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Jenny Koons is a New York-based director. She specializes in bringing diverse artists together to create original cross-disciplinary work. Recent collaborators include 2015 Female Beatbox World Champion Kaila Mullady, actor/poet/playwright Craig 'muMs' Grant, globe-trotting DJ Rich Medina, Ex Machina video artist David Leclerc, international tabla innovator Gurpreet Chana, The Dance Cartel, The TEAM, Cirque De Demain award-winning artist Kyle Driggs, chefs Tyrell and Hopkins of Lucullan Foods, and jazz composer Noah Agruss.



Recent projects: Instant SPKRBOX (SPKRBOX Festival commission, Norway), Bars and Measures (NNPN world premiere),Gimme Shelter (Why Not Theatre, Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games commission), I'm Not the Stranger You Think I Am (Theatre for One, Arts Brookfield), Wet Clutch (La Mama), Abyme (Philadelphia School of Circus Arts, Dixon Place), A Sucker Emcee (LAByrinth Theater, SPKRBOX Festival, Verkstedhallen, Dramatikkens Hus), Queen of the Night (2014 Drama Desk Award), The Odyssey Project 2012 (Dixon Place, Site-specific across NYC). Jenny has created work for unconventional venues including Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week New York, Diamond Horseshoe Nightclub, Brooklyn Botanic Gardens, and The Invisible Dog Art Center. Guest director at the LAByrinth Theater Intensive Ensemble. She has been an artist in residence at the Playwrights’ Centre Montreal (2015), Philadelphia School of Circus Arts (2015), SPACE on Ryder Farm (2014), and The Invisible Dog Art Center (2011). Jenny is the co-founder of Artists 4 Change NYC (National Black Theatre) and serves on the advisory panel for Artistic Directors of the Future, a UK-based initiative. She is a 2016 director for the Playground at The Lark Play Development Center. Jenny joined the SPACE on Ryder Farm curation team in 2015 with the mission of increasing diversity and equity within artist residency programming.

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David Byrne To Present AMAZING HUMANS DOING AMAZING THINGS! Variety Show At NYC Town Hall

David Byrne will host a variety show at NYC's Town Hall on October 8 to celebrate the 5th anniversary of his project, REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL.
Video: Watch a New Trailer For THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST at Baltimore Center Stage

An all new trailer has been released from Baltimore Center Stage's regional premiere of a new adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest by Jenny Koons. Check out the video here!
Photos: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST Preps For Baltimore Center Stage Premiere

Baltimore Center Stage is preparing for the regional premiere of a new adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest by Jenny Koons. See photos of the cast in action. 
Review: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST Zips Along at Pittsburgh Public Theater

Oscar Wilde's comedy of manners, lightly reconceived as a screwball farce, is a refreshing summer treat.
New Adaptation of THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST Comes to Pittsburgh Public Theater

Pittsburgh Public Theater has announced the full cast and creative team for its upcoming new adaptation of THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST from acclaimed director Jenny Koons, on stage March 27 to April 14 at the O'Reilly Theater.
Interview: Kristen Adele Calhoun Excitedly World Premieres Her BLACK CYPRESS BAYOU

The world premiere of Kristen Adele Calhoun’s Black Cypress Bayou has already begun at the Geffen Playhouse. Tiffany Nichole Greene directs the cast of: Amber Chardae Robinson, Brandee Evans, Angela Lewis and Kimberly Scott. After a successful opening weekend, Kristen managed to find some time to answer a few of my queries.
Cole Escola's OH, MARY! to be Presented at the Lucille Lortel Theatre This January

A limited Off-Broadway engagement will be presented of Oh, Mary!, a new and ridiculous comedy written by and starring Cole Escola (in their Off Broadway debut), the award-winning, viral writer and comedian known for “Search Party,” “The Other Two,” and more.
World Premiere Of HOTEL HAPPY to be Presented at Houses on the Moon Theater Company This Winter

Houses on the Moon Theater Company will present the world premiere of the play HOTEL HAPPY, written by Camilo Almonacid (The Assignment), directed by Estefanía Fadul (Repertorio Español's Eva Luna), and featuring puppet direction by Matt Acheson (Broadway's War Horse).
The National Theatre Conference Reveals 2023 Award Recepients

