Jennifer Bradford
Jennifer DeLane Bradford is an actor, director, teacher, and project manager. She is currently a Lecturer in Acting and New Media at UNC Charlotte. She previously taught a variety of courses in theatre at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Santa Clara University, and Berry College. Her most recent performance roles include Rita in Polar Bears, Black Boys & Prairie Fringed Orchids with Playground Theatre, Connie in Red Velvet with Jewel Theatre Company, Small Stone in Eurydice with City Lights Theatre and Medda Larken in the marquee show Newsies with Children’s Musical Theatre San Jose.
Jennifer’s recent directing credits include A StreetCar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams with Rome Shakespeare Festival, Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean by Ed Graczyk, Chicago The Musical, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Revolutionist by Lauren Gundersen and The Pajama Game at the Sisters Theatre.
In addition to performing and directing, she is a current member of the Actor’s Reading Collective. After graduating with a MFA from the Professional Acting School at the University of Illinois, Urban-Champaign she spent several years working and performing in Chicago. Her time in the Bay Area included performing and teaching theatre at her alma mater, Santa Clara University. She also spent several years working as a project manager with The Ambassadors Circle, a collective that inspires, connects and equips others to #DoMoreGood.
While her training crosses various techniques, she is looking forward to specializing in intimacy direction and exploring the Michael Chekhov technique over the next couple of years.