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Jessica Rizzo BIO

Jessica Rizzo is a writer, director, and dramaturg. She holds a D.F.A. in Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism from the Yale School of Drama, where she served as Associate Editor of Theater magazine and was awarded the John W. Gassner Prize for Criticism. She has taught at the Yale School of Drama, Yale College, and Bryn Mawr College. In 2017, She directed the North American premiere of Elfriede Jelinek’s Shadow. Eurydice Says in New York City. Her writing has appeared in PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art, Theater, TDR, Austrian Studies, the Theatre Times, Vice, LA's Cultural Weekly, and Romania's Scena.ro. She is the New York City editor of the Theatre Times.

Jessica Rizzo STAGE CREDITS

[US Tour]
National Tour, 2001
Ensemble/Other Roles


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New Stage Theatre Company to Present IN THE COMMON HOUR This Spring


Experience the bold visual style and compelling absurdist humor of the NEW STAGE THEATRE COMPANY, led by Ildiko Nemeth, in their multimedia performance IN THE COMMON HOUR. Learn more about the show and see how to purchase tickets.

New Stage Theatre Company to Present IN THE COMMON HOUR This Spring


New Stage Theatre Company will debut The Common Hour at its New Stage Performance Space. Learn how to purchase tickets.

New Paradise Laboratories to Present 707 HAZARDOUS MOVES at FringeArts Festival


The Philadelphia-based experimental theater company New Paradise Laboratories will bring its newest work 707 Hazardous Moves to the curated FringeArts Festival, September 16 - 18, 2021.

New Stage Theatre Company Presents ELECTRONIC CITY


New Stage Theatre Company (www.newstagetheatre.org) will bring its signature blend of inventive choreography and striking visual design to a modernist masterpiece of German theater with its production of 'Electronic City' (2003) by Falk Richter, translated by Marlene J. Norst, adapted and directed by Ildiko Nemeth. Performances are April 12 to May 10 at The New Stage Performance Space, 36 West 106th Street (basement level).

2013 Dance Teacher Web Live Conference and Expo Presents All-Star Cast of Master Dance Teachers Today


Dance Teacher Web Live Conference & Expo is proud to present and All-Star lineup of master dance teachers that will make this year's event the best one to date.

Old Sound Room Opens Inaugural Production OLD SOUND ROOM LEAR Tonight


Old Sound Room, a new company founded by 12 colleagues from the Yale School of Drama, presents it's inaugural production, OLD SOUND ROOM LEAR. An aggressive adaptation of Shakespeare's play, this production utilizes his words, frenzied movement set to original beat-driven music, and new text culled from interviews with residents of the Lillian Booth/Actors Fund Assisted Living Facility.

Old Sound Room to Present Inaugural Production OLD SOUND ROOM LEAR, 6/14-23


Old Sound Room, a new company founded by 12 colleagues from the Yale School of Drama, presents it's inaugural production, OLD SOUND ROOM LEAR. An aggressive adaptation of Shakespeare's play, this production utilizes his words, frenzied movement set to original beat-driven music, and new text culled from interviews with residents of the Lillian Booth/Actors Fund Assisted Living Facility.

2013 Dance Teacher Web Live Conference and Expo Presents All-Star Cast of Master Dance Teachers, 7/26


Dance Teacher Web Live Conference & Expo is proud to present and All-Star lineup of master dance teachers that will make this year's event the best one to date.

Yale Rep's IN A YEAR WITH 13 MOONS Will Feature Christopher Innvar, John Kelly and More


YALE REPERTORY THEATRE (James Bundy, Artistic Director; Victoria Nolan, Managing Director) presents the world premiere adaption of IN A YEAR WITH 13 MOONS, film and screenplay by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, adapted by Bill Camp and Robert Woodruff from a translation by Louisa Proske, and directed by Robert Woodruff, April 26-May 18 at Yale Repertory Theatre (1120 Chapel Street). Opening Night is Thursday, May 2, at 8PM.

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