The National Theatre Conference announces its 2023 award recipients, including Jacob G. Padrón as Person of the Year, Deaf West Theatre for Outstanding Theater, a.k. payne for Stavis Playwriting, Isabel Pask for The Paul Green, and Joshua Castille for Emerging Professional.
Stevie Walker-Webb Appointed Artistic Director of Baltimore Center Stage

Baltimore Center Stage has announced that Tony Award-nominated and Obie Award winning director Stevie Walker-Webb will join the company as Artistic Director. Learn more about when Walker-Webb will take over the role here!
All Tickets Now On Sale For Pittsburgh Public Theater 2023/2024 Season

Tickets are now on sale for the 2023/2024 season at Pittsburgh Public Theater (Artistic Director Marya Sea Kaminski, Managing Director Shaunda McDill).
Baltimore Center Stage to Celebrate 23/24 Season with Exclusive 50% Off Offer

Baltimore Center Stage is offering an exclusive 50% off offer to celebrate the launch of single tickets for their 23/24 season. Don't miss this limited-time promotion available from August 1-4, 2023.
Full Cast & Creative Team Unveiled for The Acting Company's World Premiere of Lisa Peterson's ODYSSEY 

The Acting Company has revealed the full cast and creative team for Lisa Peterson's world premiere of ODYSSEY. Get all the details and book your tickets now.
THE 24 HOUR MUSICALS Makes Its Live Return To NYC, June 26

On June 26, 2023, distinguished artists from across the entertainment industry will come together at Classic Stage Company's Lynn F. Angelson Theater for The 24 Hour Musicals, an intensive theatrical endeavor where artists write, rehearse and perform four new musicals in 24 hours.
Jillian Walker's THE WHITNEY ALBUM Comes to Soho Rep This Month

Soho Rep presents the world premiere of multidisciplinary theater-maker, musician, and composer Jillian Walker's The Whitney Album. Walker's ritual performance flows between incantation, love lecture, scene, and song as it considers the labor of performance itself and honors the legacy of Whitney Houston and so many other Black women beloved, and consumed, for their art.
World Premieres & More to Complete Pittsburgh Public Theater 2023/2024 Season

Pittsburgh Public Theater has announced the remaining four titles of the 2023/2024 season at The Public, including world premieres, exciting adaptations and stories from Broadway stars.
Jillian Walker's THE WHITNEY ALBUM Premieres at Soho Rep in May

Soho Rep presents the world premiere of multidisciplinary theater-maker and “imaginary historian” Jillian Walker's The Whitney Album, a meditation on the artist's relationship to Whitney Houston's work and personal life, and perceptions of both in the American imagination. The production concludes a 2022-23 Soho Rep season consisting entirely of works commissioned by the organization
LADY DAY AT EMERSON'S BAR AND GRILL and More Set For Baltimore Center Stage 2023/2024 Mainstage Season

Baltimore Center Stage has announced the complete 2023/24 Season, the final season programmed by Stephanie Ybarra in her tenure as Artistic Director. Memberships for the 23/24 Season go on sale on May 18, 2023, and single ticket sales will go on sale in the summer. Learn more about the full lineup here!
MAHABHARATA World Premiere Begins Previews This Week at The Shaw Festival

The long-awaited contemporary adaptation of Mahabharata, the four-thousand-year-old Sanskrit epic, begins previews with Mahabharata: Karma (Part 1) on February 28, followed by Mahabharata: Dharma (Part 2) on March 1, at The Shaw’s Festival Theatre.
Playwrights Horizons Announces Accessibility Super Nights For THE TREES and REGRETFULLY, SO THE BIRDS ARE

Playwrights Horizons has announced a schedule of performances of its next two productions—Agnes Borinsky's The Trees, directed by Tina Satter and co-produced with Page 73 Productions, and Julia Izumi's Regretfully, So the Birds Are, directed by Jenny Koons and co-produced with WP Theater—for which it will provide various accessibility services.

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