Jenny Magnus is a Chicago-based writer, performer, composer, musician, director, and educator whose work has played a significant role in shaping the city’s experimental theater community for decades. She is the founding co-Artistic Director of Curious Theatre Branch and co-producer of the Rhinoceros Theater Festival, Chicago’s longest-running fringe festival of new work. Beau O’Reilly is a musician, playwright, performer, and educator known for his contributions to Chicago’s independent arts and music scenes through projects that blend theatrical storytelling, folk, cabaret, punk, and alternative performance traditions. Together, Magnus and O’Reilly bring a deeply collaborative spirit rooted in experimentation, performance, and community-based artistic practice.

Website: https://www.jennymagnus.com/

Affiliation: SIAC