Jessie recently assistant directed the hit off-Broadway play “Job,” which opened at The Connelly Theater in January 2024. A New York Times Critic’s Pick, the play is a suspenseful stand-off between a young woman working in Big Tech and her crisis therapist.
“Job” was written by Max Wolf Friedlich and directed by Michael Herwitz. Tickets available online and on TodayTix!
Jessie recently finished shooting “Gold Rush,” her short film directorial debut. A surrealist satire of the Ozempic era, the film follows Tess, a young woman who must decide how far she’s willing to go to look beautiful before a fun night out with her friends.
The film is currently in post-production.
Jessie had a blast playing Maya in “Nepo Baby,” a short film by Helen Handelman. Maya, an emerging talent in the NYC theater scene, is…less than supportive of Hallie, the hero and potentially titular character of the film. Coming soon!
Jessie recently finished shooting “Good Timing,” a film by Daniel Kirby in which she stars as a young woman trying to hold it together after difficult circumstances bring her back to her hometown.
Jessie will be playing Lila, a recently heartbroken high school senior with a flair for the dramatic, in Shara Feit’s new short play “NEW CHOREOGRAPHIC WORK...”
The play will premiere as part of the RULE OF 7x7 at The Tank, an “ongoing series that premieres 7 new short plays by 7 writers” that was named a New York Times and Time Out New York highlight.
Tickets can be purchased here.
“LAMBDA,” Jessie’s writing and producing debut, was named an official selection of the New Faces New Voices Film Festival! The film was screened at the Alamo Drafthouse in Brooklyn, NY. The festival is part of the Katra Film Series.
Honeysuckle Magazine covered the event, describing “LAMBDA” as “an intimate exploration of college sexual assault.”
“LAMBDA,” a short film that Jessie co-wrote and co-produced with Brooke Weisman, is finished! The film is locked and currently being submitted to festivals.
The film follows two sorority members as they navigate newly complicated relationships in the aftermath of a wild fraternity party. It is an exploration of sexual assault, female friendship, and the blindspots of our own feminism.
“LAMBDA” is Jessie’s writing and producing debut. Ari Shapiro directs.
Jessie will be in the first public reading of Makaela Shealy’s new play, “The Gap” later this month! The play follows a cheerleading team in a small town in the South, newly given the opportunity to redeem themselves at State.
The readings will be presented at The Tank on September 22nd. Tickets below: https://www.shorturl.at/pruE3
Jessie is excited to play Meg in the upcoming independent short film “Our Colleagues,” from director Annelise Ogaard!
About the film: Meg is leading a double life. Despite going through the motions of an ordinary, middle class existence, she is drawn to join a shadowy community which claims to be in contact with alien life.
The film is receiving funding from The Future of Film is Female.
Jessie will play Raphi in a reading of Megan Pope’s new play, “Dox Modern Middle” in early July! Drawing on drag, video, and dance, the play follows Raphaela, a young modern-orthodox Jew who is outed and sent to Israel to heal for the summer. While overseas, she finds healing - but it is far from the process her family intended.
The reading is presented at The Tank as part of PrideFest 2019. https://www.thetanknyc.org/calendar/doxmodernmiddle
Jessie will be an actor in the 2019 company of The 24 Hour Plays: Nationals this August!
More information here: https://24hourplays.com/nationals/