Cred MFA acting and theatre, New York University; BA drama, Bennington College

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Livelihood Theater professor, College of Arts and Sciences; faculty member at Folger Shakespeare Library Teaching Shakespeare Institute

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Interests Multicultural theater, Shakespeare

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Focus Preparing for Spring AU production of Measure for Measure

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Recent Awards Grant from Kennedy Center’s Fund for New American Plays, Heideman Award from the Actor’s Theatre of Louisville

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Last Book You Read The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family by Annette Gordon-Reed

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What Keeps You Up At Night? “I keep thinking that if I can put the right words in the right characters’ mouths, suddenly all human beings will get along.”

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Are You a Wonk? “If wonk means intellectual voracity, passion, engagement, with a tad of confidence in the face of all the odds, yes.”

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Additional Links
AU Profile
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Caleen Jennings “physicalizes” lines from Romeo and Juliet
Performing Arts Department
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