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Jenna Place is a director, educator, and administrator based in the DMV (DC, MD, VA area). As an administrator Jenna has been Associate Artistic Director of Olney Theatre Center, Resident Casting Director at Theater J, Associate Producer at Forum Theatre, Artistic Associate at Imagination Stage, and spent many years as a freelance Casting Director in the DC area. Her casting work included individual productions and full seasons with Mosaic Theater Company, Adventure Theatre MTC, Studio Theatre, Theatre Alliance, and more. Jenna currently teaches at Catholic University of America and directs both in the DMV and regionally with passions for new plays, Shakespeare, and musical theatre. DC directing credits include: Dance Nation (Olney Theatre Center); Tuesdays With Morrie (Theater J), The Velveteen Rabbit (Adventure Theatre), A Delicate Ship (4615),  Candlelight (Olney Theatre Center Vanguard Workshop), The Heidi Chronicles (Rep Stage), Flood City (Theatre Alliance), What Every Girl Should Know (Forum Theatre), Walk Two Moons; The Giver (National Players), The Winter’s Tale; The Wolves (Catholic University), Urinetown (Monumental Theatre Company), Lucky Stiff (Imagination Stage), JQA (American University), Cabaret (Montgomery College SDT) and others. Regional credits include Tuesdays With Morrie (25th Anniversary Tour of Michigan), James and the Giant Peach; Winnie the Pooh and Friends (Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival), Giant Slalom (Andy's Summer Playhouse).