Jenn Thompson

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Jenn Thompson is a freelance, Drama Desk-nominated director whose work has been seen in NYC and at theaters across the country, including The Denver Center, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Hartford Stage, Goodspeed Musicals, St. Louis Rep, Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, City Theatre, and many others.

Recent work for Off-Broadway's Mint Theatre Company includes the critically-acclaimed productions of Conflict and Women Without Men, which garnered 2016 Lortel and Off-Broadway Alliance Award nominations for Outstanding Revival as well as 5 Drama Desk Award nominations including Outstanding Director and Revival.

Jenn served as Co-Artistic Director of Off-Broadway's TACT/The Actors Company Theatre from 2011 to 2015. Her directing credits for the company earned a 2012 Drama Desk nomination for her revised revival of Neil Simon’s Lost in Yonkers as well as an Off-Broadway Alliance Award for her production of Beth Henley’s play Abundance. She is married to actor Stephen Kunken. They live in Brooklyn with their daughter, Naomi. www.jennthompsondirector.com