Palmer Jankens biography

Palmer Jankens

At Writers Theatre: Days Like Today

Chicago credits include 42nd Street (Paramount Theatre), A Q Brothers’ Christmas Carol (Chicago Shakespeare Theater), Annie Get Your Gun, Gershwin’s Greatest Hits, Oliver! (Light Opera Works), Facing Angela, Little Triggers, 15 Minutes (The Ruckus). Assistant design credits in Chicago include: Pullman Porter Blues (Goodman Theatre), Sunset Blvd., Singin’ in the Rain (Drury Lane Theatre), Eastland (Lookingglass Theatre Company) and Freud’s Last Session (Mercury Theater). Regional credits include productions with: Utah Shakespeare Festival, Transversal Theater Company, and South Coast Repertory. National tour credits include Here To Stay: The Gershwin Experience. International credits include the world premiere of The Green Knight at the Sibiu International Theatre Festival, Romania. Palmer has also worked as sound engineer for Blue Man Group Chicago, and Million Dollar Quartet Chicago. He holds a B.A. from Western Michigan University and a M.F.A. from University of California, Irvine. pjankens.com 

[Bio as of March 2014]