Jess has been a performing arts administrator in the Bay Area since interning in stage management at Cal Shakes in 2015. Jess started as an education intern and teaching artist with The Coterie Theatre in Kansas City, Missouri, working primarily with grades k-5. They also worked as a guest director with Winnetonka High School where they taught an after school movement masterclass and directed two blackbox productions, one of which performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2014. Since moving to the Bay Area, Jess has been a stage manager, production manager, associate producer, venue manager, casting associate, stage director, and stage electrician. Jess received their Masters in Nonprofit Management from Northeastern University in 2022 . Jess also works as the Managing Director for Cutting Ball Theater, and previously served on the Advisory Board for Poltergeist Theatre Project, which is fiscally sponsored by PlaygroundSF. Prior to the pandemic, Jess was the Rentals Coordinator for the Children’s Creativity Museum.

Favorite project credits include black odyssey, Mystery of Irma Vep (Cal Shakes), Prince of Egypt, Around the World in 80 Days (TheatreWorks), Fuente Ovejuna, Last Days of Judas Iscariot, Promiscuous Cities (A.C.T. Conservatory), 64th San Francisco International Film Festival (SFFILM), Safe House (Aurora), White (Shotgun Players), Exactly! They said... A Short Story Festival, Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Anniversary!, How A Mountain Was Made (Z Space/ Word for Word), Fly Guy (Bay Area Children’s Theater), Love Is A Dirty Word (Tilted Field), Legal-Tender Loving Care (Fuse Theatre).

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