FOR THE STAGE

Songs Without Words

Winner of the 2024 M. Elizabeth Osborn Award from the American Theater Critics Association.
An original solo play about gender and genius, family and fame, siblinghood and the power of art.
Critics' Pick of the Fringe, Cincinnati Fringe Festival
Pick of the Fringe & Audience Favorite, Green Bay Fringe
Best International Show, Saskatoon Fringe Festival
Venue Pick & Members Pick, Minnesota Fringe Festival
​Audience Favorite, Elgin Fringe Festival
​Premiered August 2023 at the Milwaukee Fringe Festival
Cast Size: 1 | Run Time: 70 minutes | Tech: Limited

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ENOUGH! Plays to End Gun Violence

Jennifer wrote the Prologue/Epilogue for the 2023 ENOUGH! Plays to End Gun Violence anthology. It premiered live at Kennedy Center in November 2023 and will be published with the six winning plays by Dramatists, Inc. in 2024.

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Read more at Jennifer's NPX page! You'll find...

• ABUZZ: a ten-minute play for preteens and teens about choices, success, unlikely friendships...and spelling bees. Premiered at Saint Mary's College, December 2015.
• MEDEA: an original 75-minute adaptation of Euripides's iconic tragedy based on the translation by Ian Johnston. Premiered at Voices Found Repertory, December 2018.

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FOR THE PAGE

Arts Midwest, "What Happens When Teens Are Paid to Work in the Arts?"

Arts Midwest, "Meet Ryan K. Johnson, Percussive Dance Leader"

Arts Midwest, "The Messy Art of Asking for Help"

U.S. Catholic, "'Andor' reminds us of the deadly price of inaction"

Arts Midwest, "Meet Aimee Lee, Bringing the Art of Korean Papermaking to the Midwest"

Arts Midwest, "Meet Martha Buche, Potawatomi Artist and Bowl-Maker"

Arts Midwest, "Meet Stafford Berry, Teaching Embodiment Through African Dance"

Arts Midwest, "Meet Gean Vincent Almendras, Teacher of Traditional Philippine Music"

U.S. Catholic, "The Decemberists’ latest album finds comfort in discomfort"

Arts Midwest, "A Chicago Cafe That Brews Creativity"

U.S. Catholic, "'Prelude to Ecstasy' balances beauty with skepticism"

Global Sisters Report, "Q&A with Sr. Judy Zielinski on the future of U.S. sisters"

Global Sisters Report, "Q&A with Sr. Mary Ellen Lacy, 'Nun on the Bus'"

Commonweal Magazine, "An Easter Revival: Fanny Mendelssohn finally gets her due"

National Catholic Reporter, "'My Life With the Jedi' mines the spirituality of 'Star Wars' and Ignatius"

U.S. Catholic, "For Angela Sauer, acting is a way to say 'yes'"

U.S. Catholic, "Janelle Monáe challenges people of faith to rethink pleasure"

U.S. Catholic, "In Neil Gaiman's first studio album, a meditation on death"

U.S. Catholic, "Let your inner Shakespeare guide you this Holy Week"

U.S. Catholic, "Long Mama's debut album is all about honesty"

U.S. Catholic - "'Tár' is a reminder that genius is often a mask for abuse"

U.S. Catholic - "'The Princess' questions our sanitized view of history"

Wealth of Geeks - "Top Star Wars Musical Moments NOT Written by John Williams"

Wealth of Geeks, "Top 10 Star Wars Moments That Made Us Cry"

National Catholic Reporter, "Netflix's 'Arcane' reminds us we know neither the day nor the hour of reckoning"

Milwaukee Independent, "A visit to Kyiv that offered insight, awareness, and an inspiration for solidarity"

National Catholic Reporter, "The radical, healing message of 'A Christmas Carol'"

America Magazine, "After a hellish year, Jesuit playwright Bill Cain's '9 Circles' reminds us of the power of storytelling"

National Catholic Reporter, "New novel asks: What if next pandemic kills off male species?"

National Catholic Reporter, "Netflix's 'Space Sweepers' asks us to reject a throwaway culture"

Wanderher, "The frizzle-haired woman who knocked me over"

National Catholic Reporter, "In an age of institutional failure, Star Wars is saving my faith"

Medium, "The Working Artist Needs Your Solidarity"

My features and essays often explore the intersections of storytelling, spirituality, gender, and the arts. Along with the essays posted here, I have written half a dozen book reviews for Grab the Lapels, a travel article for Baker Street Babes, another feature for National Catholic Reporter in 2016, and a biweekly column for The Observer of Notre Dame and Saint Mary's from 2015 to 2016.  I've also freelanced for clients including ENOUGH! Plays to End Gun Violence, a small nonprofit, a myofascial release clinic, and a physical therapy clinic.

Creative writing projects include short fiction published in Slippery Elm Literary Journal and Bridge: The Bluffton Literary Journal ​and poetry published in Indiana's Best Emerging Poets and America's Emerging Poets: Illinois, Minnesota, and Wisconsin.

Have any questions? Want to see more? Let's chat!

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photo by Jeff Kurysz