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Co-Founder, Producer
Remember Fest 2020
About The Project
REMEMBER FEST 2020 was a platform that gave emerging artists an opportunity to freely create work reflecting on their experience of 2020 as art-makers, with the additional goal of helping to alleviate some of the financial burdens that so many artists were carrying that year. The festival featured 12 total works, including three visual art showcases, three musical performances, five works of theatre and film, and a series of recorded interviews with artists across multiple disciplines, all reflecting on the events of 2020 and it's aftermath, and how art and artmaking has changed as a result.
Jessica conceptualized, co-founded and produced the event alongside playwright and producer Michelle Cage.
The festival ran from April 9th-11th.
VIOLET
Director and Producer
About The Show
It is fall 2020, and this high school theatre troupe has gone fully-virtual. Not only that, but they have been tasked with putting on a life-changing production of Macbeth, with the biggest budget they've ever had: $35. From the mind of Lindsey Beth Meyers comes a new comedy about an eclectic group of high schoolers and their eccentric theatre teacher, Violet.
Jessica co-produced amd directed this new comedy web series about a high school theatre class in quarantine alongside writer Lindsey Beth Meyers and actress Sofia Gregory.
The series premiered on November 13th, 2020.
Watch The Pilot
Co-Artistic Director
HERE WE GO
Producer
Jessica's work as a producer centers on the core values of representation, connection and accessibility for artists and audiences. She is interested in uplifting stories that need to be told, are relevant to the moment we are living in, and are female-focused.
About The Project
Proud to be made up of an all-female production team, HERE WE GO featured the work of emerging artists in site-specific locations, with a focus on the work of women in theatre and accessibility. You will find details of the work Jessica did with the company below.
Jessica was the co-artistic director of the company, and acted as lead producer on several projects in addition to assisting in the founding of the company.
HERE WE GO Weekend Zoom Fest
Lead Producer
2020
HERE WE GO's online Weekend Zoom Fest was a recurring one-day long festival and an opportunity for emerging artists to come together and collaborate during an isolating time for the theatre industry. These four festivals produced between May-August 2020 focused on black-identifying writers, international artists, and in August, young actors between the ages of 8-13!
HERE WE GO
Reading Series
Co-Producer
2019
The first ever HERE WE GO reading series presented four plays written by emerging artists. After we received over 300 submissions this winter, we decided to conclude our 2019 season with a reading series, so that we could include as many of our submissions as possible.
HERE WE GO
Spring Festival
Co-Producer
2019
The Spring 2019 edition HERE WE GO: A Site-Specific Short Play Festival was made up of four plays written by emerging artists, all of which were directed by female-identifying directors. Check out my gallery page for photos from this spring.