About the Ladies of the Indoor Outfit
Jenny Lester is a Los Angeles born and raised actress, writer, director, & producer, and co-founder of the film & theatre production company Shallow Graves. With SG, she produced, wrote, & starred in What She Said, an independent feature "traumedy," currently in post-production.
Jenny has worked across the industry in a variety of roles including as the writer's assistant to Steven Sater (Broadway's Spring Awakening), Literary Manager for the acclaimed off-broadway theatre company, Bedlam, as a freelance production coordinator for various independent and commercial projects, and as a director for many theatrical productions, workshops, & new play readings. This fall, she will be adapting and directing a production for The Tribe Theatre Co in NYC.
Favorite acting credits include; Daphna in Bad Jews (Best of the Bay & Theatre Tampa Bay Award Winner), Mary in Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberely (American Stage), Happy (US/Canadian English language premiere), workshops of Hester Street (MTC w/ Jackie Hoffman), The Magiker (w/ Bryan Cranston), Alexis Scheer's You're Never Fully Dressed (Boston Playwrights' Theatre), and La Ronde (Bedlam). Film & TV: The Other Two (Comedy Central), Tahara (Slamdance feature premiere), Soon By You (Web Series), and the Shallow Graves produced Platonics, a single camera comedy pilot that she also wrote.
Jorie is a Minneapolis-based actor, costume designer, stylist and bartender. Also unemployed. Last seen in the premiere restaging of Smokey Joe’s Cafe, directed and choreographed by Joshua Bergasse. As a costumer, she recently closed St. Joan with The Orchard Theater collective, featuring an ensemble of 5 actors playing all 20+ roles. You can also see her wardrobe design in the upcoming feature, What She Said, or the short film, Potential, or look for the (formerly touring) four part bluegrass phenom, Barbaro and tell em they look cute. I might have picked out their outfits ;)
