Jennifer Wintzer
Creative Producer

Press

—I have a strong commitment to creating art as civic dialogue and a passion for developing the next generation of artists of the American

theatre.

Photo by Elizabeth Wiseman

Photo by Elizabeth Wiseman

COCA Debuts New Musical With Help of Student Playwrights…Riverfront Times Article (April 2022)

COCA youth performers join the Pros for The Rep’s “A Christmas Carol”…St. Louis Mag (December 2021)

2021 Inaugural Cohort or Reimagine Grantees…Broadway World (September 2021)

COCA Co-Commissioner of Manual Cinema’s Christmas Carol…Read the NY Times Review (December 2020)

“Performances also showcase COCA’s Artistic Directors of Dance and Theatre…” St. Louis Mag (October 2020)

“COCA steps off stage for their first-ever ‘COCA writes-mini plays & music festival’ online experience” Fox2 News (April 2020)

“COCAwrites: Plays on Zoom adds guest Tarell Alvin McCraney” American Theatre Magazine (April 2020)

“NJT's "We Are the Levinsons" Postponed” St. Louis Post Dispatch (March 2020)

“The Lost Works Project: Director, Jennifer Wintzer” (March 2020)

“The New Jewish Theatre Presents We Are the Levinsons” Browadway World (February 2020)

“Youth lead stunning Black Rep and COCA co-production of Four Little Girls.” by Kenya Vaughn, St. Louis American (October 2019)

“Black Girl Magic Interrupted” by Kenya Vaughn, St. Louis American (October 2019)

"COCA’s New Artistic Director 'Raring To Go'" by Deborah Reinhardt, West End Word (May 2019)

"COCA Announces Jennifer Wintzer as Artistic Director of Theatre" Press Release, COCA, (April 2019)

"Q&A: Jennifer Wintzer becomes COCA's first artistic director of theater" by Calvin Wilson, St. Louis Post-Dispatch (April 2019)

"Shakespeare Festival St. Louis Announces Administrative Promotions", Broadway World (October 2018)

"Cut & Paste: Shakespeare Festival St. Louis engages the community in public spaces" by Nancy Fowler & Jeremy D. Goodwin, St. Louis Public Radio (June 2018)

“Dinner & A Show: Into the Breeches” by Mark Bretz, Ladue News (November 2018)

“Young people of color will find themselves reflected on stage – and youth from all backgrounds who see ‘Romeo and Juliet’ will connect with production as the play.”
— Kenya Vaughn, "'Romeo and Juliet' for today's generation"

“‘Romeo and Juliet’ for today’s generation” by Kenya Vaughn, The St. Louis American (June 2018)

“St. Louis: The Jigsaw City” by Rosalind Early, American Theatre (May 2018)

“ The arts—and the theatre scene in particular—create opportunities for young people to learn and to dream big about their future and the future of their city.”
— Jennifer Wintzer, from "St. Louis: The Jigsaw City"