Graduating from Rutgers University with degrees in dance and psychology, Jessica Jahn danced professionally in NYC before beginning a career in design. She has had the opportunity to work on various projects with directors such as Tina Landau, Kevin Newbury, Robert O’Hara, and Carl Andress as well as writers Norah Ephron and Charles Busch. Her work has allowed her to travel throughout the United States, as well as the UK.
Because of her background in dance, Jessica’s interest and knowledge of movement is always an underlying current in her design work; helping not only the dancer, but any performer to establish absolute comfort in their mobility and physical expression. Along with this, her understanding and respect for the rehearsal process allows Jessica to work with each cast member as an individual with needs specific to character and person.
Some of the recent projects that she has collaborated on include: Love, Loss and What I Wore, at the Westside Theatre, Die Mommie Die!, at New World Stages (Winner of the Lucille Lortel Award), In the Red and Brown Water, at the Alliance Theatre, La Cenerentola at Glimmerglass Opera, Esoterica, at the Daryl Roth Theatre, and Il Trovatore and Roberto Devereux at Minnesota Opera. Upcoming projects include, Life Is A Dream at Santa Fe Opera, and Maria Stuarda and Anna Bolena, with Minnesota Opera. Jessica is also a resident design instructor with the Binghamton Summer Musical Theatre Workshop, a pre-professional training program for high-school students.
photo credit: andre costantini
