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Jessica R. Jenen
[edit]Jessica R. Jenen is a four time Tony Award-winning American theatrical producer and general manager. She is known for her work on Broadway, West End and Off-Broadway.[1] Jenen was a founder and is on the Board of Directors for the Broadway Producer’s Alliance.[2]
Career
[edit]Broadway Producing
[edit]On Broadway Jenen has produced: Giant (Tony nomination);[3] All Out: Comedy About Ambition; Waiting for Godot; Dead Outlaw (Tony nomination); Stereophonic (Tony Award), which is the most Tony nominated play in history;[4] The Last Five Years; Buena Vista Social Club (Tony nomination); All In: Comedy About Love; Sunset Boulevard (Tony Award);[5] The Who’s Tommy (Tony nomination); Gutenberg! The Musical! (Tony nomination); New York, New York (Tony nomination); Life of Pi, which won 5 Olivier awards in London’s West End;[6] Parade (Tony Award); Into the Woods (Tony nomination); Company (Tony Award); An Evening with Patti Lupone and Mandy Patinkin; and Venus in Fur (Tony nomination), which was the most produced play in America in the 2013-2014 season following its Broadway run.[7]
Jenen served as Executive producer of The Broadway Company with producer Jon B. Platt on the following Broadway productions:[8] I’ll Eat You Last; Cat on a Hot Tin Roof; The Heiress; Nice Work If You Can Get It; Clybourne Park; and Death of a Salesman.[9]
West End and International Producing
[edit]Jenen’s West End credits include: Cyrano de Bergerac; High Society; Giant; All My Sons; Evita; Stereophonic; Fiddler on the Roof; lead producer of Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical, which earned an Olivier Award and 4 Olivier nominations.[10]
Jenen served as Vice President and Senior General Manager at Broadway International Group and Broadway Asia International.[11]
Off-Broadway
[edit]Jenen is Executive Producer and General Manager of The Ask, by Matthew Freeman, which is coming to the Off-Broadway stage in the fall of 2026.[12]
Jenen served as Executive Director of Classic Stage Company (CSC) from 2003 to 2011. Jenen and Artistic Director Brian Kulick are credited with leading CSC through a period of unprecedented growth. Jenen is attributed with turning around the company's finances, as it tripled its operating budget, retired its debt, and built up a large operating surplus.[13] At CSC, Jenen served as the originating producer of Venus in Fur, which later premiered on Broadway and earned a Tony nomination.[14] Other productions staged at Jenen’s time at CSC included: A Spanish Play (directed by John Turturro, starring Zoe Caldwell); New Jerusalem (directed by Walter Bobbie, starring Jeremy Strong); Three Sisters: Uncle Vanya (starring Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard); Unnatural Acts; The Seagull (starring Dianne Wiest and Alan Cumming); The Tempest (starring Mandy Patinkin); and Hamlet, Richard II, and Richard III all starring Michael Cumpsty. In 2008, Jenen produced the sold-out concert “Mandy Patinkin on Broadway” at the Schoenfeld Theatre on Broadway.[15]
Theatrical Management
[edit]Jenen’s commercial management credits include: Smokey Joe’s Cafe; Swing!; and Jane Eyre. She also generally managed the original Off-Broadway and Chicago productions of Betty Rules.[16] She also generally managed the original Off-Broadway production of Rock and Roll Man.[17]
Jenen has also managed and served as consultant to other shows and production companies. Her credits include: Rise: A New Musical;[18] Dedication by Roger Peltzman;[19] and Rosalind Productions.[20] Jenen served as Executive Consultant for Knight Blanc on Chuck Mee’s The Glory of the World, which was an Actors Theatre of Louisville production, presented at BAM.[21]
Jenen served as Interim Executive Producer at Women’s Project Theater (WP Theater) during an abrupt leadership change in 2014, later joining their Board of Directors.[22]
Advocacy and Education
[edit]Jenen served as an Executive Committee board member of WP Theater, which is dedicated to developing and promoting the work of Women+ theater artists. She has served twice as Chair of WP Theater’s Annual Gala.[23][24] Jenen is a founding board member of the Broadway Producer’s Alliance, which supports producers through mentorship and collaboration.[25]
Jenen holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Brandeis University and a Master of Fine Arts in Theatre Management from Columbia University's School of the Arts.[26][27]
Awards
[edit]| Year | Nominated Work | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Giant | Tony Awards | Best Play | Nominated |
| 2025 | Sunset Boulevard | Best Revival of a Musical | Won | |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Nominated | ||
| Buena Vista Social Club | Tony Awards | Best Musical | Nominated | |
| Dead Outlaw | Best Musical | Nominated | ||
| 2024 | Stereophonic | Best Play | Won | |
| The Who's Tommy | Best Revival of a Musical | Nominated | ||
| Gutenberg! The Musical! | Best Revival of a Musical | Nominated | ||
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Nominated | ||
| 2023 | Parade | Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Won | |
| Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Musical | Won | ||
| New York, New York | Best Musical | Nominated | ||
| Into the Woods | Best Revival of a Musical | Nominated | ||
| 2022 | Company | Best Revival of a Musical | Won | |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Won |
- ↑ "Jessica R. Jenen – Broadway Cast & Staff | IBDB". www.ibdb.com. Retrieved 2026-07-15.
