Jennifer Bennett
About Jennifer
Jennifer Bennett is an accomplished singer, actress and educator. She has traveled the world with the international tour of CATS and performed in many regional theatres throughout the country. Some of her notable credits include THE MARVELOUS WONDERETTES, THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA, GUYS AND DOLLS, SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE, and THE FULL MONTY. She has been a soloist at Symphony Hall with the Boston Pops, Great Waters Music Festival, New Hampshire Dance Institute, Laurie Beechman Theatre and Rockwell Table & Stage. She is on faculty teaching Individual Voice at AMDA College of the Performing Arts. Jennifer is a proud member of Musical Theatre Guild and Actors’ Equity.
DEGREES
M.M., Musical Theatre, Boston Conservatory at Berklee
B.M., Vocal Performance, University of Southern California
MTG Show Credits
Fun Facts
I'm proud to be an MTG member because
the Guild is full of such incredibly talented and kind individuals whom I respect and admire.
Dream Role
Rosabella in THE MOST HAPPY FELLA, Woman #1 in I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE
Favorite Role I Have Played
Missy in THE MARVELOUS WONDERETTES
My Favorite Musical
Just one? RAGTIME, SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD
Favorite MTG Show I Have Been In
SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE
Funniest / Most Memorable Thing That's Happened to Me on Stage
I love the certainty that comes with performing a rehearsed show and also the uncertainty that comes with live theatre. I remember when I was performing in the National Tour of CATS, in the opening song, a huge boot is supposed to fall from the ceiling. When the boot falls, we all stop and stare at it and my character (Jennyanydots) picks up the boot and carries it offstage and then the music and dancing continue. Well, one night, the boot didn't fall, but the mechanism that was supposed to unlatch it was already released, which meant that the boot could fall at any given moment, which as you can imagine, could be quite dangerous. So the entire show had to be stopped. All of the actors were told to exit the stage (as cats, of course) and wait as the crew climbed a ladder to manually take down the boot. Once this was done, we returned to the stage, and resumed the show from where we left off. We had a lot of mishaps during the show from microphones not working to wigs coming off onstage to Grizabella getting stuck in the "heavyside layer" until the entire audience had left the theatre. Ah, the joy of live theatre.
Languages Spoken
English
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she/her/hers
Private Lessons Offered:
- Voice/Singing
- Audition Prep