James Rice is an actor and teacher. He attended the University of Washington, Skidmore College (BA, Theatre) and New York University (MA, Theatre). He is Senior Lecturer of Theatre at Dartmouth College, specializing in acting and voice training since 1997. He studied acting in New York with the twentieth-century masters Sanford Meisner and Uta Hagen. Later he trained with Kristin Linklater and was designated as a teacher of her vocal approach in 1992. Believing that "theatre is rehearsal for living," James' interest is in how actor-based training techniques and autobiographical storytelling facilitate empathy, trust, and community building. In 2012, he met Andrew Garrod, who invited him to join Youth Bridge Global and co-direct Shakespeare's As You Like It in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Subsequently, he assisted with productions of Romeo and Juliet in Kigali, Rwanda (2013) and Romeo and Juliet in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2016).