An accomplished actress ,singer, dancer and director, Jennifer calls Vancouver home ( when not performing around North America) with her husband and co-owner of Backyard Buddha Studio and their son Cian Blue Miller. Her many talents have taken her to Toronto, Los Angeles, Chicago and even a tour to Alaska with “Les Miserables“. Favorite shows onstage have included “The Who’s Tommy” in which she played Sally Simpson, “Les Mis“, “Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” with Donny Osmond and currently “Jersey Boys” playing Franki Valli’s wife Mary Delgado. Film and television projects of note include “Once Upon A Mattress” with Carol Burnett and Tracy Ullman, “Slither” with Nathan Fillion and Elizabeth Banks, “Lucky Seven” with Patrick Dempsey and Kimberly Williams and “The Angel And The Badman” with Lou Diamond Phillips. As a director Jennifer has had the pleasure to work on some fantastic material such as John Patrick Shanley’s “The Big Funk” and David Rabe’s “In The Boom Boom Room“. Jennifer recently had her Toronto directorial debut with John Cariani’s “Almost, Maine” at the Tarragon extra space.
Look out for her guest starring role in the new Universal series “Fairly Legal” premiering in January.
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REVIEWS:
May 6th, 2010 | 
Directed by Jennifer Copping and written by John Cariani, Almost, Maine is a comedy about adulation and affliction. Set in rural America, the show feels very much like a typical small town soap opera, complete with cheating spouses, broken marriages and strangers suddenly appearing out of nowhere, ready to run off with someone’s heart..
From the moment the house lights go down, the audience is witness to many love scenarios, including a hysterical rendition of Brokeback Mountain where the characters are literally falling down backwards over each other. Rapid fire dialogue, sharp wit and seamless changes between acts, keeps the momentum fresh and full of lighthearted fun.
Mike Lobel—who many will recognize from Degrassi: The Next Generation—is the shining star of the evening. His ability to transform from one character to another with such ease has you forgetting there is one actor playing several parts. We’re talking rising star material all the way.
If Almost, Maine is on your list of plays to see in May, be prepared for an excessive love-in, complete with an abundance of goofy, amorous metaphors.
But really, what does love have to do with it? A trip to the Tarragon Extra Space environment is the only way to find out.
Review by Carolina Smart
REVIEW FROM NOW MAGAZINE - MAY 6th,2010
The modern romantic comedy is usually the domain of film, but U.S. playwright John Cariani proves you don’t need Jennifer Aniston to tug at heartstrings.
He demonstrates real affection for the genre in Almost, Maine, a charming series of vignettes about couples finding or losing love.
In a tiny, freezing town in “the only state attached to only one state,” half a dozen couples do everything from sharing a first kiss or encountering an ex to falling (literally) in love.
Cariani has a good ear and eye for the absurd: a misspelled tattoo, a broken heart carried around in a paper bag. Director Jennifer Copping ensures these details don’t feel as precious or twee as they sound.
Some of the scenes feel like audition pieces (Cariani’s also an actor), but that’s a compliment. There are layers of subtext beneath the dialogue, and Copping and cast mine them successfully, mixing tones and moods with skill.
It was a good move to cast six actors instead of the play’s usual four. We don’t tire of the performers, and each still gets to show off his or her range. Shanda Bezic’s terrific as a guilt-ridden widow, cheerful bartender and working-class woman who’s never been kissed, while Mike Lobel impresses as a man who claims he can’t be hurt, a guy whose feelings for his buddy surprise him and the hapless dude in the play’s prologue and epilogue.
Kate Spurgeon’s excellent as women who have left or are about to leave bad relationships, while Lauren Lipson is lovely as a woman who finally gets back to the man who proposed to her.
The production fits beautifully into the intimate Tarragon Extra Space, where Anne-Marie Polistuk and Victor Gomez’s set and lighting design establish just the right moods for these memorable Maine events.