About

Jessica is an experienced interdisciplinary artist—an award winning director, writer, dramaturg and has previously worked as an actor, voice artist and drama teacher. 

She has just directed the black comedy, gothic horror The Moors by Jen Silverman and recently directed FUCCBOIS: Live in Concert by comedian and Aria award winner Bridie Connell. The cabaret Blacklisted directed by Fallico, which was part of the 'Made in Sydney' selection of Sydney and Adelaide Fringe, has just made it's international debut in Karachi and Lahore, Pakistan. She directed the award winning play Nothing Scares Us Anymore as part of the Martin Lysicrates Prize and has directed main-stage shows at Riverside Theatre winning a Broadway World Award for 'Best Direction of a Musical' on Kinky Boots. She has worked alongside Kate Gaul, Neil Gooding, Shaun Rennie and Hayden Tonazzi at the the Hayes Theatre, ATYP/Monkey Baa and Ensemble Theatre. Jessica is the resident drama director for Pulse Alive at the Ken Rosewell Arena, Sydney Olympic Park. Selected for an associate secondment (directing) with Theatre Works, Melbourne, Jessica is currently working on the adaptation and debut of the Premier’s Literary Award winning novel, Soldier Boy by Anthony Hill.

Recently, Jessica was selected for Playlab Theatre's Transmission Program with playwright Kathryn Marquet and was invited to become a member of the Playlab Advisory Board. She was selected to be a member of National Theatre of Parramatta's (NToP) Page to Stage program with playwright, Donna Abela, where she adapted the YA novel Bro by Helen Chebatte for the stage. She has studied copywriting with Bernadette Schwerdt and dramaturgy with Finn O'Branagain. 

Jessica’s writing has been published nationally and internationally in The School Magazine, Just Kidding, HistoriCool and U.S Kids: Humpty Dumpty Magazine to name a few. As an actor, she has appeared in film, television, commercials, and theatre and has coached Drama, Musical Theatre and Communication Skills.