilson, Theatre Jones.
Northside Hollow
Jorgensen and Sobel play off each other nicely, finding all the uncomfortable moments of humor in a grim situation...(Jorgensen) gives us a man trying to let little beams of optimism escape through the cracks, but is weighed down by the gravity of his likely fate. It’s a captivating and heartbreaking performance. Mark Lowry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Jorgensen and Sobel turn in terrific performances…As Gene, Jorgensen (...remembered locally as the director of Dallas’ New Theatre Company in the ‘90s) is vital and intense, a man on the brink…Jan Farrington, Theatre Jones
Jorgensen’s emotional vulnerability remained a strong constant throughout the play. Jackie Hoermann-Elliott, Forth Worth Weekly
2017 Best Performance Northside Hollow Critics Choice, Forth Worth Weekly
The Pillowman
Jorgensen and Bradley Foster Smith are marvelously droll and volatile, respectively, as the cops...Washington CityPaper, Chris Klimek
Jorgensen and Smith set the scene with over-the-top-playfulness and imposing physical presences, bringing more than enough comedic chops to make the audience laugh while implying (and sometimes demonstrating) just enough barely-under-the-surface sadism to never make those laughs feel totally comfortable...DCist, Seth Rose
Jorgensen is nothing short of captivating as he reveals glimpses of the true sadist lurking underneath his polished exterior...DC Metro Arts, Michael Poandl
Jorgensen's Tupolski is the real wild card with a performance that is wickedly deranged. Equally, if not more, twisted then Ariel, Jorgensen always leaves us guessing about his character's next move. It's that suspense which, despite the play's flaws, keeps us hooked...Broadwayworld.com Benjamin Tomchik
a "Waiting For Godot" on steroids. Smith and Jorgensen supply marvelous comic brutality, as the sardonic, bickering good cop/bad cop team...MD Theatre Guide, Brian Bochicchio
Jorgensen delivers a much subtler, milder, and calmer approach to his detective, though is not without his breaking points and progressive build-ups as the story unravels. The haughty disregard of actual justice that underscores both Jorgensen and Smith’s performances is jarring but not unsurprising...Amanda N. Gunther, Theatre Bloom
Luckily, the actors are outstanding, with the power, crispness and endurance to make the three hours move. Jim Jorgensen and Bradley Foster Smith play the good/bad cop pair to a faretheewell, and are a classic contrast in body types. They are explosive and creepy, but also occasionally touching and (trust me here) funny....Steve Larocque, Takoma Voice
Entertaining Mr. Sloane
Jorgensen is dynamic and engaging as Ed...Jessica Pearson, DC Theatre Scene
Enter Kath’s conniving brother, Ed, who also has sexual designs on Sloane. As smoothly played by Jim Jorgensen with unctuous seductiveness...John Stoltenberg, DC Metro Theatre Arts
Jim Jorgensen is delightful as the slippery Ed...Barbara Trainin Blank , MD Theatre Guide
Jorgensen was the controlling and sexist older brother. He nailed it, which is kind of
terrifying....Hannah Menchhoff, Broadway World
Hamlet, The First Quarto
Jim Jorgensen excels as Corambis (formerly Polonius)...Alan Katz, DC Theatre Scene
Jim Jorgensen’s Corambis (Polonius in the Folio) is carefully drawn and beautifully modulated to extract every possible shade of meaning. His Gravedigger is frighteningly offhand...Kyd and Jorgensen are especially fine in the “Yorick” scene...Sophia Howes, DC Metro Theatre Arts
Jorgensen’s Corambis...was just so belly laughing funny as well as vivid that I wanted him in every scene...Heather Hill, MD Theatre Guide
The cool factor is fairly high in Taffety Punk Theatre Company’s new “Hamlet.” Taking the stage like fascist sci-fi rock stars, the cast is out to challenge you with Shakespeare’s “bad” quarto — the action-packed, less-flowery first edition published before the more standard versions. Nelson Pressley, Washington Post
As always, the quality of the acting here is quite high, and in the intimate black-box of the Capital Hill Arts Workshop this makes for a thrilling evening of theatre...Andrew White Broadway World
January 12, 2015
There are only a few actors who can make you sweat with fear; Jim Jorgensen is one.... Tim Treanor DC Theatre Scene
Last Days of Judas Iscariot 2014
...the scene-stealing Jim Jorgensen, who imbues the Prince of Darkness with equal parts effortless cool, childlike glee, and viper-tongued malice. Jorgensen employs a bombastic blend of good natured jokes and acrid fire and brimstone to assert his power....Ben Demers, DC Theatre Scene
Jim Jorgensen plays Satan — happily hung over and deliciously evil......Patrick Folliard, Washington Blade
