Hi! I’m Jessie. I like to make things with people.

That mostly looks like acting, writing, and producing (though I have also been known to sing a mean rendition of I Hope You Dance). 

 

I studied in a tightly-knit ensemble in Chicago, where I trained in Shakespeare, the Patsy Rodenburg method, movement, and acting in the legacy of Michael Howard. The brutal winters brought me west to Los Angeles, where I have since found my artistic home at BGB Studios. 

 

My work has taken me to film festivals, off-Broadway, international theater expos, Zoom rooms, cornfields, and strangers' apartments. My first short as writer and producer, Housecats, recently premiered at the Oscar-qualifying Indy Shorts festival, and might just be playing somewhere near you soon.

 

I don’t think there’s anything more interesting than figuring out how something works, especially if that thing is a human being.

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