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After earning her BFA in Theatre Performance from the University Colorado at Boulder, Jessica spent three seasons acting with the Colorado Shakespeare Festival, appearing in As You Like It, Macbeth and Much Ado About Nothing on the historic Mary Rippon stage, as well as teaching and touring with their educational programs. She has appeared on stages across the state, including the Arvada Center, the Catamounts, the Aurora Fox Arts Center, Theaterworks Colorado Springs and the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. Favorite roles include Cecily Cardew in The Importance of Being Earnest, Julie in Miss Julie, and Jaycee Triplethree in Comic Potential, Dorine in Tartuffe Frank Goodman/Mr. Asa in Men On Boats and Fanny Dashwood/Lucy Steele in Kate Hamill's adaptation of Sense and Sensibility. 

 

Jessica is a proud member of Actors Equity Association and has received multiple awards for her theatre work, including "Best Actress in a Comedy" from the Denver Westword in 2003 and 2012. Her work in the Arvada Center Black Box's production of Sense and Sensibility earned her a 2018 Henry Award Nomination for "Best Supporting Actress in a Play," and she was proud to be part of the acting company that won the 2018 Henry Award for "Best Ensemble." In  December 2018, Jessica was named "Colorado Theater Person of the Year" by John Moore and the True West Awards.

 

Her  first commissioned script, DragON—a Comic Con-themed drag adventure!—was commissioned by Off-Center, the experimental test kitchen for the Tony Award-winning Denver Center for the Performing Arts and had its world premiere in June 2017 at the Garner Galleria Theater directed by Joel Ferrell. Jessica's second play, Sin Street Social Club, was another commission—this time by the Arvada Center's Black Box Repertory—and had its world premiere in March 2019, directed by Lynne Collins.

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Her short work has been featured at play festivals across the US and Canada. 

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Jessica is a teaching artist with the Denver Center for the Performing Arts Education Department, an adjunct faculty member at the University of Denver's Theatre Department, and is a frequent guest artist at the prestigious Denver School of the Arts.

 

Jessica spent three years as a cast member with Impulse Theater (Denver's longest running show) and currently performs long form improvisation with BAUS, her duo with Lauren Bahlman. She teaches the high school and middle school improv program at Voodoo Comedy, teaches drop-in classes around Denver and her advanced improv workshop, Playing with Style, is designed to help experienced improvisers begin to incorporate style and genre into their play.

 

She served five years on the board (including one year as President) of the GroupMind Foundation, the producing entity behind the Denver Improv Festival.

 

In 2012, Jessica received her Master of Liberal Studies and Graduate Certificate in Creative Writing from the University of Denver.