I write too!
I am an award-winning, published playwright. If you're interested in putting on one of my plays, that's awesome! All plays except Rules for Coming Out... are unpublished, so feel free to reach out on the Contact tab. They're all also listed on New Play Exchange.
Playback
It’s time for "Expiration Date," Charlie’s latest viral podcast in which she interviews former couples about the demise of their relationships… starting with her own. But when information her ex-boyfriend doesn’t want released is shared without his consent, a dangerous power struggle ensues. Playback is a tense, controversial drama about narrative control, the violence of being turned into content, and our need to replay relationships better left in the past.
Full-length, unpublished.
3rd Place - Loud Karma Productions Emerging Female and Gender-diverse Playwright’s Award
Will and Ariel Durant Branch Library 2025, Hollywood, CA (Reading)
This is a Front - Hollywood Fringe Festival - June 13, 15, & 28
“Simply put: this was the best Fringe Show I’ve ever seen…the writing is flawless. The play’s message is complex and important without ever feeling preachy. The dialogue is intense and shocking...I had no idea a play about a podcast could be this riveting....You won’t want to be left saying you missed this premiere in Hollywood Fringe before this play makes it big.” - Kris Buxton-Dean
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“Jessica Fisher’s writing was so incisive, tackling so many difficult topics with an incredibly sharp wit. Her writing kept surprising me with reveal after reveal and rising tension. It is hard to make four deeply unlikeable, spotlight-hungry characters also feel entertaining and compelling to watch, and Jessica’s writing shines there.” - Adriana Martinez Barron, Head of Film & TV for Stacey Abram’s production company
“…a really great representation of the zeitgeist without playing tropes for laughs…I am certain it can be something that lasts as a portrait of this moment in culture.” – Andrew Phillips
Another Reason Not to Go
Gabby grew up with her mom, her stepdad, and her step-brothers in Colorado Springs. When she moves to New York, her family becomes religious and eventually abusive to her mother. She moves her mom out. Her step-brothers stop talking to her. Her stepfather dies. Years go by, she becomes engaged to a woman, and one day she receives an invitation to her younger step-brother's wedding.
She must decide whether or not to face her old life, and confront what she's been missing...needless to say, she goes.
Full length, unpublished
Developmental workshop supported by Silver Lake Neighborhood Council at the Silver Lake Library August 2024.
Finalist 2025 - Lanford Wilson New Play Festival, Cape Girardeau, MO
Finalist 2025 - Epiphanies New Play Festival, Waco, TX
Runner Up 2025 - Savage Wonder’s Full-Length Playwriting Competition, Beacon, NY
Epiphanies New Play Festival - November 8th, 2025 (Staged Reading) Waco TX
Flicker and Flame Theatre Group - March 2026 - Atwater Village, CA
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“I really liked this play. It talks of privilege, the detestable treatment of women, and controversial neurological procedures that do nothing but harm. I liked the interaction of the characters all driving towards a goal of The American Dream family, with none of them coming close to achieving this, and destroying their souls in the process.” - Ross Tedford Kendall
Scrambled Eggs
It is 1949, and Whitney feels isolated. James thinks Whitney is unwell. Doris is a homosexual...so is Maggie. Maggie is pregnant and anxious. Frank doesn't know how to help her. Richard has PTSD from the war and drinks too much. Helen doesn't know how to help him either. Doctor Walter Freeman II claims that he has a solution.
Full Length, unpublished.
Zoni Arizona Awards for Theatre Excellence Best New Script 2022
Quarterfinalist Screencraft Award 2023
B3 Theatre Company 2022, Scottsdale AZ
Flicker and Flame Theatre Group 2024, North Hollywood CA
MT Pockets Theatre Company 2025, Morgantown WV Nutley Little Theatre 2025, Nutley NJ (Reading)
One-Acts
Rules for Coming Out...
It is senior year of winter break 2015, and best friends Lauren and Liam are parked in cars roughly 13 miles from each other. Liam calls Lauren frantically because he has a crush on a boy, which is new. These two 17-year-olds frantically discuss sexuality, family, relationships, all while grappling with their own imperfect friendship.
One Act, Original Works Publishing
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Finalist, Strawberry One Act Festival 2019
Muhlenberg Fish Project Plays 2020
Imagined Dialogs...
Louisa spends her evenings pretending she isn’t all alone: imagining the conversations she should, could, and would have with the men in her life who are currently inaccessible.
One Act, Unpublished
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20/20 Somethings Festival 2020
Imaginarium Theatre Company (Virtual) 2021
Broadwater Studio Theatre 2023
The Best Babysitter
Corrine is a 17-year-old religious, hardworking girl living in 2010 Colorado Springs. Veronica used to be Corrine's babysitter, but is now a 27-year-old drug dealer. Corrine orders ritalin for studying and Veronica is the deliverer. It's an unexpected reunion that leads to plenty of discoveries.
One Act, Unpublished
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Performed virtually with Imaginarium Theatre Company in 2020
