Jennifer Spiegel was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada in 1979. She began her acting career at age 9 in the television series ‘Family Pictures’ for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). Shortly thereafter she made her stage debut as a “cheerful seal” in a mythic drama – a role that would leave an indelible mark on her young psyche.
In 1995 Jennifer co-wrote and produced Permutations, her first original play, for the Winnipeg Fringe Festival, and in 2002 she delved into the world of experimental multi-media performance with an ensemble devised piece, The Pavilion for Listening to Fragrance, presented at the Vancouver Fringe de la Fringe Festival.
In the winter of 2006/7 she was able to share her theatrical skills with children in Bhopal, India to facilitate the creation of a piece that told their version of the on-going struggles for water sanitation, medical care and social services following the 1984 Union Carbide/Dow Chemical Gas Disaster.
Jennifer holds a BA (hon) in Philosophy and Theatre (2001) and an MA in Interdisciplinary Performance Studies (2005) from the University of British Columbia. She is currently a PhD candidate at the Centre for Cultural Studies, Goldsmiths College, University of London where her research focuses on Ecology and the Politics of Performance and draws heavily on the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze.
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