Jennifer Blaine has been performing one-woman shows for 25 years. Her original writing, performing, and comedy delve into serious and socially relevant issues and provides audiences the opportunity to unite in laughter. Jennifer has opened for George Carlin and performed with Chris Rock and Joe Piscopo.
She has worked with great actors such as Glenda Jackson, Christopher Plummer, Laura Linney, Joanne Woodward, and Paul Newman, and was featured on ABC’s Philly After Midnight: Women Comedians. She starred in the animated series “Teddy P. Brains,” in which she played a precocious brainy boy, and has lent her voice to hundreds of voiceover projects. According to the Philadelphia Daily News “not even Sybil can compete with Blaine’s cast of characters. Her comic genius is like Lily Tomlin and Tracey Ullman.”
Jennifer was the resident Theatre Teaching Artist at the Showstoppers program at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts from 2013-2018 in which she created four original plays on topical issues from bullying to civil rights. She 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, Hearing Voices, 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. A Jennifer Story (including Period Piece; how to have a period for 40 years) and J.B. & Friends can be seen on Philly Cam.
The Vicissitudes of Travel, which depicts a family traveling through brain surgery is performed in art galleries, museums, theatres, Wesleyan University, and at Jefferson Medical College which brought together medical staff and the general public to dialogue about loss and illness. The Vicissitudes of Travel was developed in concert with 1812 Productions Jiline Ringle Solo Performance Program and was also featured at Tufts Medical School.
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.
Getting Creative is a TRANSFORMATIVE PERFORMANCE where Jennifer assists you to deepen your connection to your CREATIVITY. Each show has her original characters, interactive fun, and live coaching – all designed to blossom your creativity.
Her latest solo show, The Carport recounts her rebuilding her beloved carport after losing it in a fire. She tells stories, sings, and throws things at the audience, and reassures us that even though we live in a time where it takes everything to get everything done, if we work together as a community we can indeed prevail. You can catch her reading aloud memoirs of iconic figures, from Arnold Schwarzenegger to Katherine Hepburn to Bernie Sanders and more on her social media platforms
Treasured Moments in Time
Coaching & Teaching
Jennifer has taught young people acting for years. She was the resident theater arts instructor for the Showstoppers program at the Kimmel Center from 2013-2018.
Jennifer is also a creative, transformational coach. She has assisted hundreds of people all over the world to navigate through rocky times, become more resilient, and create what they truly need and want. Treasuring meaningful conversations where things change in an instant.
- Certified coach of the Hendricks Institute since 1997, member of the American Counseling Association.
“I always come away with new perspectives on relevant topics.”
JUDY NELSON, Fulbright Scholar, Conflict Resolution Specialist
“Jennifer is a true professional committed to craft, highly honed characters and pushing boundaries. I need an MC to command the stage with presence and deliver the goods. Jennifer does that over and over and over again! Collaboration has always been easy since Jennifer is a highly generous person and that comes across in performance as well as outside of it. She’s not just a comedian. Her material made me think.
As a “comedian”, she blends seriousness and absurdity to an art form to get messages / social commentary across. Also a master of “subtly” / nuance on the delivery of characters! It forces one to pay attention, so as to not to miss what may come next. She’s a comic genius who’s mastered the art of the laugh afterward when initial “joke” has perhaps “bombed.” Her follow-up, think on your feet response, always BRILLIANTLY NAILS IT!”
Ron Kravitz, musician, producer, creator of the cult performance series “Underground at Ron’s”
XOXO
