Jessica Lynn Johnson News

Mother Had Two Faces is a captivating new one-woman show set to debut at The Zephyr Theatre.

Santa Monica Playhouse has been a cultural treasure in the seaside community for 63 years. Now, the Playhouse is giving love back with its Eighth Annual Binge Free Festival, five weeks of free performances, workshops, and music in Santa Monica's ONLY fringe festival. The BFF's primary focus is on Santa Monica and Los Angeles-based artists, but there will be exciting international artists on view as well.

United Solo Festival presents #MeToo, a wild and hilarious one-woman edu-tainment comedy written and performed by Star Stone, who takes us on a journey with over 30 characters and a few musical numbers, all inspired by her real life experiences.

Breakup Addict, written and performed by Paige Wilhide, Directed and Developed with Jessica Lynn Johnson received a Producer’s Encore Award at Hollywood Fringe Festival 2023.

Announcing an Encore Performance of Missionary Positions written and performed by Dan Prevette, directed by and developed with Jessica Lynn Johnson, and presented in association with the Zephyr Theatre.

REDEEMher: How I Screwed Up My Perfect Mormon Life, an award winning solo show, written and performed by Tatum Langton, directed by and developed with Jessica Lynn Johnson, will be presented at Torn Page on June 29, 30, and July 1.

How to Be an Ending witten and performed by Elena Rosa and directed and developed by Jessica Lynn Johnson will be presented at Hudson Guild Theatre (6539 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, CA 90038) as part of the Hollywood Fringe Festival. 

Missionary Positions is written and performed by Dan Prevette, directed by and developed with Jessica Lynn Johnson, and presented in association with the Zephyr Theatre.

The Los Angeles World Premiere of Christion Ty Edward's The Sad Life Of A Happy Man opens on Friday, June 2, 2023, at 9 pm, Sunday, June 11th at 1 pm and Saturday, June 17th at 8:15 pm, at The Zephyr Theatre.

Yoni Ki Kahaniya  is An original and contemporary storytelling show written by five South Asian women from the Greater Los Angeles area. Yoni Ki Kahaniya is inspired by “The Vagina Monologues” (Eve Ensler, 1996) and “Yoni Ki Baat” (South Asian Sisters, 2003).

Breakup Addict written and performed by Paige Wilhide, directed and developed with Jessica Lynn Johnson opens at Hollywood Fringe Festival 2023 at The Zephyr Theatre.

Waking Up to All of Me. A Hollywood Fringe Festival selection, written and performed by Amber Susa and directed and developed with Jessica Lynn Johnson. will be presented at The Zephyr Theatre.

'Noor Inayat Khan: The Forgotten Spy' created by and starring Indian-Thai actress and writer Almanya Narula, premiered at the 2022 Hollywood Fringe Festival to rave reviews from audience and critics. It took home several nominations and wins:

Anzu Lawson is gearing up to debut her second one-woman show, The Rub, inspired by her 30-minute single camera comedy pilot about her life as a stand-up comic who secretly pays her bills by being every Asian mother's worst nightmare... a masseuse. I first met Anzu when she was performing as Yoko Ono during the 2014 Hollywood Fringe Festival, a role she inhabits with her entire body, heart and soul. So it makes perfect sense that The Rub debuts on Yoko Ono’s 90th birthday on Saturday, February 18 at 8pm as part of Whitefire Theatre's Solofest 2023. Here's my interview with her about the show.

Solo theater writer/performer/director, KAMAKSHI HART's new show, RESILIENT AF: Rising to the Occasion!, which wowed audiences at the most recent Hollywood Fringe Festival, comes to the Whitefire Theatre next month as an official selection of Solofest 2023, the largest solo theater festival on the West Coast.

​​​​​​​Anzu Lawson gears up to debut and perform her 2nd One Woman Show The Rub inspired by her 30 minute single camera comedy pilot “The Rub” about her life as a stand-up comic who secretly pays her bills by being every Asian mother's worst nightmare… a masseuse.

Alessandra Assaf has taken her life-long admiration for Ava Gardner and fashioned a love letter to her in her one-woman show Twelve O’Clock Tales with Ava Gardner opening at the Whitefire Theatre January 15, 2023. This tale of the silver screen icon is directed by Michael A. Shepperd.

After performing earlier this month at United Solo Festival in New York City MaryLee Herman brings her highly acclaimed solo-show, Schmaltzy & Princie: Diary of a Not-So-Great Daddy's Girl, directed & developed with Jessica Lynn Johnson back to Los Angeles for performances on December 15th at Soaring Solo Stars Series at the Zephyr Theatre.

Tanya Thomas celebrates the many definitions of beauty in Naturally Tan, her award-winning, one-woman seriocomic play, performed Saturday, December 10 at 5:00pmiIn the Soaring Solo Stars Series at the Zephyr Theatre.

Joyful Raven will perform her solo show, Breed or Bust, as part of the Soaring Solo Star Series at the Zephyr Theatre, 7456 Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles, for one night only, December 8, 2022, at 8:00pm PDT.