Jenn Susi is a NYC director born and raised in the Bronx! Jenn has been directing and developing new and award winning work in theatrical venues all over NYC: Nuyorican Poets Cafe, A.R.T./NY Theatres, The Players Theatre, The Cherry Lane Theatre, Theatre Row, 13th Street Repertory Theatre, and more! As a director, Jenn's mission is to reflect the times in her work, bring that work into the NOW, and for everyone to see themselves and each other in these stories; to acknowledge and celebrate the human experience in the most truthful way. Not the truth we have become comfortable in knowing.
At the center of Jenn's work is trauma informed storytelling. It is through this lens, she has found her voice and hopes that artists and audiences will discover their own stories, new beginnings, community, and healing through experiencing this work. It is also through this urgent storytelling, she has been steadfast in promoting safe creative spaces. WHEN THE HUMAN IS SAFE, THE ART WILL FOLLOW. Let's collaborate in rooms with CONSENT, AGENCY, AND HUMANITY.
Another one of Jenn’s passions is directing and teaching youth artists in her own Bronx community, helping them to discover their own talents and abilities as teachers once helped her to do many years ago…..She has never looked back.
-Member of Lincoln Center Directors Lab.
-Artist in Residence, Abingdon Theatre Company 2020-2021
-Dr. Kenny Encouragement Fund Scholarship Recipient (Awarded By Broadway Producer Ken Davenport)
