"...Lefkow has maximized the threat and tension levels throughout the play."
The Washington Post
"[D]irector Jessica Lefkow? She’s the real deal, too. A comedy as complex as this is next to impossible. Lefkow and her 1st Stage band make it look easy. My hat is off to them."
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The Washington Post
"[D]irector Jessica Lefkow? She’s the real deal, too. A comedy as complex as this is next to impossible. Lefkow and her 1st Stage band make it look easy. My hat is off to them."
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THEATER
AVENUE Q Music by Robert Lopez, Jeff Marx, Book by Jeff Whitty February 2016 Montgomery College, (Alvin Trask, Chair) Rockville, MD
THE DINING ROOM by A.R. Gurney September 2012 National Academy for Dramatic Arts (Nan Ficca, Producer) Washington, DC HERCULES IN RUSSIA * by Allyson Currin February 2012 Doorway Arts Ensemble, (Claire Myles, Producer) Washington, DC
TETHER * by Julie Taiwo Oni February 2011 Doorway Arts Ensemble, (Claire Myles, Producer) Washington, DC
BENCHED * by Allyson Currin February 2011 AEA Member’s Code Production, (Allyson Currin,Liz Mamana, Beth Hylton, Jessica Lefkow, Co-Producers) Washington, DC
THE MOUSETRAP by Agatha Christie December 2010 1st Stage, (Mark Krikstan, Artistic Director) Tysons Corner, VA
LETTERS TO CLIO, Part II- Margarita * by Jennifer Jones July 2010 Capital Fringe Festival/Jennifer Jones, Producer Washington, DC
- Concurrent run, 2010 New York Fringe Festival
HOUSE OF BLUE LEAVES by John Guare November 2009, Montgomery College, (Susan Hoffman, Co-Chair) Rockville, MD
RED HERRING by Michael Hollinger April 2009 1st Stage, (Mark Krikstan, Artistic Director) Tysons Corner, VA
HONEY BROWN EYES * by Stefanie Zadravec October-November 2009 Theater J, (Ari Roth, Artistic Director) Washington, DC
- WINNER, The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical 2009 Helen Hayes Awards
- Script, production photos, playwright interview printed in February 2009 issue of American Theatre Magazine.
- Remounted Production December 2008 Spooky Action Theater Company, (R Henrich, Artistic Director) Takoma Park, MD
MARGHERITA * by Anthony Ernest Gallo July 2007 Capital Fringe Festival/Gamba Frattura Productions, (Tony Gallo/Marian Licha/Jessica Lefkow, Producers) Washington, DC
ON ISLAND * by Jonah Sea Knight August-September 2007 New Play House, (Jonah Knight, Artistic Director) Frederick, MD
FRIDA VICE VERSA by Marian Licha & R. Dennis Green July 2006-current First Annual Capital Fringe Festival/Marian Licha, Producer Washington, DC (current; Touring Production)
AS YOU LIKE IT by Wm. Shakespeare June 2006 Faust International Fringe Festival Faust International Theatre, (Matthew
Gregory, Producer) Hong Kong, CHINA • Guest Director
CONVERSING11s/NOT SO SOFT * by David Cahill/Jonah Sea Knight April-May 2005 Firebelly Productions, (Kathi Gollwitzer, Artistic Director) Arlington, VA
- Featured Guest Production June 2005 Faust International Fringe Festival, (Matthew Gregory, Producer) Hong Kong, CHINA
THE GLASS MENAGERIE by Tennessee Williams June 2003 Faust International Theatre, (Matthew Gregory, Producer) Hong Kong, CHINA
(*World Premiere)
WORKSHOPS
THE PUNCH, an evening of New Plays June 2017 Theater Alliance, (Kat White, Literary Manager and Colin Hovde, Artistic Director) Hothouse Series, Washington DC
THE ELECTRIC BABY by Stephanie Zadravec June 2010 Theater of the First Amendment, (Heather MacDonald, Artistic Director)
First Light Festival, Fairfax, VA
THE F WORD by Melissa Blackall October 2009 The Inkwell, (Jessica Burgess, Artistic Director) Inkubator Festival Washington, DC
NOTES OF CHANGE by Amani Mansour June 2009 Theater of the First Amendment, (Heather MacDonald, Artistic Director) First Light Festival, Fairfax, VA
DREAMS OF WOMEN DANCING by Michael Stang April 2009 Spooky Action Theater, (R Henrich, Artistic Director) Takoma Park, MD
ANNE & EMMETT by Janet Langhart Cohen February 2009 Theater J, (Ari Roth, Artistic Director) Washington, DC
READINGS
THE TRAGEDY OF MIRIAM by Elizabeth Cary May 5 2009 WSC/Sort-of-Jane Austen Series (Paco Madden, Series Curator)/
National Museum of Women in the Arts Washington DC
IN THE DARK by Motti Lerner March 27 2009 in collaboration w/ Theater J, (Ari Roth, Artistic Director) Washington DC
ARAB-ISRAELI COOKBOOK by Robin Soans July 29 2007 Theater J/Peace Café Voices from a Changing Middle East Series Washington, DC
SHAKESPEARE & DR LOPEZ by Michael Olmert May 15 2007 Theater J, Washington, DC
MIKVEH by Hadar Galron July 10 2007 Theater Lab Master Class Reading Series, (Deb Gottesman, Buzz Mauro, Artistic Dir.s) Washington DC
GROUPIE by Arnold Wesker November 18 2006 Tea@2 Reading Series Theater J, Washington, DC
NATIONAL KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS PAGE TO STAGE FESTIVALS
TAKE STOCK by Jonah Sea Knight, (New Play House, 2005); CONVERSING 11S/NOT SO SOFT by David Cahill/Jonah Sea Knight, (Firebelly Productions, 2006)
HONEY BROWN EYES by Stefanie Zadravec, (Theater J, 2008)
PLAYWRIGHTS FORUM
HERCULES IN RUSSIA by Allyson Stokes; TAKE STOCK by Jonah Sea Knight
THE GREATEST GENERATION by Michael Oliver
MASLOW’S HICCUPS by Richard Etchison
VALU-MART and BENEATH SHELTON LAUREL by Sean O’Leary
PORTRAITURE by Margaret Van Sant
CHIMNEY BOY by Michael Stang
ISADORA by Leon Levinson
TRAINING
MFA, Shakespeare Theatre Company's Academy for Classical Acting at George Washington University, Washington, DC
BFA, Catholic University of America, Washington, DC
Participant, Meisner Technique Workshop, March 2001 Scott Williams, Instructor, (Impulse Company, London, UK) Hong Kong, CHINA; Improvisational study w/ Gary Austin, (www.garyaustin.net) November 2006-May 2009
OTHER
SAG-AFTRA; EMC; Associate Artist, Brave Spirits Theatre Company; Associate Artist, 1st Stage; member, Actor's Arena; Emeritus Member, dog&ponydc