48 Hour Film Project 2024 - ON THE RECORD

Short film On The Record nominations & wins in Best of Seattle Awards

Jennifer was cast as ‘Jen’ in ON THE RECORD, a short comedy-whodunnit created for the 48 Hour Film Project. Produced by Not Like Other Girls Productions, directed by Nolan Anderson, written by Kate Watters, Nolan Anderson, and Ben Wade.

Written, filmed, edited, scored, and rendered in 48 hours, On The Record was nominated for Best Acting Ensemble, and was awarded Best Use of Character, and Best Film (4th Place - Honorable Mention) of 2024.

For more info about the 48 Hour Film Project visit their website.

BTS Shot of the set of On The Record. Director of Photography Jama Abdirahman. Pictured: Cedric Jonathan, Ethan Berkley, Jennifer Ewing, Joshua Hunter

A Christmas Carol at ACT Seattle

Jennifer’s debut at A Contemporary Theatre in their production of A Christmas Carol directed by R. Hamilton Wright, adapted from Charles Dickens’ classic novel

Jennifer understudied five actors and 12 roles in the 2023 production of A Christmas Carol, including Mrs Fezziwig, Belle, Mrs Cratchit, Ghost of Christmas Past, and Mrs Dilber. Jennifer was tasked with going on as Mrs Dilber and Mrs Fezziwig for the closing weekend of the production, for a total of six performances, making her ACT acting debut.

Hometown Boy, Seattle Public Theater

Jennifer’s Seattle Public Theater debut as ‘Sam’ in the West Coast Premiere of Keiko Green’s Hometown Boy, directed by Annie Lareau.

Jennifer Ewing as Sam
Photo: John Ulman

“There’s something about watching someone stand defiantly straight, methodically frosting a cake, while everything around them crumbles. The frosting, so neat, so well-placed, so logical. Predictable. Carefully controlled.

The rest of the world, not so much.

It’s[...] potent here in Keiko Green’s Hometown Boy, a play that’s not obviously about a cake at all. But that memorable scene serves as both crux and metaphor for everything else going on as its central characters’ pasts and present collide.”

— Chase Anderson, NWTheatre

Pictured: Jennifer Ewing as Sam, Michael Wu as James
Photos: John Ulman

“[W]e are confronted about who society allows to make mistakes, and how one moment can destroy one family yet leave another seemingly unscathed. But, because people are complicated, we see that all parties are wounded. This is a production where no one becomes “the winner;” we are forced to grapple with layers of trauma and the question of what it means to be American, and how important it is to have a home.”

— Mike Davis & Kim Malcom, KUOW

“The...cast makes this web of characters bold and identifiable ... Jennifer Ewing and Tim Hyland each pull off a likable, put-together surface, and each weighted with a desperate determination to keep it that way.”

— Chase Anderson, NWTheatre

“From thought-provoking racial and familial scenarios to hilarious, shocking, and gut-wrenchingly sad scenes, “Hometown Boy” is a must-watch.”

— Ava Mitchell, The Daily

Photo by John Ullman - Jennifer Ewing as Sam, Mike Wu as James

“Hometown Boy at SPT rocked my gosh dang WORLD this evening. This production is very well done - the cast is legit stunner. Every single one of these actors had me fully engaged the entire time. Brilliant performances across the board, and this is not a story you’ve seen done before. When intermission hit, I didn’t even want a break. Excellent, excellent, excellent work to all involved. Go see it.”

— Audience Response

Nonsense and Beauty, and the closure of Theatre22

In September of 2022, I performed the role of May Buckingham in Scott C. Sickles’ romantic drama, Nonsense and Beauty, based on the true love story of famed English author E.M. Forster’s affair with Bob Buckingham, and Forster’s decades-long “muddle” and friendship with Bob, and his wife May.

Sadly, it was also Theatre22’s last production as a company, due to a loss of viable performance space in the city. For more on the closure, you can read Theatre22’s statement here, or the feature in the Seattle Times.

I have had the distinct privilege and pleasure of working with Theatre22 since 2014. In 2017, I was invited to be a member of the T22 family as Associate Producer and Resident Scenic Artist. Within the last 8 years, they have trusted me to perform, produce, direct, paint, dramaturg, dialect coach, facilitate, organize, create, learn, think critically, feel deeply, dream, and hope.

The immense amount of love, gratitude, respect, admiration I have for the incredible people that make up this company is impossible to truly communicate. Corey McDaniel, Julie Beckman, Alber Sucupira, Katie McKellar- my theater family - I would not be the artist and professional I am today without all of them. I'm having a hard time imagining what my artistic life will look and feel like in the future, but I know in my heart and deepest intuition that, though it will not be under the T22 moniker, we will collaborate together again, and we will still be family. Thank you for challenging me when I needed it, trusting me when I didn't trust myself, for loving me, and for giving me space and tools to grow as an artist and person. I'm so proud of the strides T22 has made in the last decade, and I'm grateful to have been a part of it.

“He felt that nonsense and beauty have close connections – closer connections than Art will allow – and that both would remain when his own heaviness and his own ugliness had perished.”

— E.M. Forster, The Longest Journey

All photos courtesy of Truman Buffett Photography

Cast and crew of Nonsense and Beauty, with playwright Scott C. Sickles
Back Row (L,R): Alison Kozar, Kyle Thompson, Jennifer Ewing, Russell Matthews, Eric Mulholland, Ahren Buhmann, Hisam Goueli
Front Row (L, R): Alber Sucupira, Marty Mukhalian, Corey McDaniel, Scott C. Sickles, Megan Wright, Anahita Sepehri

2020

Well, 2020 was a year.

Hello dear visitor, Jennifer here. Thank you for visiting my website! You may be wondering, “Jennifer hasn’t updated her website since May 2, 2019, what happened? Is she okay? Has she quit the business? Did the business quit her?” And to respond I will say, “Yes, I’m okay - no, I haven’t quit - and no it didn’t quit me.”

Twenty Twenty was a profoundly affecting year for every person on the planet. I was extremely lucky to stay safe, housed, and even partially employed, though not in the performing arts until late 2020. I threw myself into keeping the cafe I assistant manage alive and open through the pandemic, but also found artistic solace in producing a few paintings and drawings for friends, family, and even some new acquaintances.

In the fall of 2020, I reentered the performing arts arena, and was delighted to work with Harlequin Productions on their radio play production of Dracula, directed by Corey D. McDaniel, from the Orson Welles adaptation.

In spring of 2021, I joined Theatre22’s cast of their radio play adaption of E.M. Forster’s short story, The Celestial Omnibus, directed and adapted by Julie Beckman.

Theatre22 retained my painting services to create original artwork for their Season 7 poster art, and I reentered in-person theater work by painting their set and scenic elements for their outdoor summer production of Alice in Wonderland. ArtsWest then took me on as Scenic Charge for their 2021 production of We’ve Battled Monsters Before with book, music, and lyrics by Justin Huertas.

Thanks for keeping in touch, more news to come soon.

All the best, Jennifer