Jennine Willet on Third Rail Projects, Developing New Works and VR + Immersive Theatre

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English - September 25, 2020 10:00 - 49 minutes - 34.3 MB
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Jennine Willett is the co-artistic director for Third Rail Projects, a New York based immersive and site specific company. Jennine is a director, choreographer, educator, and creative consultant. She is co-creator of the Brooklyn immersive theater hits Then She Fell and The Grand Paradise, and the popular touring work, Roadside Attraction. She led a two-year collaboration between Third Rail Projects and Chicago’s Albany Park Theater Project, culminating in the production of Learning Curve, an immersive journey into a Chicago public high school. Performed by 33 youth artists, Learning Curve was named one of the Top Ten shows of 2016 by the Chicago Tribune, Time-Out, and the Chicago Sun-Times

Jennine looks for ways to transport and connect to audiences by exploring relatable life experiences, with the hopes of building human connections and fostering mutual understanding through performance.

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