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
  • January 2019: Kittiwake Dance Theatre
  • March 2019: PerSIStence Theatre
  • March 2019: Business and the Arts NL