Jennifer Schaupp

Playwright Lyricist

A graduate of Carnegie Mellon University, Jennifer Schaupp is a multidisciplinary writer, collaborative theatre artist, and educator with a feminist, avant-garde, and global perspective. She has developed pieces for organizations and community events in Pittsburgh, such as Pittsburgh Fringe Festival, No Name Players' Support Women Artists Now Day, Pittsburgh Women's Scavenger Hunt & Monologue Reception, The Ellis School for young women, and Organic Theater's Earth Day Festival. For ten years, she also improvised stories with the Amish Monkeys short-form comedy troupe. Additionally, Jennifer has created work for groups and projects throughout the U.S. and beyond, including 365 Women a Year Playwriting Project (online), Gilbert Theater's New Play Festival in North Carolina, LA STAGE Alliance's National Playwrights' Slam, and Spilling Ink’s Bharatanatyam dance, poetry, and theatre production in Chennai, India.