B I O
“To say Jana is a natural is an understatement, vigorous at points and softer than dew on a peach the next;
her songs lift off and mesmerize the room before you know it.” -South by Southwest
J A N A C R E N S H A W is a singer-songwriter and composer of film and theater scores, sad piano songs and 3rd Grade Musicals. She has performed on Broadway, toured throughout the U. S. and Canada, had a #1 video on LOGO (MTV), and in 2019 she was awarded a RACC (Regional Arts and Culture Council) project grant for ‘More to the Story’, a 3rd grade musical telling of Portland’s History through a Social Justice lens.
Jana moved to Portland, Oregon in 2008, to compose music and soundscapes for shows at Portland theaters and has composed scores for:
Portland Center Stage: Kodachrome, Constellations, Oregon Trail, Vanya, Sonia and Masha and Spike, futura, Small Fire, Chinglish, Other Desert Cities.
Portland Playhouse: No Candy, Left Hand of Darkness (by Ursula K LeGuin with Hand2Mouth Company).
Liminal: Our Town.
Profile Theater: 2.5 Minute Ride, Fires In the Mirror, (Un)Conditional.
Fertile Ground Festival: Please Validate Your Identity (cast and composer).
CURRENTLY - I am working on scoring a local version of A Midsummer Night's Dream, and expanding my one-woman-show, PIANANATOMY.
Jana moved to Portland, Oregon in 2008, to compose music and soundscapes for shows at Portland theaters and has composed scores for:
Portland Center Stage: Kodachrome, Constellations, Oregon Trail, Vanya, Sonia and Masha and Spike, futura, Small Fire, Chinglish, Other Desert Cities.
Portland Playhouse: No Candy, Left Hand of Darkness (by Ursula K LeGuin with Hand2Mouth Company).
Liminal: Our Town.
Profile Theater: 2.5 Minute Ride, Fires In the Mirror, (Un)Conditional.
Fertile Ground Festival: Please Validate Your Identity (cast and composer).
CURRENTLY - I am working on scoring a local version of A Midsummer Night's Dream, and expanding my one-woman-show, PIANANATOMY.