Jennifer Ruygt (’19)
Jennifer is a California Native, recently transplanted to Boston. After receiving her B.A. in Theatre from San Diego State University, she worked at the Naples Dinner Theater in southwest Florida as Production Stage Manager and Company Manger. Since then she has worked professionally in the theatre industry in various roles, primarily as a stage manager in the San Francisco Bay Area. Select credits include: William Shakespeare’s Long Lost First Play (abridged), Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Seussical, Noises Off, Disney’s Aladdin, As You Like It, Three Musketeers, The Odd Couple, Sweeny Todd, The Producers, Antigone, Sugar, Pal Joey. Jennifer is also a company member with the Reduced Shakespeare Company, serving as a stage manager and has work-shopped three productions with them.
Jennifer also worked as an educator for the Napa Valley College. She held the position of Instructor of Technical Theater as well as Technical Director and Interim Production Manager, which included one-on-one mentoring with student stage management and technical crew.
In addition to stage management, Jennifer has worked as a Director, Designer, Electrician, Painter, and properties artisan in the theatre industry and is always striving to learn something new. She is currently a full time student at Boston University in the College of Fine Art’s MFA Production Management program.
As an artist with an organized mind, the art of administration interests me. A successful administrator is someone who can serve the artist, the company, and the community as a strong and positive representative by knowing the full scope of the art industry. The program here at BU is helping me achieve this high standard of a successful representative of the arts by acquiring the tools I need to dialogue with others so that I can inspire creative minds and share my drive and passion for the performing arts.