Jennifer Hartley went on to study direction and acting after completing a degree in English Literature and Linguistics in Glasgow, Scotland.  After a number of directing theatre ventures in the UK and abroad she began working in South America where she founded the Fingers and Thumbs theatre group producing & directing musicals, dramatic work & children's theatre in both Spanish & English.  In addition Jennifer taught theatre to various groups focusing on both drama theory and practice, as well as therapy through drama. Later Jennifer began working extensively with theories and methodology related to Augusto Boal's Theatre of the Oppressed and currently uses adapted methods from this to work with minority and oppressed groups in the United Kingdom and focus projects abroad.  This in turn has led to a number of studies, most notably, a highly polemic doctoral thesis on the effect of oppression on creativity in the theatre entitled Oppression as a Stimulus for Change  (published in Spanish September 2005).  Other publications and works in progress include plays, academic articles, poetry and short stories – a number of these publications are due for release and updates can be found on this site (see publications).  Jennifer is currently working on various theatre projects both community and therapy based, from which new writing is also being developed.  After a number of years teaching and lecturing in Theatre and drama at secondary and tertiary level, Jennifer is now dedicating her time to writing & directing theatre, although she continues to teach through conducting workshops & various theatre projects when her schedule allows.