About

Jenny Mercein is an actor, teacher, director, producer, and writer currently living in New Orleans, where she is an Associate Professor at Tulane University. She is proud a producer of Roleplay, a play and documentary film project exploring student perspectives on sex, power, identity, and consent. The Roleplay Documentary premiered at SXSW (March 2024) and is now touring colleges across the country and will be digitally released by PBS’s Reel South (August 2026). The Roleplay script is now available via Dramatic Publishing. Her short play Auld Lang Syne was published in the anthology Alone, Together. Along with KJ Sanchez, Jenny is the co-creator of the acclaimed docudrama X's and O's, about football and traumatic brain injury (Berkeley Rep, Baltimore Center Stage). Acting credits include “Your Honor,” “NCIS: New Orleans,” "30 Rock," "Blue Bloods," "Unforgettable," "Law & Order" and extensive theater credits spanning the country. Jenny received her B.A. in Theater Studies and the History of Art from Yale and her M.F.A. in Acting from The University of Washington.