Jenette Kozak Biography

Jenette is a native of New Jersey and is currently working in New York City. She most recently appeared in a long run as Marla Mermelstein in the New York Dinner Theatre’s Godfather’s Meshugenner Wedding. She received her BFA in theatre form the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1996. Some favorite roles include Roxanne Schneider in Oatmeal and Kisses (which she also directed), Janice in The Italian-American Reconciliation, and Lucia Vladu in Caryl Churchill’s Mad Forest directed by William Martin. She is an avid dancer and spent this last year teaching tap and jazz, as well as acting as Tap Captain in Macy’s 20th Anniversary Tap-A-Mania. Jenette is very excited to be joining the Acting Company of the New Jersey Repertory Company.