DeVida Jenkins
General Manager
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA
What’s your favorite line from a play?
“For, look you, there is humour in all things, and the truest philosophy is that which teaches us to find it and to make the most of it.”
– Jack Point, The Yeoman of the Guard by Gilbert & Sullivan
What is your favorite Movie?
WUTHERING HEIGHTS with Merle Oberon and Laurence Olivier
What is your favorite show?
42nd Street
Any hobbies?
Fiber arts, especially needlepoint.
Is there anything you still dream of doing?
I still dream of owning a farm!
I feel most like myself when I …
am watching an audience experience a production I am involved with.
What is your best escape?
the beach
Favorite cocktail
gin and tonic
What’s the one thing nobody knows about you?
How extremely shy I am.
DeVida Jenkins began her career as a lighting designer. As General Manager of the Merriam Theater (1997-2009), she created many educational programs, including Broadway on Broad and the Student Critics Program. DeVida is an aspiring farmer, who successfully farms one third of an acre in her spare time.
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