"In theater and dance alike, technique is important. But when onstage, you need to let your training carry you forward into the unknown, Papa reflected."

—BingU NEWS
“Krampf’s acting added to the comedy of the show, especially when paired alongside… Jane Bennet, played by Jamie Papa.”

— BU Pipe Dream
"Jamie Papa, a first-year master’s student studying theater, sang in English and Filipino..."

— BU Pipe Dream

Jamie Papa

(she/her/hers)

Jamie Papa is a Filipino artist based in upstate New York— and is an artist of different forms. Her voice has echoed and reached diverse facets of song, acting, dance, literature, journalism, visual arts, and academics.

She made her professional debut as a Katipunera in Areté Ateneo’s revival of 2Bayani: Isang (A) Rock Opera directed by the late Ricardo Abad. She proceeded to make her international debut as Kim in Miss Saigon (Guam), and then performed as an ensemble/swing in Zsazsa Zaturnnah the Musical…’Yun Lang! with the Ateneo Blue Repertory.

After she graduated Magna Cum Laude in BA English Studies: Literature from the University of the Philippines Diliman, Jamie instantly received graceful opportunity to study MA Theatre in the State University of New York at Binghamton with the Graduate Student of the Arts Scholarship. She is also a teaching assistant, and has sung in NYC cabarets. Both in the Philippines and America, she has learned much from a wide array of wonderful artists and writers such as Anton Juan, Missy Maramara, Jojo Urquico, Anne Brady, Lisa Rothe, Chester Cruz, Olive Nieto, Conchitina Cruz, and Elizabeth Mozer.

On the side, she writes a lot— mostly poems, scholarship, and creative nonfiction— and has been working on English-to-Filipino translation.

Her top three shows at the moment are Hadestown, Maybe Happy Ending, and Next to Normal. She also has a big collection of pressed flowers and leaves, which she has been curating since 2017. She has unfortunately (and unintentionally) abandoned her Animal Crossings: New Horizons island since 2023 and fears Tom Nook has already closed her house down in protest.