Insomnia
Oct 2022
Vibe Entertainment Company
A fully company devised show that revolves around each shows unique theme. Members from the company are able to apply their specialties, teach one another, and create beautiful and intense performances. This show was about the things that keep us up at night. It consisted of dance, singing, scenes and soundscapes, and more!
Texas Comedies
May 2022- Present
Prohibition
Murders & Moontowers
The Feud
Bonnie and Clyde
For over a decade, this Austin-based company brings its original musical comedies around Texas states. It involved its own, portable band, an adaptive and fun cast that is constantly changing and improvising, and a different stage every show- each unique to its town, and each with its own set of accommodations.
Lead Puppeteer
She Kills Monsters
​​By Qui Nguyen
Nov. 2021
This production included the creation and manipulation of dozens of puppets through incredible collaboration between puppeteers, actors, and directors.
Jessica was able to puppet, bunraku style mixed with marionette, huge dragon heads, shadow puppets, hand puppets, and much more!
Director: Marcus McQuirter, CB Goodman
Stage Manager: Madalyn Lamb '22
Scenic Design: Rae Land '22
Costume Design: Jana Steen '22
Lighting Design: Jaime Hotaling '22
Sound Design: Jo Garza '22 & John Ore
Ghost Unit:
The Live Event
An Original Devised Production
GHOST UNIT is a devised hybrid performance created by Southwestern University theatre students and faculty members. It combines the 1904 play The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov, and Ghost Adventures to make something never before seen. It is made to be enjoyed online and in person, each providing a unique, unpredictable experience.
The Team:
CB Goodman
Sergio Costola
Dane Parker
Jaimelynn Hotaling
Campbell Duffy
Jessica Workman
Oskar Brian
Harrison Jones
Lilly Smith
Ash Zunker
Bright Star
​​By Steve Martin and Edie Brickell
March 2020
In the midst of Covid-19, a new outdoor stage was built and used to enable the theatre to keep being made and seen safely. Outdoor theater is very different from indoor theatre, and the experience enabled quite a lot of quick learning, adjustments, and new skills.
Mama Murphy
Director: Joey Banks
Music Director: Beth Everett
Stage Manager: Logan Holmes '22
Scenic Design: Lilly Percified Smith '22
Costume Design: Campbell Duffy '22
Lighting Design: Andrew Snyder '21,
Luis Sandoval '22
Sound Design: Rodd Simonsen
The Wolves
​​By Sarah DeLappe
Oct 2019
After a summer of intense training, soccer practices, preparing for a 5K, yoga sessions, and much more, a ferocious group of actresses took to the turf to create a beautiful and complicated team dynamic. While playing the leader of this soccer team, Jessica was able to study hirearchies, pursue objectives, as well as understand how an ensemble can truly come together.
#25
Director: CB Goodman
Stage Manager: Mary Ruth Knackstedt ‘20
Scenic Design: Desiderio Roybal
Costume Design: Jessica Colley-Mitchell ‘08
Lighting Design: Abigail Vernier ‘20, T. Pierce Stoneburner ‘20
Sound Design: Allison Kisel ‘20
Little Women
Book by Allan Knee, lyrics by Mindi Dickstein, music by Jason Howland
Feb 2020
This show was full of intense quick changes, delicately choreographed scene changes, and transformations into the stories of Joe March. The ensemble enabled the audience to go on Joe's journey with her and see into her imagination.
Ensemble
Director: Joey Banks
Music Director: Beth Everett
Stage Manager: Logan Holmes '22
Scenic Design: Lilly Percified Smith '22
Costume Design: Campbell Duffy '22
Lighting Design: Andrew Snyder '21,
Luis Sandoval '22
Sound Design: Rodd Simonsen
Album
David Rimmer
Sep 2020
Album began rehearsals the week before the Nationwide shut down for Covid-19, and it seemed that the show would not be continued. however, upon Southwestern reopening for the Fall of 2020, Album made its way back onto the season and kicked off the school's first outdoor production, and pioneered the approach to theatre within pandemic protocols.
Peggy
Director: Joey Banks
Music Director: Beth Everett
Stage Manager: Logan Holmes '22
Scenic Design: Lilly Percified Smith '22
Costume Design: Campbell Duffy '22
Lighting Design: Andrew Snyder '21,
Luis Sandoval '22
Sound Design: Rodd Simonsen
Stage Manager: Christian Erben ‘21
Lighting Design: Travis Knight '21
Sound Design: Jo Garza '21
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