While it may be cliché to make Satan frightening, Jorgensen brings a chilling intimacy to the character... Benjamin Tomchik, Broadway World
Jim Jorgensen is smarmy and terrifying as Satan, a cunning liar, a charming manipulator, and a white-suit-wearing twisted demon seeking to kill, steal and destroy hearts, minds and egos at any opportunity...Sydney-Chanele Dawkins, DC Metro Theatre Arts
Our Suburb
Jim Jorgensen is perfect as her husband..Jorgensen...remains the gold standard in Washington theater for the portrayal of evil....Tim Treanor, DC Theatre Scene
Kathryn Kelley and Jim Jorgensen, both first-rate...John Stoltenberg, DC Metro Theatre Arts
36 Views
Jorgensen and Song bring a crackling chemistry to the central couple of Wheeler and Hearn...Jorgensen shows his versatility by revealing a surprising soft side beneath his flinty exterior. It’s impossible not to root for the rakish Jorgensen, even as the unsavory details of his past and present slowly come into focus...Ben Demers, DC Theatre Scene
Jim Jorgensen is all charm, intelligence, and guile.....Bob Ashby, Showbiz Radio
Played with a Jeff Goldblum-like still intensity by the tall, lean Jim Jorgensen, Darius seems to be a man perfectly in control of his sliver of the world...There is real heat between Darius and Setsuko... Elizabeth Bruce, Broadway World
Jim Jorgensen plays a scheming art dealer, snaky in his approach and lying as it suits his needs regarding the ancient Asian art he sells...Roger Catlin, Washington Post
...shady art dealer Darius Wheeler (Jim Jorgensen, elegantly slimy)..Andrew Lapin, Washington CityPaper
Gilgamesh
In three different roles—a hunter-peasant, the dreaded monster Humbaba, and Noah figure Utnapishtam who materializes near the end of Gilgamesh’s quest—the protean Jim Jorgensen is nearly, and delightfully, unrecognizable as he becomes each character. The costuming helps, but so do his considerable acting skills....Terry Ponick, Washington Times
Jim Jorgensen deserves mention both as a frightening Humbaba and a kindly but realistic Utnapishtam, who survived the great flood — the template for Noah’s — and is the only man granted immortality by the gods.....Bob Ashby, Showbiz Radio
A Clockwork Orange
Jim Jorgensen is chilling and memorable as both the doctor in charge of the Ludovico process and the husband of one of Alex’s victims. Chris Klimek, Washington CityPaper
The Bacchae
...dread and apprehension are in the air, thanks ...rock-solid acting in pivotal messenger role...by Jim Jorgensen, vividly detailing mighty offstage events... Nelson Pressley, Washington Post
...skill is in the acting... Jim Jorgensen, as the slave, (is) outstanding...Pat Davis, DC Metro Theatre Arts
Hedda Gabler
...the most effective and surprising portrayal in this production is Jim Jorgensen’s malevolent and frequently darkly comedic Judge Brack...the most powerfully original performance in the play...Terry Ponick, Washington Times
Judge Brack (played with rewarding grin and grandeur by Jim Jorgensen) ...Waters and Jorgensen are in a league of their own...Hunter Styles, DC Theatre Scene
Jorgensen, for his part, is the most fun to watch onstage, reveling in Brack’s slick, devilish nature...Missy Frederick, Washingtonian
Mad Forest
...a dog (a superb Jim Jorgensen) entreats a vampire to adopt him as his master..the scene, which in the hands of lesser actors might have descended into camp, amounts to a haunting fable...Tzvi Kahn, MD Theatre Guide
...a scene between a Vampire and a dog...Ashley Ivey and Jim Jorgensen really dazzle...Patrick Pho, We Love The Arts
Angels in America Part I
Jorgensen, an actor who profoundly understands the manic joy and energy of evil, is at every instant Roy Cohn, a man who was at every instant himself. Like Heath Ledger playing The Joker, Jorgensen shows us that evil is implacable because it is fearless, and even as the clock runs out ...Jorgensen played Satan in Forum’s Last Days of Judas Iscariot. His Roy Cohn is more frightening...Tim Treanor, DC Theatre Scene
Last Days of Judas Iscariot 2008
Sometimes an evening of theater presents such a collection of riches that the challenge for the audience is to take it all in at one sitting...it is hard to pick out a favorite piece of the puzzle - at least until Jim Jorgensen strides into view as the devil...Brad Hathaway, Potomac Stages
...One of the best casts assembled for a play in recent memory at one of the best theaters in Dallas...Manuel Mendoza, Dallas Morning News
Tim Johnson directs a remarkable cast with a jarring mix of grotesque humor, desperate slapstick, various volumes of guffaws and plaintive sighs—all shrinking to meaningless patter as we watch a self-deluded king forced to confront the reality of human mortality.
