Jenny Kostreva

Jenny Kostreva is in her fifth season as Education Director at Milwaukee Repertory Theater.  She facilitates the outreach and training programs for the Rep, teaching many of the classes.  She is also a member of the adjunct faculty at University of Wisconsin – Parkside.  She has worked as an educator for Virginia Commonwealth University, First Stage Children’s Theater and School of Performing Arts in the Richmond Community.  Her directing credits include Stones in His Pockets, Laughing Stock, Blind Tasting, Down the Road, The Assassin’s New Friend, Fly Away (an original production created collaboratively through improvisation), Scrooge: The Musical, and several children's productions.  She will be directing Censored on Final Approach at University of Wisconsin-Parkside in the fall of 2010. She earned her MFA in Theatre Pedagogy from Virginia Commonwealth University and a BA in Theatre Arts form University of Wisconsin – Parkside.