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Jenna Papke

Last updated

March 7, 2018
 

Biography

Jenna Papke is the Executive Director of Arts Nest, which manages the Phoenix Theater. In her free time (such as it it), she is a freelance director. For several years she was the Artistic Director of Six Elements, for whom she directed 10 shows, including: Tales of the Most Notorious Highwaymen;Valhalla,Tales from the Hall of Heroes; and Orpheus Descending - named one of the 10 best plays of 2014 by Lavender Magazine. 

Résumé

Directing Credits – Stage

Recent Work

  • The Maids, by Jean Genet, produced by Glowing Ember, January 2018
  • Code: L-O-V-E and Full Metal Rabbit, 2017 Minnesota Fringe
  • The Country Wife, by William Wycherley, produced by Glowing Ember, March 2017
  • Love is Never a Lie, by Jenna Papke, produced by Glowing Ember, February 2016
  • An Evening with Krampus, a new musical by Sam Krahn, with Arts Nest, December 2015
  • The Hunting of the Snark, part of Tales from Wonderland produced by Maximum Verbosity, March 2015

As Artistic Director of Six Elements

  • Broceliande; or the Death of Merlin, by phillip andrew bennett low, April 2014
  • Orpheus Descending, by Tennessee Williams, January 2014
  • Much Ado about Nothing, by William Shakespeare, October 2013
  • Launcelot and Guinever, by phillip low, August 2013 at the Minnesota Fringe
  • Zastrozzi, by George F. Walker, February 2013
  • The Lives of the Most Notorious Highwaymen, by John Heimbuch, October 2012
  • Valhalla, Tales from the Hall of Heroes, ensemble created, March 2012
  • The Pussycat and the Master Plumber Who was a Man, by Arthur Miller, October 2011 
  • The Pillowman, by Martin McDonagh, February 2011
  • Twelfth Night, by William Shakespeare, December 2010

Self-Produced

  • Bad Deeds Done Bad, by Keith Hovis, August 2010 for the Minnesota Fringe Festival
  • Dying in Public Places: a darkly comic new musical, by Keith Hovis, August 2008 for Minnesota Fringe
  • Euphoria, a new drama by Keith Hovis, June 5-8, 2008 at The Playwright’s Center
  • Arcadia, by Tom Stoppard, March 7-16, 2008 at Patrick’s Cabaret
  • Brave Little Tailor, by Randy Wyatt, August 2004 for the Minnesota Fringe Festival.

Produced by Others

  • Stuck in the Middle with You, by Sarah McPeck, a short for Box Wine’s Raucous Caucus II
  • Director’s Gym 2008 February 29 and March 1, produced by Theatre Unbound

 

Education

Bachelor of Arts, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, December 2007
Major: Theatre Arts
Study Abroad: London, 2007, internship with Theatre Producer, Greg Ripley-Duggan