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Meet Janice

Amplifying the true stories of those who need to be heard in service of a more compassionate, equitable, and life-giving world.

Teacher - Performer - Speaker - Coach

Janice Creneti is an award-winning actor and director with four decades of experience. She has appeared in over 100 productions including live theater, TV, and film.

 

She began her journey of personal storytelling with Powerstories Theater of Tampa. It taught her to deeply embrace and leverage theater as a vehicle for social change.

 

As Artistic Director for West Coast Players of Clearwater she prioritized stories that amplified marginalized voices.

 

As a solo performer and playwright she leverages theater’s unparalleled ability to explore the depths of the human experience and reveal its beautiful soul.

 

She seeks to leverage this power to amplify the true stories of those who need to be heard in service of a more compassionate, equitable, and life-giving world.

Janice Creneti

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Empty Theater

October 18 - 19, 2024

POWERSTORIES POWERUPS:
STAGED READING

The Studio @620, 620 1st Ave S, St. Petersburg

Nov 14 - Dec 1, 2024

Desdemona, A Play About a Handkerchief

TheatreFor in the Sunset Square Shopping Center

Janice Creneti Upcoming Performances

October 18 - 19, 2024

POWERSTORIES POWERUPS: STAGED READING

Jane: Abortion and the Underground

Written by Paula Kamen, Jane: Abortion and the Underground is a timely and provocative part-documentary drama about “the best-kept secret” in Chicago, “Jane,” an underground abortion service that operated from 1969 to 1973...

November 14 - December 1, 2024

Desdemona, A Play About a Handkerchief

Paula Vogel, Directed by Graham Jones
Paula Vogel unfolds a tale of hidden desires and twisted fates in Desdemona, a play about a handkerchief featuring three women who refuse to play by the rules, a laundry, a brothel, and a handkerchief…

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Janice Creneti

Award-winning actor, director and educator with four decades of experience who deeply embraces and leverages theater as a vehicle for social change and personal transformation

Recent Acting Credits

Small Craft Warnings**

Midsummer Night’s Dream**

Thursday is My Day for Cleaning**

My Year of Saying No (solo show)

Lysistrata*

Trust in the Journey

Leader of the Pack**

God of Carnage

Enchanted April

Burial at Thebes

A Delicate Balance*

Good People

Leona

Puck

Louise

Janice

Lysistrata

Marie

Ellie

Veronica

Lotty

Antigone

Claire

Margie

West Coast Players

  Eight O’Clock Theater

Florida Theater Conference

Powertories Theatre, Inc.

West Coast Players

Florida Holocaust Museum

Island Community Theater

Gulfport Community Players

Francis Wilson Playhouse

The Cruciverbalist Collective

West Coast Players

West Coast Players

Directing Credits

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf**

Dog Sees God

Becky’s New Car

Reckless

Shevolution II

Artistic Director, West Coast Players, Clearwater, FL

​Director/Lead Instructor, Girlstories Theater Project, Powerstories Theatre, Tampa, FL

Drama Kids, Inc. Teacher/Director, Sarasota, FL   

**Indicates Award Winner, * Indicates Award Nominee

West Coast Players

West Coast Players

West Coast Players

West Coast Players

Powerstories Theatre, Inc.

2009-2021

2008-2010

2003-2007

Recent Speaking Engagements

Keynote: Using Stories for Professional Development, US Department of Education SIGNetwork State Personnel Development Grant (SPDG) Conference

Coaching SIM: Meeting Teachers Where They are to Move Them Forward, International SIMposium, University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning

Authentic Engagement in Virtual Learning, US Department of Education SPDG Directors Conference

Successful Partnerships between Schools and Non-Profits, National Marine Educator’s Association

Education & Training

Solo Theater - Jessica Lynn Johnson, Los Angeles, CA

Voice - Susan Stearns, McLean VA; Ginny Kopf, Orland, FL,

Acting - Jim Spruill, Boston University Boston, MA

Dance - Helen Wexler, Bethesda, MD; Bonnie Gray, St. Petersburg, FL

B.S. Secondary Science Education, Boston University

Special Skills

Education, Grant writing and management, Producing, Animal Handling, Dialects, Guitar, SCUBA diving

Contact

Find Your Voice

Phone Number: 941-518-5718    /     Email: janice@janicecreneti.com   

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