Johnny & Jenny
October 4th, 2025
Johnny & Jenny
Johnny & Jenny is a story of crossing paths!
They both met in 2008 while attending Virginia Commonwealth University; Johnny was a lighting major and Jenny, a costume major.
After graduation, they both moved to D.C. where Jenny worked at The Shakespeare Theatre Company and Johnny worked at the Newseum. Jenny lived on Capitol Hill and walked down the National Mall past the Newseum everyday on her way to work.
In 2014,they both moved to New York City. Throughout the years in NYC they remained friends.
While hanging out at the Prickly Pear in the West Village, Jenny made friends with strangers, as she usually does. As the night progressed, the new friends were adamant that Johnny & Jenny were a couple despite assurances otherwise. Those fateful strangers eventually convinced the both of them that there was something more than friendship. They started dating that weekend.
Three years later, in September of 2024, Johnny and Jenny went to Yellowstone National Park. They took a sunset hike to a waterfall, and Johnny got down on one knee. Laughing, Jenny said yes! They hiked back to their car where their friends had a bottle of champagne waiting for us!
Jenny O'Donnell
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Jenny was born in Chagrin Falls, Ohio and moved to Richmond, Virginia to pursue Costume Design at VCU. After graduation she moved to D.C. where she worked at the Shakespeare Theater Company.
After two years it was time to take on New York where she worked at Julliard, on Broadway and Off-Broadway shows, including being the Assistant Costume Designer on Broadway's Fool for Love, and toured internationally with the Martha Graham Dance Company. After several years working in theater she moved on to work a 9-5 desk job.
She currently works as an Executive Assistant for Kelso & Co. She spends her free time playing with puppies, binging reality TV, listening to Finance Podcasts, spinning at Soul Cycle, and playing Minecraft.
Johnny Kernisky
Johnny was born in Spotsylvania, VA. He moved to Richmond, where he studied Lighting Design at VCU.
After college, he spent 9 months in Manassas before moving to D.C., all the while working at the Newseum. Eventually, he moved to NYC and worked as a freelance electrician for several years. He also toured with Saturday Night Fever, opened 2 theme parks in Dubai, and worked on the Off-Broadway show In & Of Itself.
After 6 years in theater he started working on the architectural side of lighting, where he works as a Field Project Manager at Barbizon. He's worked on projects such as Citi Field, UBS Arena, The Empire State Building, and David Geffen Hall.
In his free time, Johnny plays video games, cooks, and watches way too many sports for Jenny.