About the Artist

JENNIFER BLAINE has been creating and performing one-woman shows for 30 years. Her original writing, performing, and comedy delve into serious and socially relevant issues and give audiences the opportunity to unite in laughter. She is passionate about creativity, and lets you in on her creative process so you can be let in on yours. Jennifer has opened for George Carlin and according to the Philadelphia Daily News “her comic genius is like Lily Tomlin and Tracey Ullman.” She was the resident Theatre Teaching Artist at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts from 2013-2018, where she created original plays on topical issues, from bullying to civil rights. Jennifer produced the “5, 000 Women” festival, showcasing women artists and social activists, at The Center for the Arts at Wesleyan University in 2011 and 2012 and in Philadelphia in 2014. Some of her 20 solo shows include Sorry (why women can’t stop apologizing for their existence), White Flight (growing up in Brooklyn, NY), and Ridiculous (how to overthrow the patriarchy once and for all). Her play Dirty Joke, about women activists (directed by Vashti Dubois, founder of The Colored Girls Museum), was featured at the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts, and at The Annenberg Center for the Arts. The Vicissitudes of Travel, which depicts a family traveling through a brain surgery, is performed in art galleries, museums, theatres, Wesleyan University, Tufts Medical School, and at Jefferson Medical College which brought together medical staff and the general public to dialogue about loss and illness. Her solo musical Mannequin, about a defunct fur store in South Philly, its elderly Jewish owner, a teenager, a mafioso, and a political activist, explores whether we can truly be inclusive, despite the rise of intolerance and white nationalism since the U.S. 2016 election. Her “Getting Creative” series is a TRANSFORMATIVE PERFORMANCE where Jennifer assists you to deepen your connection to your CREATIVITY.

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This event is appropriate for ages 13+

Audience Interaction

Covid-19 Safety policy

This event does not require masks to be worn