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About Jenn

I’m an NYC-based Director/Choreographer. I love the work of making new musicals and creating unique theatrical events for theatre and television. My life theatre-making has taken me all over the world, creating art for all types of audiences.

PRISON DANCER THE MUSICAL & OTHER WORLD-A NEW MUSICAL are both new musicals that I am developing as director.

As an Associate Creative Producer for AMERICA’S GOT TALENT Season 17, 18 & 19, & the spin-off series AGT ALL-STARS & AGT-FANTASY LEAGUE, the talents I work with are vast & diverse. I help magicians, singers, aerialists, & novelty acts make their performing dreams come true. Under creative directors - Brian Burke Creative & Sagiv Karpel, we give these talents their star-making moments.

I also recently worked with Brian Burke Creative on the epic season launch for Formula 1, F175 LIVE AT THE O2. We are currently in development for an F1 immersive, interactive walk-through experience in Las Vegas, F1 X.

THE ILLUSIONISTS is a huge variety-style magic show that I have been the Associate Director/Choreographer of for the past ten years. I’ve been with it all 5 years on Broadway, playing the The Neil Simon, The Marquee, & The Palace. It is fast-paced in both performance & tech, a rock-n-roll style show in the truest sense with rotating casts and changing run orders - where people fly, are cut in half, are hung upside-down & escape from a straight jacket while lit on fire! It has taken me to Broadway, London’s West End, the Sydney Opera House, Follies Bergere-Paris, multiple US Tours, Thailand, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Mexico, Hong Kong & others. THE ILLUSIONISTS is magic at its finest.

As choreographer, I’ve worked with casts of over 100 in two Community Works productions at Williamstown Theatre Festival, where inclusivity was the driving force & inspiration. My steps have been performed by Dora The Explorer, SpongeBob Squarepants & Scooby-Doo, and have been seen on the stages of Theatre Calgary and The Old Globe in original productions.

Choreographer & Creative Director for Disney Recording Group’s a cappella group, D CAPPELLA. We toured the US & Japan and have done everything from music videos to ABC Specials to the Hollywood Bowl.

I’ve introduced international young audiences to the joys of musical theatre. I got to work with local casts & crews in their language, working for companies such as Dreamworks, Nickelodeon, Disney Creative Entertainment, and Warner Brothers Entertainment on original musicals based on their popular cartoons. I have worked with casts in English, Spanish, Italian, Turkish, Japanese, Portuguese, Dutch, German, Korean, Cantonese, Mandarin, Hebrew, and French. Inspiring the next generation of theatre goers & artists has always been important work for me.

On the high seas, I have directed/choreographed/created shows for Norwegian Cruise Line - LE CIRQUE BIJOU (a mix of aerial circus, music & dance), HEADLINERS (video-heavy, hits-driven concert show), JERSEY BOYS (original Broadway design/direction) & LEGALLY BLONDE. I am also the current creator/choreographer for Lego dance party parades for MSC.