- ↑ "Broadway Producers Create New Alliance to Encourage Collaboration". Playbill. Retrieved 2026-07-15.
- ↑ "2026 TONY AWARD® NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED". www.tonyawards.com. Retrieved 2026-07-15.
- ↑ Sherman, Rachel (2024-06-16). "Tony Award Winners 2024: The Full List". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-07-15.
- ↑ "Columbia Theatre-makers Join Buzzy 'Sunset Boulevard' on Broadway | School of the Arts". arts.columbia.edu. 2026-07-13. Retrieved 2026-07-17.
- ↑ "'Cabaret,' 'Life of Pi' win big at UK's stage Olivier Awards". AP News. 2022-04-10. Retrieved 2026-07-17.
- ↑ Tran, Diep (2013-10-06). "Top 10 Most-Produced Plays of the 2013–14 Season". Retrieved 2026-07-17.
- ↑ "Jessica Jenen Exits Classic Stage to Move to Commercial Producing". Playbill. Retrieved 2026-07-17.
- ↑ "The Big Break". Brandeis Magazine. Retrieved 2026-07-17.
- ↑ Yossman, K. J. (2022-03-08). "Eddie Redmayne, Jessie Buckley and Emma Corrin Nominated for Olivier Awards 2022". Variety. Retrieved 2026-07-17.
- ↑ "Inaugural New International Festival of Musical Theatre Set to Launch in Milan, Italy in 2022". Playbill. Retrieved 2026-07-17.
- ↑ "The Ask". The Ask. Retrieved 2026-07-17.
- ↑ "Jessica Jenen Exits Classic Stage to Move to Commercial Producing". Playbill. Retrieved 2026-07-17.
- ↑ Isherwood, Charles (2010-01-27). "One Object of Desire, Delivered". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-07-17.
- ↑ Isherwood, Charles (2011-11-22). "Old Friends Reunited Once Again". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-07-17.
- ↑ Weber, Bruce (2002-10-16). "THEATER REVIEW; Women of Rock With a Tale to Tell". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-07-17.
- ↑ "Alan Freed Biomusical Rock & Roll Man Opens June 21, Starring Constantine Maroulis". Playbill. Retrieved 2026-10-04.
- ↑ "See Who's Starring in Workshop Presentations of Rise: A New Musical". Playbill. Retrieved 2026-07-17.
- ↑ "DEDICATION at Museum of Jewish Heritage Off-Off-Broadway (Mar 15, 2026)". BroadwayWorld. Retrieved 2026-07-17.
- ↑ "Crumbs from the Table of Joy". Keen Company. Retrieved 2026-07-17.
- ↑ Isherwood, Charles (2016-01-22). "Review: 'The Glory of the World,' About Thomas Merton". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-07-20.
- ↑ "Press Release | WP Theater". wptheater.org. Retrieved 2026-07-20.
- ↑ "WP Theater's Annual Gala 2025 | WP Theater". wptheater.org. Retrieved 2026-07-17.
- ↑ "WP Theater's Annual Gala | WP Theater". wptheater.org. Retrieved 2026-07-17.
- ↑ "Broadway Producers Create New Alliance to Encourage Collaboration". Playbill. Retrieved 2026-07-17.
- ↑ "The Big Break". Brandeis Magazine. Retrieved 2026-07-17.
- ↑ "Columbia Theatre-Makers Win Best Musical and Best Play, Among Others, at the 2026 Tony Awards | School of the Arts". arts.columbia.edu. 2026-07-13. Retrieved 2026-07-17.
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