Jim Jorgensen is creepy and funny, taking on the mannerisms of expert bossiness as The Doctor, Surgeon, Executioner, Bacteriologist and Astrologer. Martha Heimberg, OnStage NTX
Jim Jorgensen played the hovering doctor with a dynamic energy laced with a distinct comedic style. The character felt duplicitous when it came to taking sides, and Jorgensen walked that balancing act well with his shifty nuances.
Under director Johnson’s guidance, the cast skillfully portrayed complex characters who delivered absurd lines and engaged in dramatic flair. This portrayal presented a farcical and troubling portrait of a king whose grip on power failed to meet his expectations. Rich Lopez, Dallas Voice
Between Riverside & Crazy
Director Ruben Carrazana’s comic pacing feels perfect, but he doesn’t let the sweeter moments slip by...The cast members create vivid portraits—a particularly good trick considering the playwright asks us to re-think how we feel about these characters, sometimes more than once. In this engaging Riverside and Crazy, the whole cast is a standout, and that’s that—I couldn’t pick just two or three. Jan Farrington, OnStage NTX
The edge-of-the-seat intrigue lies in who is sincere, who is lying, who is friend, and who is foe. Moquete and Jorgensen are superb. If either stars in Jekyll and Hyde I’m buying a ticket.
Jorgensen infuses his characters’ lies with great passion. Lt. Caro charms with his Giuliani insults (which, notably, Guirgis wrote in 2014). Lt. Caro tells an astounding lie about his own family...the conversations cleverly expose deeper motivations regarding what the characters are really about. Ann Saucer, The Column
Marie Antoinette
The rest of the cast is an embarrassment of riches...Jim Jorgensen uses his stern looks and stentorian voice to great effect as Marie’s brother Joseph (that would be the Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II). Jill Sweeney, OnStage NTX
Madame Bovary
Jim Jorgensen transformed Charles Bovary, a buffoonish character into one that commanded quiet respect. Ashley Johnson, Katy Trail Weekly
Jim Jorgensen is an empathetic Charles Bovary, rock solid as the stoic, neglected husband...Carol St. George, The Column Online
Madame Bovary is alive and pulsing with adulterous desire, embodied by scintillating Stephanie Cleghorn Jasso, in Adrienne Kennedy’s potent 90-minute adaptation. Charles Bovary attentive, plainspoken Jim Jorgensen...Martha Heimberg, Theatre Jones
The four male characters centered around Emma are well-portrayed by the actors who play them...Charles Bovary and Léon are perhaps the only good men in the play, but a play that focuses on vice is hard-pressed to develop goodness. As a result, although Padilla and, especially, Jorgensen perform their more innocent characters well, we scarcely get to know them....Anna Lowery, Dallas Observer
Holmes and Watson
Stage West’s engaging production...Hatcher’s script is a nice mix of laughter and tension... it’s unclear whether Hatcher intends Holmes and Watson to be played with just a touch—or a slather—of ham-it-up Edwardian style. Director Susan Sargeant...finds a workable middle ground...Jan Farrington, Theatre Jones
Our Town
Doc Gibbs (Jim Jorgensen’s portrayal is wry and empathetic...Jan Farrington, Theatre Jones
