Jennifer Sandella

A Brooklyn based theatre artist with a foundation in classical text and performance. Jennifer began acting at the age of seven, growing up in New York’s Greenwich Village. She pursued her love for the theatre, earning a BFA in Theatre Performance (Shakespeare focus) from Hofstra University. While acting professionally she discovered a passion and talent for directing and producing her own work and traveled to London to study at the prestigious Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (MA - Text and Performance/Directing Pathway). Since returning to the States she has been working as the Artistic Director for Random Access Theatre (www.randomaccesstheatre.com) and directing independent projects, including new works and musicals, in New York City. Recent directing projects include: Rosmersholm (The Old Stone House/Random Access Theatre), The Taming of the Shrew (Brooklyn Bridge Park: Shakespeare at Sunset), Save the Robots (West Village Musical Theatre Festival/NYMF), Friends Scream for 2 Days (2014 NYC DADA Festival) Reach (DreamUp Festival, Theater for the New City), Anthem, (Directed/Adapted, Random Access Theatre, NYC), The Shape of Things (Estrana Theatre Co., NYC), Subway Savant, A New Musical (Dramatists Guild, NYC) Highway Blue – A New Play with Music, (world premiere - Manhattan Shakespeare Project, NYC), Nesting, (world premiere - Token Collective, WalkerSpace, NYC). Jennifer is an associate member of the SDC, a 2015 resident artist the The Drama League, an assistant director on the 24 Hour Plays (Broadway and Musicals, NYC) and a member of the Director's Lab West ('14). www.jennifersandella.com