

Extravagant period costumes and virtuosic bel canto singing heighten the many moods of this haunting, unforgettable battle of wills. Two icons of British royalty, Queen Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots, clash in a powerful story of jealousy, pity, doubt, menace, exaltation, and remorse.

Upcoming projects include, Moby Dick at Utah Opera, West Side Story as well as Norma at Houston Grand Opera.HISTORIC CONFRONTATION WITH SEARING EMOTIONS. Some of the projects that she has collaborated on include: Love, Loss and What I Wore, at the Westside Theatre, Die Mommie Die!, at New World Stages (Winner of the Lucille Lortel Award), Once On This Island at Papermill Playhouse, One Night.(World Premiere) at The Cherry Lane, Life Is A Dream (World Premiere) at Santa Fe Opera, Monodramas, and Mose in Egitto at New York City Opera, Carousel at Glimmerglass Festival, Anna Bolena at Lyric Opera of Chicago, The Manchurian Candidate (World Premiere) and Carmen at Minnesota Opera, Maria Stuarda at Seattle Opera, Norma at The Gran Teatre de Liceu, and Dead Man Walking at Washington National Opera.

Along with this, her understanding and respect for the rehearsal process allows Jessica to work with each cast member as an individual with needs specific to character and person. She has had the opportunity to work on various projects with directors such as Tina Landau, Tommy Kail, Charlie Newell, Kevin Newbury, and Carl Andress, artist Michael Counts, as well as writers Charles Fuller, Eisa Davis, Norah Ephron and Charles Busch.īecause of her background in dance, Jessica’s interest and knowledge of movement is always an underlying current in her design work helping not only the dancer, but any performer to establish absolute comfort in their mobility and physical expression. Jessica Jahn danced professionally in NYC before beginning a career in costume design.
