Dramaturgy and Mentoring

Collaborative support for artists developing new performance work.

Jenna offers dramaturgical support and mentoring to professional playwrights and creatives developing new writing and performance across a range of contexts, including independent practice, academic and educational settings, and professional festival production, with a particularl interest in working with artists developing new writing, devised performance, and socially engaged work.

With over 15 years’ experience, her work is rooted in long-term, collaborative processes that support artists to clarify ideas, deepen structure, and strengthen the relationship between form, content, and audience. This practice is informed by several years of teaching devising and performance-making and mentoring at the University of Glasgow, alongside her current role as Associate Reader with Playwrights’ Studio Scotland.

Jenna has worked with artists and organisations including:

• Playwrights’ Studio Scotland (Associate Reader, 2026)

• University of Glasgow

• Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

• Scissor Kicks

• Eden Court

• Cumbernauld Theatre

• Highland Youth Arts Hub

• Fèis Rois