Jake Hames

Midwest native, Jake Hames first stepped into acting at the University of Wisconsin, Stout. There he appeared in several plays including Woody Allen's "God" as Diabetes and Stephen Sondheim's "Assassins" as Charles Guiteau. Jake then transferred schools to the University of Minnesota, Duluth in order to focus strictly on acting. His first play at UMD was an original piece that chronicled the events of the Holocaust called "Dear Finder" which was selected at the American College Theatre Festival (ACTF) in 1999. Soon after, Jake moved to Chicago, where he continues to enjoy acting in original material including Thomas Doyle Piwnicki and Joe Elseys Zombie comedy, "Stay Dead" as Russell and Dan Pico's World War II Drama, "Two Days in Limbo" as Al. Jake will nest be seen in Boathouse Studios and Compost Productions feature length horror film, "Stump the Band".