About

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

She is currently directing FUCCBOIS: Live in Concert by comedian and Aria award winner Bridie Connell.  She recently directed the development reading of Sweet is the Name by Samuel Webster, the cabaret Blacklisted as part of the 'Made in Sydney' selection of Sydney and Adelaide Fringe, as well as the award winning play Nothing Scares Us Anymore as part of the Martin Lysicrates Prize. Jessica has directed shows on the Riverside Theatre Main-stage—directing Kinky Boots and winning a Broadway World Award for 'Best Direction of a Musical', Legally Blonde and Wicked, co-directing Shrek and Mamma Mia! and the world premiere of the Australian play, Bitch, by Wayne Tunks. She observed Kate Gaul on H.M.S Pinafore and was the Assistant Director to Neil Gooding, for the world premiere of the new Australian musical The Life of Us, at the esteemed Hayes Theatre and was the Assistant Director on Shack for ATYP/Monkey Baa. Jessica is the resident drama director for Pulse Alive at the Ken Rosewell Arena, Sydney Olympic Park.

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. Most recently, she 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.