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Jennifer MacMillan is a professional actor, director, and theater educator. She holds a BFA in Acting from the University of the Arts where she is also a Lecturer. Jennifer is the Artistic Director of Bright Invention, the resident ensemble at White Pines Productions, as well as the Director of Education Programming at The White Pines Place. A founding member of the Slightly Awkward Peep Show Storytelling Collective, Jennifer’s storytelling work, twice produced by Quince Productions, received a four star review at the 2012 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Her first play, co-authored with noted Philadelphia playwright Jacqueline Goldfinger, Enter Bogart…, won the 2014 National Inaugural “Are Women Funny?” new play competition sponsored by Playscripts and the International Center for Women Playwrights. Jennifer’s acting credits include commercials, independent films, and theatre; recent favorite acting credits include Trish Tinkler Gets Saved (Theater Exile), The Exit Interview (InterAct), the world premiere of Raw Stitch (Philadelphia Fringe Festival)House of Blue Leaves (Isis Productions), and How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found (Luna). Favorite directorial credits include Superheroes who Are Super (Save the Day Productions), The Melting of Kim Banks (Parallax), Ballad Boys (Aspire Arts), and The Importance of Being Earnest and Naked Will (PGLTF). Jenn lives in South Philadelphia with her cats Wobbles and Quinny, and her dog Peanut.