Morgan Jenness has worked as an educator, activist, worked in the literary office and as Associate Producer at the Public Theater, and also was an Associate Artistic Director at NYTW and LATC. Morgan has served in dramaturgical capacities at theaters and developmental situations all over the American theater for over three decades, as well as creative consultant at both the Helen Merrill and Abrams Artists agencies. Has been a guest artist with multiple educational theater programs, is currently on the faculty of Columbia, Fordham, and Pace University, and has been on multiple theater funding and award panels including NEA, NYSA, NEFA, the Drama Desk, and Herb Alpert Award. Morgan is also a recipient of an Obie for Long Term Support of Playwrights, the prestigious LMDA Lessing Award, the first Elsa Rael VintAge Award, and a 2015 Doris Duke Impact Award, under which they are pleased to work as a Creative Consultant for Double Edge Theater as well as several projects at LaMama. Is currently Creative Director/founder of In This Distracted Globe – a dramaturgical and management consultancy.
Morgan Jenness