Jim Jorgensen contrasts (as a ) calmly reassured husband Doc Gibbs, delivering his lines with a dry sarcasm that brings an added edge of humor into his household...Zac Thriffiley Broadway Theatre World
The actors who took on the roles of Dr. and Mrs. Gibbs, parents of Rebecca and George (Gigi Cervantes and Jim Jorgensen) and Mr. and Mrs. Webb, parents of Emily and Wally (Julienne Greer and Steven Pounders), were spot on...Mildred Austin, The Column Online
How is it We Live or Shakey Jake + Alice
Haunting, poetic and achingly tender, the pitch perfect world premiere...Jim Jorgensen and Shannon Kearns navigate the chronological and emotional journey with quiet, compelling power. Nancy Churnin, Dallas Morning News
Lean and lanky Jorgensen’s Shakey Jake is all skinny muscle and on-the-run male nerves as the bebop owner of a loaded ’68 Cadillac Coupe de Ville, but then touchingly evokes the dismay of the wanderer and army veteran stumbling back toward his beginnings. Jorgensen’s forthright, flesh-bound Jake...The play’s title asks a question about how people manage to live out their lives together. (Director Katherine) Owens once more draws a lyrical, touching and distinctly American answer from her remarkable cast and Jenkin’s time-teasing love story...Martha Heimberg, Theatre Jones
A Lost Leonardo
David Davalos' tantalizing A Lost Leonardo offers a fascinating, speculative historical riff on the life of a genius with insatiable curiosity...The cast...features ... Jim Jorgensen's ingratiatingly evil Cesare Borgia...So get thee to Fort Worth. You won't regret it. Nancy Churnin, Dallas Morning News
Jorgensen has a ball with the conniving Cesare Borgia (a model for the character in Machiavelli’s The Prince)...Jorgensen is a memorably lusty sociopath. A Lost Leonardo is one of Amphibian’s finest full productions of a new play in a while. It’s funny, beautiful, and thoughtfully directed and performed, the kind of play that sticks with you...Mark Lowry Theatre Jones
Quixote
Jorgensen is really good as Quixote. He’s noble and driven – and clueless. I remember seeing him 25 years ago, soon after he graduated from SMU. These days, he’s mastered the kind of weary majesty that comes with age, an essential ingredient for Quixote. But he’s not afraid to look foolish. Jerome Weeks, State of the Arts_KERA
An updated Texas 'Quixote' from Shakespeare Dallas tilts at windmills and wins. Jorgensen's knight brings a dulcet nobility to Quixote that contrasts well with the earthy, frenetic humor of Ramirez as Sancho. Nancy Churnin, Dallas Morning News.
Like the original, we find the idea of man’s action and nature’s laws conflicting in Solis’ exceptional play... is seen in the wonderful performances of Jim Jorgensen as the titular character and Anthony L. Ramirez as his squire, Sancho Panza.
In these characters and actors, we see the conflicts of the human condition laid before us in sparkling layers of clarity and depth. In Jorgensen, succeeding in a difficult role, it’s a man fully embracing while consciously oblivious to the contradiction in his devotion to the code of chivalry—a knight riding an electric scooter in his underclothes. Brian Wilson, Theatre Jones.
