About Jenn

Highlights

• Based in St. John's, NL Canada
• Producing artistic director of PerSIStence Theatre Company (2017-current)
• 20 years as artistic director of the Shakespeare by the Sea Festival (1995-2015)
• Recipient of Woman of Distinction Arts & Culture Award (2018) and Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal for Arts & Culture (2013)
• CHRC sector trainer for Maintaining Respectful Workplaces in the Arts, specializing in workshop delivery for theatre, Atlantic Canadian, and/or feminism-related arts organizations. Upcoming workshops:
  • November 2019: Association of Professional Theatre of Newfoundland & Labrador (APTNL)
  • November 2019: Creative PEI
  • December 2019: Great Canadian Theatre Company
  • January 2020: Kittiwake Dance Theatre
    
  • February 2020: PerSIStence Theatre, in partnership with the Arts & Culture Centres
    
  • March 2020: Business and the Arts NL