JENN GRIFFIN COMIC COMMENTATOR

Originally from Alberta, Jenn is grateful to live, work, and play on the unceded territory of the Coast Salish peoples. As a playwright, Jenn was awarded the Sydney Risk award in 1999 for best emerging playwright for her first play Drinking with Persephone. She is a fomer Associate at Playwrights Theatre Centre where she created a multi-disciplinary play, The Long Call. In 2017, Jenn received an Arts Club Silver Commission for a new comedy entitled House and Home, which premiered at the Firehall Arts Centre in January 2020. As an actor, Jenn recently performed the role of “Vi” in Western Gold’s production of Caryl Churchill’s Escaped Alone and will be playing the role of “Mama,” this summer with BlueBridge Theatre’s production of “The Guardsman.” Jenn has been honoured with several Jessie Richardson Theatre awards and nominations for writing and performing. She has also worked regularly in film and television, and was nominated for a Leo award as “Maeve” in Marshall Axani’s feature, The Cannon. Look for her in upcoming episodes of “Yellowjackets,” and “So Help me Todd.” Jenn also has a background in stand-up comedy and is both honoured and thrilled to regularly provide comic commentary of contemporary dance for MascallDance’s “BLOOM.”