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Jesse Mensah

Jesse Mensah (1993) has joined the ITA-ensemble in 2021.

In season 25|26 he will perform in the premiere of Prophet Song (directed by Mina Salehpour), and the revivals of The End of Eddy and Giovanni's Room.

C.V.

Jesse Mensah is an actor, dancer, singer and presenter. Since graduating from the Academy of Theatre in Amsterdam, Jesse performed in many theatre productions in The Netherlands and presented a renowned children’s television program Willem Wever. Jesse also plays parts in on screen productions, for example in the remarkable series Anne+. In 2020 Jesse is nominated for the Louis d’Or, the award for best male lead of the season for the production Weg met Eddy Bellegueule.

Previously Mensah performed with the ITA Ensemble in Judas (directed by Robert Icke), Age of Rage (directed by Ivo van Hove), Lehman Trilogy (directed by Guy Cassiers), Birds of a Kind (directed by Alize Zandwijk), The Laws (directed by Eline Arbo), Angels in America (director Ivo van Hove), Penthesilea (directed by Eline Arbo) and The Hours (directed by Eline Arbo).

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AWARDS
2024 | nomination Theo d'Or contributing role | The Laws at Internationaal Theater Amsterdam
2021 | nomination Louis d'Or | Weg met Eddy Bellegueule at Toneelschuur Producties

WORK OUTSIDE ITA

2019
The Equivalent | Acacia Traynor
Zwart water | NNT
Ilias | Orkater/De Nieuwkomers, KONVOOI

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2017
Ein Lekkerding | Florian Froschmayer
2017: A Press Conference | Jordi Wijnalda
Lear | Toneelmakerij
De verbeelde stad | Over het IJ

2016
Centraal Medisch Centrum | RTL
Een soort Hades | Theater Utrecht
Fort Europa | Amsterdamse Toneelschool

2015
Stad der blinden | Theater Utrecht

2014
De laatste vriend van Napoleon | Ruut Weissman

2013
De nachtmis | Circus Treurdier

2012
Romans 3:23 | Charles A. Kennedy Jr., Zell Towners

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ITA Ensemble Theater Giovanni's Room

Close Giovanni's Room ITA Ensemble / Eline Arbo

15 Feb '26 to 01 Mar '26

Director Eline Arbo adapts James Baldwin's timeless classic for the stage. A music filled performance about love, identity, and the fear of being oneself.

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ITA Ensemble Theater Giovanni's Room

Close Giovanni's Room ITA Ensemble / Eline Arbo

06 Mar '26 to 08 Mar '26

Director Eline Arbo adapts James Baldwin's timeless classic for the stage. A music filled performance about love, identity, and the fear of being oneself.

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ITA Ensemble Theater The End of Eddy

Close The End of Eddy ITA Ensemble

25 Aug '25 to 06 Jun '26

Édouard Louis took the world by storm with his successful autobiographical novel The End of Eddy. Without much frills, the novel tells the life story of a homosexual boy growing up in a homophobic environment.

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ITA Ensemble Theater Prophet Song

Close Prophet Song ITA Ensemble

12 Nov '25 to 22 Jan '26

Prophet Song unfolds in a chilling and not-so-distant future. When a right-wing, democratically elected regime rises to power, the rule of law begins to erode, and democracy slowly unravels. In the grip of a tightening reality, a mother fights desperately to protect her four children.

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Jesse Mensah

Jesse Mensah (1993) has joined the ITA-ensemble in 2021. In season 25|26 he will perform in the premiere of Prophet Song (directed by Mina Salehpour), and the revivals of The End of Eddy and Giovanni's Room.

C.V.

WORK OUTSIDE ITA

SHOWS

Jesse Mensah (1993) has joined the ITA-ensemble in 2021.

In season 25|26 he will perform in the premiere of Prophet Song (directed by Mina Salehpour), and the revivals of The End of Eddy and Giovanni's Room.