Alexandra Bennett

Originally from Canada by way of Australia, Alexandra Bennett discovered how much fun it was working with the multitalented members of the Camenae Ensemble during their production of Ophelia in 2003, and was delighted to join them shortly afterwards. Locally, she has also performed with the Chicago Repertory Theatre Company, Chase Park Theatre, and in staged readings at Northern Illinois University. Her training includes work with Shakespeare and Company in Lenox, Massachusetts, and at the Actors' Centre and Actor's Gymnasium in Chicago. She has dramaturged productions for Shakespeare and Company, the School of Theatre and Dance at Northern Illinois University, and the Professional Theatre Training Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and regularly leads workshops on Shakespeare and verse drama. In her spare time from the practice of theatre, she is an Associate Professor of English at Northern Illinois University, where she teaches sixteenth- and seventeenth-century English drama, modern American drama, and modern British drama.