theatre: directing
Jennifer is a creative and versatile director with experience directing both plays and musicals. With a precise focus on plot, character and relationships her storytelling is clear and her visual stage pictures pleasing to the eye. Her goal is to tell stories with depth, heart as well as relevance to a 21st-century audience.
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EDUCATION
MFA in Theatre Directing | East 15 Acting School/University of Essex. London, UK
Music Theatre Performance Program Honours Graduate | Sheridan College, Canada
directing EXPERIENCE
THEATRE - DIRECTING
THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA
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HONK
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THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA
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EVERY SILVER LINING
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MACBETH
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BECOMING DR. RUTH
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THE SHAPE OF A GIRL (London premiere)
EMILY the musical (American premiere)
THE MUSIC MAN (site-specific)
HAIRSPRAY
BEST OF ENEMIES
THE HEIRESS
AS YOU LIKE IT
BYE BYE BIRDIE
SHAKESPEARE’S WOMEN
| Talk Is Free Theatre (Zoom Reading)/Barrie, ON, CANADA
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| St Lawrence College/Brockville, ON, CANADA
| Michael Langham Director's Project/Stratford Festival 2019
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| Toronto Fringe Festival 2019/Next Stage Festival 2020
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| Michael Langham Director's Project/Stratford Festival 2018
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| Bluff City Theater/Hannibal, MO, USA
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| The Calder Theatre, The Cut/London, UK
| Bluff City Theater/Hannibal, MO, USA
| Talk Is Free Theatre/Barrie, ON, CANADA
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| YES Theatre/Sudbury, ON, CANADA
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| Bluff City Theater/Hannibal, MO, USA
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| Bluff City Theater/Hannibal, MO, USA
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| East 15/London, UK
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| Talk Is Free Theatre/Barrie, ON, CANADA
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| Theatre Sheridan/Oakville, ON, CANADA
THEATRE – ASSISTANT DIRECTING
OTHELLO
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LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT
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HMS PINAFORE
THE WEDDING PARTY
THE LIBERTINE
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| Stratford Festival/Nigel Shawn Williams
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| Stratford Festival/Miles Potter
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| Stratford Festival/Lezlie Wade
| Crow’s Theatre/Toronto/Chris Abraham
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| Talk Is Free Theatre/Jeannette Lambermont
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EAST 15 DIRECTING MODULES
ADAPTATION
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THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
COLLABORATION
CONTEMPORARY BRITISH DRAMA
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DEVISED THEATRE
MEYERHOLD AND THE SYSTEM
SHAKESPEARE
THEATRE OF THE EAST
| East 15/University of Essex, London, UK
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| East 15/University of Essex, London, UK
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| East 15/University of Essex, London, UK
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| East 15/University of Essex, London, UK
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| East 15/University of Essex, London, UK
| Gitis School, Moscow, Russia
| East 15/University of Essex, London, UK
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| ISI University, Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia
DIRECTING INSTRUCTORS
Stephen Unwin, Robert Ike, David Gothard, Mike Alfreds, John Caird, David Edgar, Neil Bartlett, Matthew Lloyd, Phillip Ridley, Michael Boyd, Che Walker, Vladimir Baicher, I Nyoman Sedana, Leon Rubin, Martha Henry, Ian Watson and Thomas Moschopoulous
TRAINING PROGRAMS
Michael Langham Workshop for Classical Direction
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Theatre Training Program for Classical Direction
Metcalf Grant for Directing
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| Stratford Festival
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| Theatre Ontario
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| Talk Is Free Theatre
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| 2018, 2019
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| 2016
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| 2007
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