I Am A...

Fan, Student, Other

About Me:

"Write plays in order to organize despair and chaos. To live vicariously. To play God. To project an idealized version of the world. To destroy things you hate in the world and in yourself. To remember and to forget. To lie to yourself. To play. To dance with language. To beautify the landscape. To fight loneliness. To inspire others. To imitate your heroes. To bring back the past and raise the dead. To achieve transcendence of yourself. To fight the powers that be. To sound alarms. To provoke conversation. To engage in the conversation started by great writers in the past. To further evolve the artform. To lose yourself in your fictive world. To make money."
-- Jose Rivera


Jessica, twenty;
aspiring theatre critic;
eternal fangirl and dork(ette).

Hometown:

Fresh Meadows

Website:

http://theresidentartist.blogspot.com

My Favorite Shows:

Broadway:
HAIR
SPRING AWAKENING
RENT
PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
MISS SAIGON
CONTACT
SWEENEY TODD
LES MISERABLES
A CHORUS LINE
CABARET
CHICAGO
ANNIE
MY FAIR LADY
LEGALLY BLONDE



Off-Broadway:
COLUMBINUS (NYTW)
KAOS (NYTW)
BLASTED (SOHO REP)

The Show I Want To See Next:

In The Heights; [Title of Show]; Speech and Debate; Wicked (I know, how totally not cliche of me)

My Favorite Actors:

Lea Salonga, John Gallagher Jr., Karl Miller, Laura Benanti, Patti LuPone, Antonique Smith, Lin-Manuel Miranda

My Favorite Writer/Composer:

JONATHAN LARSON
DUNCAN SHEIK/STEVEN SATER
LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA
CLAUDE-MICHEL SCHONBERG
KAIT KERRIGAN/BRIAN LOWDERMILK

Because I can't name just one.

My Favorite Show Website:

http://playbill.com

My Favorite Shows/Roles I’ve Done

"And Then There Were None"

High School

Some school, haha

College

Hunter College at the City University of New York

Current Occupation

Student