JEN BENDER

Jen is the Associate Artistic Director at Paper Mill Playhouse, where she co-directed After Midnight with Dominique Kelley. Her Broadway credits as Resident and Associate Director include The Lion King, Avenue Q, and Honeymoon in Vegas, and she spent three years touring the world with Cirque du Soleil's Ovo. 

 

She is an Adjunct Professor at New York University's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development where she teaches Musical Theater Business Skills. She is also on the faculty of Paper Mill's Summer Musical Theater Conservatory, where she teaches Musical Theater Performance and Audition Skills.