![Mary Jane looking at the camera](https://web.faa.illinois.edu/app/uploads/sites/8/2024/03/Oken-Mary-Jane_Headshot-scaled-1280x0-c-default.jpg)
Resume & Bio
We know when audiences converge and listen, their hearts beat as one. It is in that singular, remarkable rhythm that I find what fuels me. Hi! I’m Mary Jane Oken, a theatre artist, musician, and jester who steadfastly believes I have a job: to make people feel. I cherish developing spaces with room for laughter; a home where we make people think. I hope for people to take a cold, deep plunge into the words I write. I am propelled by the vastness of the imagination. My goal is to fill our lives to the brim with emotion.
Mary Jane Portfolio
![woman dancing on stage](https://web.faa.illinois.edu/app/uploads/sites/8/2024/03/Airness.jpg-1-scaled-500x0-c-default.jpg)
![woman dancing on stage](https://web.faa.illinois.edu/app/uploads/sites/8/2024/03/Airness.jpg-2-scaled-500x0-c-default.jpg)
![person with face paint and hands held together in prayer](https://web.faa.illinois.edu/app/uploads/sites/8/2024/03/Ride-the-Cylcone.jpg-scaled-500x0-c-default.jpg)
![person sits on ground with tipped chair next](https://web.faa.illinois.edu/app/uploads/sites/8/2024/03/The-Moors.jpg-500x0-c-default.jpg)
![two people sitting on stage](https://web.faa.illinois.edu/app/uploads/sites/8/2024/03/Coriolanus-500x0-c-default.jpg)
![two women talking](https://web.faa.illinois.edu/app/uploads/sites/8/2024/03/Airness.jpg-scaled-500x0-c-default.jpg)