{"id":6392,"date":"2019-04-11T11:29:33","date_gmt":"2019-04-11T15:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=6392"},"modified":"2022-10-17T08:44:57","modified_gmt":"2022-10-17T12:44:57","slug":"aditi-kapil-about-the-artist-7","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=6392","title":{"rendered":"Jenny Bennett: About the Artist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"695\" height=\"463\" data-id=\"6881\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1-jb-headshot-1-scaled.jpg?resize=695%2C463&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6881\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1-jb-headshot-1-scaled.jpg?w=2560&amp;ssl=1 2560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1-jb-headshot-1-scaled.jpg?resize=70%2C47&amp;ssl=1 70w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1-jb-headshot-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1-jb-headshot-1-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1-jb-headshot-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1-jb-headshot-1-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1365&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1-jb-headshot-1-scaled.jpg?w=1390&amp;ssl=1 1390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 695px) 100vw, 695px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"8506\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Richard-III_MMedia-333-1.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Richard-III_MMedia-333-1-scaled.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Richard-III_MMedia-333-1-scaled.jpg?resize=47%2C70&amp;ssl=1 47w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Richard-III_MMedia-333-1-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Richard-III_MMedia-333-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Richard-III_MMedia-333-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1365%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1365w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Richard-III_MMedia-333-1-scaled.jpg?w=1707&amp;ssl=1 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"695\" height=\"464\" data-id=\"8507\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Richard-III_MMedia-3401.jpg?resize=695%2C464&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Richard-III_MMedia-3401-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Richard-III_MMedia-3401-scaled.jpg?resize=70%2C47&amp;ssl=1 70w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Richard-III_MMedia-3401-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Richard-III_MMedia-3401-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Richard-III_MMedia-3401-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1365&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Richard-III_MMedia-3401-scaled.jpg?w=1390&amp;ssl=1 1390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 695px) 100vw, 695px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Click here to <a href=\"http:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?p=6385\">listen to her interview<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b><span class=\"il\">JENNY<\/span>&nbsp;<span class=\"il\">BENNETT<\/span>&nbsp;<\/b>is a fourth-generation director, actor, and educator. Her recent directing includes&nbsp;<i>Richard III<\/i>&nbsp;(running now til Dec 1 2018)<i>, The Fall of King Henry (3 Henry VI), Much Ado about Nothing,<\/i>&nbsp;<i>King Lear,&nbsp;<\/i>and&nbsp;<i>The Winter&#8217;s Tale&nbsp;<\/i>in<i>&nbsp;<\/i>the<i>&nbsp;<\/i>Blackfriars Playhouse at the <a href=\"https:\/\/americanshakespearecenter.com\/\">American Shakespeare Center<\/a>;<i>The Three Musketeers<\/i>&nbsp;(9 AUDELCO nominations, four awards),&nbsp;<i>Henry V<\/i>&nbsp;(3 AUDELCO awards) at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cthnyc.org\/\">Classical Theatre of Harlem<\/a>, where she is an Artistic Associate; and&nbsp;<i>Much Ado About Nothing<\/i>&nbsp;at Titan Theatre Company.&nbsp;In Kaohsiung, Taiwan,&nbsp;<span class=\"il\">Jenny<\/span>&nbsp;founded a theatre company and collaborated with international artists for seven years.&nbsp;Taiwan directing includes&nbsp;<i>Macbeth<\/i>,&nbsp;<i>Dangerous Liaisons\/ Weixian Guanxi<\/i>,&nbsp;<i>Romeo &amp; Juliet<\/i>,&nbsp;<i>Into the Woods<\/i>, and&nbsp;<i>As You Like It!<\/i>&nbsp;(a musical she co-wrote)<i>.&nbsp;<\/i><span class=\"il\">Jenny<\/span>&nbsp;is on the faculty of AMDA New York.&nbsp;MFA, U of Delaware; BA, UVA. A former SDC\/ Kurt Weill Foundation Fellow,&nbsp;<span class=\"il\">Jenny<\/span>&nbsp;is a member of the Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab, and the Stage Directors &amp; Choreographers Society (SDC), a national theatrical labor union. Twitter: @bennyjennett<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Click here to listen to her interview. JENNY&nbsp;BENNETT&nbsp;is a fourth-generation director, actor, and educator. Her recent directing includes&nbsp;Richard III&nbsp;(running now til Dec 1 2018), The Fall of King Henry (3 Henry VI), Much Ado about Nothing,&nbsp;King Lear,&nbsp;and&nbsp;The Winter&#8217;s Tale&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;Blackfriars Playhouse at the American Shakespeare Center;The Three Musketeers&nbsp;(9 AUDELCO nominations, four awards),&nbsp;Henry V&nbsp;(3 AUDELCO awards) at<\/p>\n <a href='https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=6392' 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