Northside Hollow
Jorgensen and Sobel play off each other nicely, finding all the uncomfortable moments of humor in a grim situation...(Jorgensen) gives us a man trying to let little beams of optimism escape through the cracks, but is weighed down by the gravity of his likely fate. It’s a captivating and heartbreaking performance. Mark Lowry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Jorgensen and Sobel turn in terrific performances…As Gene, Jorgensen (...remembered locally as the director of Dallas’ New Theatre Company in the ‘90s) is vital and intense, a man on the brink…Jan Farrington, Theatre Jones
Jorgensen’s emotional vulnerability remained a strong constant throughout the play. Jackie Hoermann-Elliott, Forth Worth Weekly
2017 Best Performance Northside Hollow Critics Choice, Forth Worth Weekly
The Pillowman
Jorgensen and Bradley Foster Smith are marvelously droll and volatile, respectively, as the cops...Washington CityPaper, Chris Klimek
Jorgensen and Smith set the scene with over-the-top-playfulness and imposing physical presences, bringing more than enough comedic chops to make the audience laugh while implying (and sometimes demonstrating) just enough barely-under-the-surface sadism to never make those laughs feel totally comfortable...DCist, Seth Rose
Jorgensen is nothing short of captivating as he reveals glimpses of the true sadist lurking underneath his polished exterior...DC Metro Arts, Michael Poandl
Jorgensen's Tupolski is the real wild card with a performance that is wickedly deranged. Equally, if not more, twisted then Ariel, Jorgensen always leaves us guessing about his character's next move. It's that suspense which, despite the play's flaws, keeps us hooked...Broadwayworld.com Benjamin Tomchik
a "Waiting For Godot" on steroids. Smith and Jorgensen supply marvelous comic brutality, as the sardonic, bickering good cop/bad cop team...MD Theatre Guide, Brian Bochicchio
Jorgensen delivers a much subtler, milder, and calmer approach to his detective, though is not without his breaking points and progressive build-ups as the story unravels. The haughty disregard of actual justice that underscores both Jorgensen and Smith’s performances is jarring but not unsurprising...Amanda N. Gunther, Theatre Bloom
Luckily, the actors are outstanding, with the power, crispness and endurance to make the three hours move. Jim Jorgensen and Bradley Foster Smith play the good/bad cop pair to a faretheewell, and are a classic contrast in body types. They are explosive and creepy, but also occasionally touching and (trust me here) funny....Steve Larocque, Takoma Voice
Entertaining Mr. Sloane
Jorgensen is dynamic and engaging as Ed...Jessica Pearson, DC Theatre Scene
Enter Kath’s conniving brother, Ed, who also has sexual designs on Sloane. As smoothly played by Jim Jorgensen with unctuous seductiveness...John Stoltenberg, DC Metro Theatre Arts
Jim Jorgensen is delightful as the slippery Ed...Barbara Trainin Blank , MD Theatre Guide
Jorgensen was the controlling and sexist older brother. He nailed it, which is kind of
terrifying....Hannah Menchhoff, Broadway World
Hamlet, The First Quarto
Jim Jorgensen excels as Corambis (formerly Polonius)...Alan Katz, DC Theatre Scene
Jim Jorgensen’s Corambis (Polonius in the Folio) is carefully drawn and beautifully modulated to extract every possible shade of meaning. His Gravedigger is frighteningly offhand...Kyd and Jorgensen are especially fine in the “Yorick” scene...Sophia Howes, DC Metro Theatre Arts
Jorgensen’s Corambis...was just so belly laughing funny as well as vivid that I wanted him in every scene...Heather Hill, MD Theatre Guide
The cool factor is fairly high in Taffety Punk Theatre Company’s new “Hamlet.” Taking the stage like fascist sci-fi rock stars, the cast is out to challenge you with Shakespeare’s “bad” quarto — the action-packed, less-flowery first edition published before the more standard versions. Nelson Pressley, Washington Post
As always, the quality of the acting here is quite high, and in the intimate black-box of the Capital Hill Arts Workshop this makes for a thrilling evening of theatre...Andrew White Broadway World
January 12, 2015
There are only a few actors who can make you sweat with fear; Jim Jorgensen is one.... Tim Treanor DC Theatre Scene
Last Days of Judas Iscariot 2014
...the scene-stealing Jim Jorgensen, who imbues the Prince of Darkness with equal parts effortless cool, childlike glee, and viper-tongued malice. Jorgensen employs a bombastic blend of good natured jokes and acrid fire and brimstone to assert his power....Ben Demers, DC Theatre Scene
