Staff Spotlight – Jordan Reiff
Hi, I’m Jordan! I spent five years as a camper at North Star and four years as a counselor from 2002 to 2010 (meaning that Jordan is returning for his Big Ten!). I was born and raised in Skokie, Illinois, where I graduated from Niles North High School in 2009. I am finishing my final year at Ithaca College in Ithaca, NY where I am studying Drama with a minor in writing.
I spent a semester in New Zealand with the National Outdoor Leadership School — which basically meant living in a tent for 77 days. And I studied for another semester at an intensive theatre academy. I spend my free time reading, watching movies, and cooking. At camp, I teach theatre games, mountain biking, and rock climbing. But I also love horseback riding and ultimate frisbee!
More About Jordan
Favorite project at camp (that you don’t necessarily instruct): Speedball!
Your three favorite movies of all time: ‘O Brother, Where Art Thou’, ‘Waiting for Gufman’ and ‘The Departed’
Preferred wanegan offering: Peanut Butter M&M’s
Best evening program at camp: Espionage!
Favorite cartoon character: Tommy Pickles
Favorite camp (card) game: Euchre
If you could have lunch with any two people, dead or alive, who would they be?: Groucho Marx and Anton Chekhov
What is your dream job?:
I’d love to be the Artistic Director of a theatre company. Outside of
the whole theatre thing, I would travel and write about it.
A little known fact about yourself: For a scene in a theatre class once, I learned to do a backflip by running up a wall.
