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Jenny Avery appointed full time Artistic Director
by Jim Davis - Managing Director on 10/04/2010 04:49:00 PM 

Judy Kemp, president of the Next Theatre Company’s Board of Directors and chair of the Artistic Director Search Committee announced today the appointment of Jenny Avery as full time artistic director, effective immediately.

“Jenny, in her time as interim artistic director, has demonstrated that she has the talent and the experience to be a great artistic director at NEXT,” said Kemp, “She has a long history on the Chicago theatre scene in front and behind the curtain and brings those experiences and that rich knowledge to this position. We are pleased that she has accepted the position and we are proud of the direction she has already begun to take Next during our 30th Anniversary Season.”

Avery was hired as Next’s interim artistic director in July 2010, where she has been an artistic associate for more than five years. She has worked with a number of other theaters around Chicago including Strawdog Theatre, Writers Theater, Victory Gardens, American Theater Co., About Face, Collaboraction, The Next and Roadworks. She spent two seasons at the Edinburgh Festival in Scotland and trained with Mike Nichols and Paul Sills at The New Actors Workshop. Avery has worked as an arts administrator for Roadworks Productions, Chicago Music and Dance Theater and American Theater Co.

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by Blogger Chelsea Keenan, at 10/04/2010 5:56 PM

Congrats, Jenny! And to everyone at Next for revitalizing programming, engaging a ton of exciting artists and kicking off the 30th year right!

by Blogger Chelsea Keenan, at 10/04/2010 5:56 PM


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