Jim Jorgensen plays Satan — happily hung over and deliciously evil......Patrick Folliard, Washington Blade
While it may be cliché to make Satan frightening, Jorgensen brings a chilling intimacy to the character... Benjamin Tomchik, Broadway World
Jim Jorgensen is smarmy and terrifying as Satan, a cunning liar, a charming manipulator, and a white-suit-wearing twisted demon seeking to kill, steal and destroy hearts, minds and egos at any opportunity...Sydney-Chanele Dawkins, DC Metro Theatre Arts
Our Suburb
Jim Jorgensen is perfect as her husband..Jorgensen...remains the gold standard in Washington theater for the portrayal of evil....Tim Treanor, DC Theatre Scene
Kathryn Kelley and Jim Jorgensen, both first-rate...John Stoltenberg, DC Metro Theatre Arts
36 Views
Jorgensen and Song bring a crackling chemistry to the central couple of Wheeler and Hearn...Jorgensen shows his versatility by revealing a surprising soft side beneath his flinty exterior. It’s impossible not to root for the rakish Jorgensen, even as the unsavory details of his past and present slowly come into focus...Ben Demers, DC Theatre Scene
Jim Jorgensen is all charm, intelligence, and guile.....Bob Ashby, Showbiz Radio
Played with a Jeff Goldblum-like still intensity by the tall, lean Jim Jorgensen, Darius seems to be a man perfectly in control of his sliver of the world...There is real heat between Darius and Setsuko... Elizabeth Bruce, Broadway World
Jim Jorgensen plays a scheming art dealer, snaky in his approach and lying as it suits his needs regarding the ancient Asian art he sells...Roger Catlin, Washington Post
...shady art dealer Darius Wheeler (Jim Jorgensen, elegantly slimy)..Andrew Lapin, Washington CityPaper
Gilgamesh
In three different roles—a hunter-peasant, the dreaded monster Humbaba, and Noah figure Utnapishtam who materializes near the end of Gilgamesh’s quest—the protean Jim Jorgensen is nearly, and delightfully, unrecognizable as he becomes each character. The costuming helps, but so do his considerable acting skills....Terry Ponick, Washington Times
Jim Jorgensen deserves mention both as a frightening Humbaba and a kindly but realistic Utnapishtam, who survived the great flood — the template for Noah’s — and is the only man granted immortality by the gods.....Bob Ashby, Showbiz Radio
A Clockwork Orange
Jim Jorgensen is chilling and memorable as both the doctor in charge of the Ludovico process and the husband of one of Alex’s victims. Chris Klimek, Washington CityPaper
The Bacchae
...dread and apprehension are in the air, thanks ...rock-solid acting in pivotal messenger role...by Jim Jorgensen, vividly detailing mighty offstage events... Nelson Pressley, Washington Post
...skill is in the acting... Jim Jorgensen, as the slave, (is) outstanding...Pat Davis, DC Metro Theatre Arts
Hedda Gabler
...the most effective and surprising portrayal in this production is Jim Jorgensen’s malevolent and frequently darkly comedic Judge Brack...the most powerfully original performance in the play...Terry Ponick, Washington Times
Judge Brack (played with rewarding grin and grandeur by Jim Jorgensen) ...Waters and Jorgensen are in a league of their own...Hunter Styles, DC Theatre Scene
Jorgensen, for his part, is the most fun to watch onstage, reveling in Brack’s slick, devilish nature...Missy Frederick, Washingtonian
Mad Forest
...a dog (a superb Jim Jorgensen) entreats a vampire to adopt him as his master..the scene, which in the hands of lesser actors might have descended into camp, amounts to a haunting fable...Tzvi Kahn, MD Theatre Guide
...a scene between a Vampire and a dog...Ashley Ivey and Jim Jorgensen really dazzle...Patrick Pho, We Love The Arts
Angels in America Part I
Jorgensen, an actor who profoundly understands the manic joy and energy of evil, is at every instant Roy Cohn, a man who was at every instant himself. Like Heath Ledger playing The Joker, Jorgensen shows us that evil is implacable because it is fearless, and even as the clock runs out ...Jorgensen played Satan in Forum’s Last Days of Judas Iscariot. His Roy Cohn is more frightening...Tim Treanor, DC Theatre Scene
Last Days of Judas Iscariot 2008
Sometimes an evening of theater presents such a collection of riches that the challenge for the audience is to take it all in at one sitting...it is hard to pick out a favorite piece of the puzzle - at least until Jim Jorgensen strides into view as the devil...Brad Hathaway, Potomac Stages
