Jenna Lourenco

regional managing editor

Jenna Lourenco is a lecturer in theater arts & speech, costume designer-in-residence, & costume shop supervisor at Emmanuel College, Boston, her undergraduate alma mater. She also holds both an MA and an MFA in Theatre Education and Applied Theatre from Emerson College. Jenna is an actor, singer, costumer/costume designer, director, producer, and dramaturg. She teaches courses in acting and public speaking, and her areas of research include the influence of mythology on gender performance in Irish drama and the representation of autism in theatre. Jenna is a self-identified autistic woman and the mother of two diagnosed autistic young adults.