Jean Sergent Shakespeares Globe New Zealand Actors Fellowship

Kia ora! I'm Jean Sergent. I'm an actor, writer, comedian, producer, musician, costumer, and nerdy nerdy sociologist. You might have seen me onstage with The Bacchanals in Wellington in shows like Richard III, Lysistrata, or Once We Built a Tower. Maybe you came to see Page Turners at The New Zealand Library during the Wellington 150th Birthday celebrations, or perhaps you saw me as Apemantus in this year's Summer Shakespeare production of Timon of Athens. 

This year I've been selected through SGCNZ to be part of the New Zealand Actors' Fellowship at Shakespeare's Globe in London. This three-week intensive programme for established New Zealand actors only runs every two years, so this is a real once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for me. I'm so excited to join the 23 other actors in the company, from countries like Germany, Italy, Canada, and Australia. We'll be working together toward a final performance at The Globe, as well as having some one-on-one time with incredible Globe staff like Giles Block, Glynn MacDonald and Martin McKelland.

Even though my cat tried to upstage me during my audition, I still managed to pull it off! Now I your need help pulling off my mammoth funding effort!

Dawn Sanders and Shakespeare Globe Centre New Zealand have managed to secure me a generous grant from Creative New Zealand - Thanks Dawn! Thanks SGCNZ! Thanks CNZ! I'm running fundraising shows, I had a surprisingly lucrative twitter garage sale, and I've had a handful of private donations already.

I'm asking you to help me raise $3500 on Boosted! This is a bare minimum type of a deal - anything I get over $3500 will go toward extra dance and singing tutelage from amazing London teachers.

I'm off on September 14th, so it's crunch time lovelies! Please dig deep if you can, but every little bit counts. Keep an eye out here for updates, selfies, and other silly little tidbits as I celebrate edging my way closer to my dream!