Jenny Male (She/Her/Hers)

Certified Teacher & Fight Director

Jenny Male (she/her) is a Fight Director & Certified Teacher with the Society of American Fight Directors. She has created choreography for DC theatres such as Studio Theatre, Ford’s Theatre, Constellation Theatre Company, Arena Stage, Rep Stage, Olney Theatre, Imagination Stage, Factory 449, and Adventure Theatre. Jenny directed the outdoor drama Tecumseh! from 2014 to 2017 and for many years served as the Fight Director and Dance Choreographer.  Other professional directing credits include Macbeth, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Tecumseh!), My Fair Lady, As You Like It (Ozark Actors Theatre), Into The Woods, Evil Dead: The Musical, Urinetown, …Spelling Bee, and Title of Show (Red Branch Theatre Company), Peter Pan, Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse (Children’s Theatre of Charlotte), and How I Became a Pirate (Adventure Theatre). She holds an MFA in Theatre Pedagogy from Virginia Commonwealth University and is Associate Professor of Theatre at Howard Community College. Directing credits at HCC include Eurydice, Twelfth Night, Spring Awakening, A Chorus Line, She Kills Monsters, and Much Ado About Nothing. Two of her productions, Argonautika and Medea, were chosen to perform for the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (Region 2). Jenny has created several stage combat shows including Love Hurts, We Could Be Heroes, and A Little Fight Music.

 

 


Skill Proficiency History

Date Weapon Location Grade

UA & SiS SPT/SPR

May 13, 2016 Single Sword Columbia, Maryland Recommended Pass

2009 National Stage Combat Workshops

Jul 24, 2009 Broadsword Winston-Salem, North Carolina Basic Pass
Jul 24, 2009 Rapier and Dagger Winston-Salem, North Carolina Recommended Pass
Jul 24, 2009 Knife Winston-Salem, North Carolina Recommended Pass
Jul 24, 2009 Unarmed Winston-Salem, North Carolina Recommended Pass
Jul 24, 2009 Small Sword Winston-Salem, North Carolina Recommended Pass
Jul 24, 2009 Broadsword and Shield Winston-Salem, North Carolina Recommended Pass

2008 National Stage Combat Workshops - NCSA

Jul 25, 2008 Broadsword Winston Salem, North Carolina Recommended Pass
Jul 25, 2008 Rapier and Dagger Winston Salem, North Carolina Recommended Pass
Jul 25, 2008 Small Sword Winston Salem, North Carolina Recommended Pass

Shaw - Private Lessons 2008

May 18, 2008 Broadsword Unknown, Nevada Recommended Pass
May 18, 2008 Rapier and Dagger Unknown, Nevada Recommended Pass
May 18, 2008 Knife Unknown, Nevada Recommended Pass
May 18, 2008 Unarmed Unknown, Nevada Recommended Pass

Carver Center for the Arts

Feb 8, 2008 Single Sword Towson, Maryland Basic Pass
Feb 8, 2008 Broadsword and Shield Towson, Maryland Basic Pass