Jenifer Alonzo

Jenifer Alonzo, Assistant Professor

MFA, Towson University

Courses:
Experimental Theatre; Theatre History; Performance and Script Analysis; The Theatre Experience; The Creative Self

Jenifer Alonzo is a theatre artist who works at disciplinary intersections. She develops workshops that use applied theatre techniques to help scientists better collaborate across disciplines and she works with researchers to use theatre to communicate their research to public audiences. As a writer and director, Ms. Alonzo specializes in the creation of new work for the stage. Her most recent piece, Mary Anning: Girl Fossil Hunter, is a play about how a young girl made one of the most important scientific discoveries of the 19th century. In 2010, Ms. Alonzo created Fragments, a play that connected Hampton Roads military community to the university. Other pieces include Desire/Regret and The Wrath of God Revealed and Deserved, both of which were presented as part of the Capital Fringe Festival in Washington DC. Ms. Alonzo also directed Polaroid Stories and Aristophanes' Birds for ODU. Ms. Alonzo's designs have appeared on the Towson University and ODU Stages, at the Baltimore Theatre Project, at Everyman Theatre in Baltimore, and on The Kennedy Center's Millennium Stage. Ms. Alonzo has performed in more than 30 productions in cities from Denver to Baltimore.

Ms. Alonzo holds an MFA in Theatre from Towson University. Her thesis focused on undergraduate training in the collaborative creation of site-specific and image-based work. Additionally, Ms. Alonzo has developed theatre workshops for professionals who wish to employ the tools of the actor to strengthen their work in health care, teaching, and law.

As a director, Ms. Alonzo seeks to create collaborative opportunities for designers and actors to work more closely together. Ms. Alonzo is also a designer. Her designs have appeared on the Towson University Stage, at the Baltimore Theatre Project, and on The Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage. Ms Alonzo wrote and performed Flying Blind, which she also produced at Towson University, and she has performed in more than 30 productions since she began acting at the age of eight.

As a teacher, Ms. Alonzo is interested in developing pedagogy that encourages theatre-students to develop skills that allow them to function as flexible artists and self-reliant professionals.