residencies & cohorts
SEE WHERE I LOVE TO WRITE
SPACE’s mission is to create an environment singular in its ability to invigorate artists and innovators and their work, and to contribute to the sustainability and resourceful preservation of one of the oldest organic family farms on the East Coast. Unfortunately in 2024 SPACE ceased its current operations.
As a creative resident of SPACE, starting in 2024, right before they closed their doors, Jessica was able to cultivate her playwriting with the same passion and joy that the Ryder farmers use to ensure their crops thrive. Jessica still finds time to run away to Ryder Farm and write amongst its bucolic setting.
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[THE BLACK WOMAN] and the Myth continued development in 2024.
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"the genuine minstrel show!" has also benefited from development at Ryder Farm.
The Pool
The Pool is a pop-up, sustainable, and inheritable theater company, which works on an artist-led theater model that puts playwrights at the helm of the process and brings bold, new work to life. In 2017, a collective of three playwrights – Susan Bernfield, Lynn Rosen, and Peter Gil-Sheridan – collaboratively mounted their work. In 2020, the second generation of Pool Playwrights, Kate Cortesi, Brenda Withers, and Emily Zumba made waves.
Playwrights Jessica Charles, Andrea Stolowitz and Naren Weiss created the third iteration – The Pool 3.0 cohort. When coming together, each playwright had a very specific story to tell. And yet, in the specificity, they found a cultural unity connecting all of their communities. "The Pool 3.0 saw cultures past, present, and future unfurling within their collective words/worlds. And they knew this fit was more important than any of them could’ve ever prepared for."
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Antiquated F*ckery by Jessica Charles was produced by The Pool 3.0 at 59E59 Theaters
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Liberation Theatre Company is a home for creative emerging black playwrights, providing resources to develop their work, nurturing and inviting them to express themselves in a supportive and focused environment. LTC brings together actors, directors, and playwrights to allow playwrights the room to learn and grow, culminating in their finest work, ready for production.
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[THE BLACK WOMAN] and the Myth began development in 2019-20 (stopped due to COVID).
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Read the announcement in Broadway World.
Founded in 2014, Black Lives Black Words (BLBW) is an international project that amplifies the voices of Black Artists to address social issues and promote dialogue on the experiences of the Black communities. Founded by Co-Founders Reginald Edmund and Simeilia Hodge-Dallaway, the project aims to bring attention to the Black Lives Matter movement and foster discussions about racial injustices globally through bold and innovative partnerships with academic and art organizations throughout the world.
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"the genuine minstrel show!" will receive dramaturgical development during this residency in 2025