About

Jennifer fell in love with stories when, as a child, she would read under the blankets long past bedtime, flashlight in hand. She spent her teen years acting in school plays, then toured with a repertory theatre company that partnered with school boards to provide wide-ranging theatrical experiences to high school students.​ She is a Theatre Ontario award-winning director and designer and the founding artistic director of CAST Theatre Company, an interdisciplinary arts program for young people that operated out of the Market Centre Theatre (1996-2016). Many of her students have gone on to professional careers, with credits across Canada and the US.

A prize-winning essayist (Eden Mills Literary Contest, Stratford Writers Festival), Jennifer's creative work has appeared in WOW Magazine, Canada Is Our Poem Anthology, The National Arts Centre's Canada Performs Series, The GOLD Poetry Project, and elsewhere. ​She has published two children's books: wish - a collaboration with acclaimed artist Shane Norrie, and Iris and Cora - Adventures of the Tall Cousins, illustrated by Krystan Maclean. Most recently, she has been a Contest Reader for the International Amy MacRae Award for Memoir, and Creative Director for Provocation Ideas Festival's True Tapestries writing/performing initiative. 

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Jennifer loves design of all kinds, hanging with her gaggle of granddaughters and adventuring with her mini-Aussie, Betsy. She co-owns and operates jpvoiceovers with her partner in all things, Jason. They work out of their home studio in Stratford, ON.