MORGAN JENNESS spent over a decade at the New York Shakespeare Festival/Public Theater, with both Joseph Papp and George C. Wolfe, in various capacities ranging from Literary Manager to Director of Play Development to Associate Producer. She was also Associate Artistic Director at the New York Theater Workshop, and an Associate Director at the Los Angeles Theater Center in charge of new projects. She has worked as a dramaturg, workshop director, and/or artistic consultant at theaters and new play programs across the country, including the Young Playwrights Festival, the Mark Taper Forum, MidWest Playlabs, The Bay Area Playwrights Festival, Double Image/New York Stage and Film, CSC, Hartford Stage, and Center Stage. She has participated as a visiting artist in playwriting programs at the University of Iowa, Brown University, Breadloaf, Columbia, and New York University, and is currently on the adjunct faculty at Fordham University. She has served on peer panels for various funding institutions, including New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts, with whom she has served as a site evaluator for almost a decade. Ms. Jenness is currently Creative Director at Helen Merrill Ltd., an agency representing writers, directors, composers and designers.