Jennifer Stewart is a theatre director as well as an actor, singer, and dancer. Most recently, she was the Assistant Director for Othello, Long Day’s Journey into Night, and HMS Pinafore at the Stratford Festival. She was also recently a participant in the Michael Langham Workshop for Classical Direction at the Stratford Festival. Her directing credits include: The Shape of a Girl (Calder Theatre, London, UK), The Music Man, Bye Bye Birdie (Talk Is Free Theatre), Emily, Becoming Dr. Ruth, Best of Enemies, The Heiress (Bluff City Theater, Hannibal, Missouri), Hairspray (YES Theatre), and Shakespeare’s Women (Theatre Sheridan). As an actor, she has worked for Mirvish Productions as Penny Pingleton in the Original Canadian Company of Hairspray and Lisa in Mamma Mia! Other favourite roles include: Tzeitel in Fiddler on the Roof (Stratford Festival), Peggy Sawyer in 42nd Street (Drayton Entertainment), Jolene Oakes in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Theatre Calgary), Demeter in Cats (Theatre Aquarius), Mrs. Wilkinson in Billy Elliot (YES Theatre), Belle in i think i can (NAC and YPT), Lois Lane in Kiss Me Kate (TIFT) and Gertie Pye in Anne of Green Gables (Charlottetown Festival). Jennifer holds an MFA in Theatre Directing from East 15/University of Essex in London, UK, and is a graduate of the Music Theatre Performance Program at Sheridan College. You can read more about Jennifer at www.jenniferlstewart.com!