Jennifer Sarah Dean
Director/Writer/Producer
Bio
Jennifer is a dual citizen of Australia / UK currently residing in Melbourne Australia.
Jennifer is the Artistic Director of the Melbourne Shakespeare Company as well as a freelance director, writer and producer.
Jennifer is represented by Ian White Management.
Education
2020
Sparrows Mentor Program
Directing Mentor: Simon Phillips
2016
The Globe Theatre - London
Postgraduate Directing
2010 - 2012
Guildford School of Acting
MA Acting
Grants
& Awards
2026
Palais Theatre Community Fund
Funding for Plays in the Park 2026
2026
Stonnington Council Arts Grant
Plays in the Park 2026
2025
City of Port Phillip Festivals and Events Grant
Funding for The Teddybear's Picnic
2024
South Melbourne Community Chest
Funding for Plays in the Park 2024
2024
Palais Theatre Community Fund
Funding for Plays in the Park 2024
2024
City of Port Phillip Quick Response Grant
Funding for Plays in the Park
2023
Palais Theatre Community Fund
Funding for The Whale
2023
Small and Medium Events Grant
Funding for Plays in the Park 2023
2023
Port Phillip Council Arts Grant
Funding for Outback Adventures
2023-2025
Stonnington Council Arts Grant
Triennial Funding for Plays in the Park
2022
Port Phillip Council Arts Grant
Funding for The Merry Wives of Windsor
2022
Stonnington Council Arts Grant
Funding for A Midsummer Night's Dream
2021
Offical selection: Bloomsday Film Festival
For Bloomsday Zoomsday
2021
Port Phillip Council Arts Grant
Funding for Comedy of Errors
2021
Stonnington Council Arts Grant
Funding for The Winter's Tale
2020
Port Phillip Council Arts Grant
Funding for Telling Tales
2020
City of Melbourne
Funding for King Lear
2020
Stonnington Council Arts Grant
Funding for As You Like It
2019
Port Phillip Local Festivals Fund
Funding for The Taming of the Shrew
2019
Stonnington Council Arts Grant
Funding for Love's Labour's Lost
2018
Stonnington Council Arts Grant
Funding for Twelfth Night
2017
Port Phillip Local Festival Fund
Funding for 'Plays in the Park'
2016
Port Phillip Local Festival Fund
Funding for 'Plays in the Park'
2015
UK Short Film Festival
Finalist: A Bad Day
2014
30th Annual Oct Act Festival
Winner of Best Play: What If?
2014
Round House Film Fund
Grant for Short Film: A Bad Day
2013
29th Annual Oct Act Festival
Highly Commended Direction: In the Loop
Directing Credits
2027
Moulin Rouge! The Musical (Resident Director)
Global Creatures
2026
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Melbourne Shakespeare Company
2026
Pretty Woman (Resident Director)
Jones Theatrical
2025
Hadestown (Resident Director)
Opera Australia / Jones Theatrical
2024
Twelfth Night
Melbourne Shakespeare Company
2024
The Whale
Melbourne Shakespeare Company
2024
The Almighty Sometimes (Assistant Director)
Melbourne Theatre Company
2022
LOW
Victorian Theatre Company
2022
And She Would Stand Like This (Directing Mentor & Text Coach)
Antipodes Theatre Company
2021 - 2024
Moulin Rouge! The Musical (Resident Director)
Global Creatures
2021
The Winter's Tale
Melbourne Shakespeare Company
2020
Hamlet (Associate Director)
Victorian Theatre Company
2020
Bloomsday Zoomsday (Digital Production)
Bloomsday in Melbourne
2020
As You Like It
Melbourne Shakespeare Company
2019
The Taming of the Shrew
Melbourne Shakespeare Company
2019
Travesties
Bloomsday in Melbourne
2019
Loves, Labours, Lost
Melbourne Shakespeare Company
2018
Romeo and Juliet
Melbourne Shakespeare Company
2018
Festen
Ripponlea Estate
2018
Holy Cow!
Bloomsday in Melbourne
2018
Twelfth Night
Melbourne Shakespeare Company
2017
Much Ado About Nothing
Melbourne Shakespeare Company
2017
The Haunting
The Athenaeum
2017
The Comedy of Errors
Melbourne Shakespeare Company
2016
The Tempest
St Kilda Botanical Gardens
2016
Ghost Stories.
Australian National Tour
2016
Tape
Courthouse Theatre
2016
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Melbourne Shakespeare Company
2015
Ghost Stories
Sydney Opera House
2015
South Australia
The Lost Theatre
2014
Pop Up Panto
UK National Tour
2014
A Christmas Carol
Alpine Peak Theatre
2014
In The Loop
The Lost Theatre
Developments / Rehearsed Readings
2026
Love and Reparation
Darebin Arts Centre
2026
Gravida Five
Australian Writers Guild
2024
Love and Reparation
Melbourne Theatre Company
2020
And She Would Stand Like This
Antipodes Theatre Company
2018
The Importance of Being Earnest
Bloomsday in Melbourne
2018
Oliver!
Bloomsday in Melbourne
Writing Credits
2016, 2022 & 2026
A Midsummer Night's Dream(Adaptation)
7th Floor Creative
2025 & 2026
Robin Hood
Melbourne Shakespeare Company
2026
Treasure Island
Melbourne Shakespeare Company
2019 & 2026
The Taming of the Shrew (Adaptation)
Melbourne Shakespeare Company
2025
The Teddy Bear's Picnic
Melbourne Shakespeare Company
2018 & 2025
As You Like It (Adaptation)
Melbourne Shakespeare Company
2018 & 2025
Romeo and Juliet (Adaptation)
Melbourne Shakespeare Company
2018, 2019 & 2024
Twelfth Night (Adaptation)
Melbourne Shakespeare Company
2024
Adventures in Neverland
Melbourne Shakespeare Company
2024
Much Ado About Nothing (Adaptation)
Melbourne Shakespeare Company
2016 & 2023
The Tempest(Adaptation)
Melbourne Shakespeare Company
2022
The Merry Wives of Windsor (Adaptation)
Melbourne Shakespeare Company
2017 & 2021
The Comedy of Errors (Adaptation)
Melbourne Shakespeare Company
2021
The Winter's Tale (Adaptation)
Melbourne Shakespeare Company
2020
,My Perfect Cosmetics Company Advertorials
Scripts for Channel 7, 9 and 10
2019
Love's Labour's Lost (Adaptation)
Melbourne Shakespeare Company
2015
Dave
A One Act Play
2014
FLICC
A Corporate Film
2014
What If?
A One Act Play
2014
Pop up Panto
A Musical
2014
A Bad Day
A Short Film
2013
In the Loop
A One Act Play