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JENNIFER PAULSON-LEE SDC AEA AFTRA AGMA [email protected] www.jenniferpaulsonlee.com 914-419-1593 Selected work BROADWAY/LINCOLNCENTER/INTERNATIONAL MAGIC TO DO – with Stephen Schwartz Choreographer Gabriel Barre, Dir. Princess Cruises Mark Hartmen, MD Annie Get Your Gun – Vivian Beaumont Choreographer Lonny Price, Dir. Wonderful Town Assistant Choreographer Tina Paul, Chor. NY State Theatre 110 in the Shade Principal Dancer Scott Ellis, Dir. NY State Theatre Susan Stroman, Chor. Jerome Robbins Home Play Workshop Dancer Jerome Robbins Legs Diamond Co-assistant Robert Allan Mark Hellinger Theatre Choreographer Ackerman, Dir. Alan Johnson, Chor. Midsummer in Newtown - Tribeca Film Festival 2016 Choreographer in Film Lloyd Kramer, Dir. Prod: The Documentary Group / Vulcan Productions OFF BROADWAY Howard, an American Musical Director York Theatre NYC Flyer, the musical Director Lambs Cyrano de Bergerac Choreographer Resonance Theatre Ensemble NYC Enter Laughing, the musical AssociateDir/Choreo Stuart Ross, Dir. Little Women, the musical Choreographer Nick Corley, Dir. Tin Types Choreographer Nick Corley, Dir. Lola Choreographer Nick Corley, Dir. REGIONAL Oklahoma! (IU Opera Department) Choreographer Gabriel Barre, Dir. City of Angels – Goodspeed OH Choreographer Darko Dresnjak, Dir. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn GOH Choreographer Eli Renfield, Dir. Cinderella – Paper Mill Choreographer Gabriel Barre, Dir. A Child’s Christmas in Wales Choreographer Robert Duke, Dir. West Side Story - Utah Choreographer Gabriel Barre, Dir. Just So – Norma Terrace Choreographer Finian’s Rainbow GOH Choreographer/Susan Gabriel Barre, Dir. Connecticut Critic Circle Nomination – Best Choreography A Christmas Carol (McCarter) 2006-2015 Choreography Supervisor Michael Unger, Dir. Rob Ashford, Chor. Houdini – Goodspeed OH Assoc. Choreographer Gabriel Barre, Dir. JENNIFER PAULSON-LEE SDC AEA AFTRA AGMA [email protected] www.jenniferpaulsonlee.com 914-419-1593 Sweeney Todd GOH Associate Director Gabriel Barre, Dir. Camelot – Casa Manana Associate Director Gabriel Barre, Dir. Pericles –New Jersey Shakespeare Choreographer Gabriel Barre, Dir. Seussical, the musical Choreographer Michael Unger, Dir. A Rockin’ Midsummer Night’s Dream Choreographer Michael Unger, Dir. OPERA The Consul Choreographer Michael Unger, Dir. NJ Opera Company HMS Pinafore Choreographer Michael Unger, Dir. NJ Opera Company Susannah Choreographer Michael Unger, Dir. St. Petersburg Opera Opera JENNIFER PAULSON-LEE SDC AEA AFTRA AGMA [email protected] www.jenniferpaulsonlee.com 914-419-1593 East Carolina University BFA Dance Performance under Mavis Ray with a concentration in Acting – Meisner Technique Other productions include: The Rink The Book of Candy (Mel Marvin) Dear World (with Jerry Herman) Zorro… I Hear Music! Jerry’s Girls 2Life Jaques Brel is Alive and Well… Tim & Scrooge (Nick Corley) Stars in your Eyes (Cherry Lane Theatre) The Odd Potato (Director) Fables in Slang Princeton University 250th Anniversary – The Tiger Roars Princeton University Triangle Club – Heist Almighty .

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