Jennifer Boesing began working professionally as a singer/actor in Minneapolis at the age of nine. Before she graduated from high school, she had performed with At the Foot of the Mountain Theater Company, Mabou Mines Theater, Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theater, the Minnesota Orchestra, and the Minnesota Opera.
Jennifer graduated from the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater in New York City, where she studied acting with Sanford Meisner and Richard Pinter. In 2002 she earned a Masters in Music from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, where she received the Award for Outstanding Achievement in Operatic Performance. Locally, she has performed opera, oratorio, and new music theater; her professional credits include work with San Francisco Opera Center, San Francisco Lyric Opera, Pocket Opera, Golden Gate Men’s Chorus, Gold Coast Chamber Players, Berkeley Symphony Orchestra, Berkeley Opera, Oakland East Bay Symphony, Oakland Opera Theater, Festival Opera, and North Bay Opera. She has been teaching voice privately since 1998.
Boesing began working with YMTC in 2000 as Music Director, and served as Vocal Coach in 2002. In 2004, she came on board as YMTC’s stage director, assisted the company in forming a board and incorporating as a non-profit in 2004, took on the mantle of Artistic Director, and began to design, implement and teach acting and musical theater workshops throughout the season. Boesing has been leading the company as its Producing Artistic Director since 2012.