Jessica Lynn Johnson

PARENTIFIED

The McCarthy Company · Ages 16+ · 1hr
With a stand up comic father and a stay at home mother, life takes many absurd twists and turns. Through humor, Heather skillfully covers topics of mental health, racism, and the red tape bureaucracy of the American Department of Child and Family Services.
With a stand up comic father and a stay at home mother, life takes many absurd twists and turns. Through humor, Heather skillfully covers topics of mental health, racism, and the red tape bureaucracy of the American Department of Child and Family Services.

CONFESSIONS OF A PSYCH NURSE: THEY CALL IT TREATMENT

Charley Karlotta · Ages 14+ · 1hr
Charley, A registered nurse of over 40 years, shares raw, eye-opening stories from the psych ward. She exposes a haunting truth: why the care for our most vulnerable has gotten worse despite modern advances in medicine and treatment.
Charley, A registered nurse of over 40 years, shares raw, eye-opening stories from the psych ward. She exposes a haunting truth: why the care for our most vulnerable has gotten worse despite modern advances in medicine and treatment.

THERE'S SOMETHING SERIOUSLY WRONG WITH CYRUS

Cyrus Deboo · Ages 16+ · 68 mins
A one-person comedy about growing up queer in an immigrant household and learning to tell the truth without losing your sense of humor. Blending stand-up, storytelling and pop anthems, Cyrus turns family pressure and personal history into a funny, honest search for belonging.
A one-person comedy about growing up queer in an immigrant household and learning to tell the truth without losing your sense of humor. Blending stand-up, storytelling and pop anthems, Cyrus turns family pressure and personal history into a funny, honest search for belonging.

#PEASANTVIBES

Mikkel Simons · Ages 16+ · 75 mins
You are looking at the face of a woman who has never not been asked “do you work here” while shopping. #PeasantVibes. Come, join her and a few other plucky peasants in this solo show, as we explore peasant vibes in the days of old and in modern times.
You are looking at the face of a woman who has never not been asked “do you work here” while shopping. #PeasantVibes. Come, join her and a few other plucky peasants in this solo show, as we explore peasant vibes in the days of old and in modern times.

PSYCHIC JUNKIE

Robin De Lano · Ages 18+ · 1hr
psy·chic jun·kie (noun) a person addicted to answers about the future because she doesn't yet trust herself to create one. A woman spends twenty years and thousands of dollars asking strangers to predict her future - and ends up almost marrying a tree.
psy·chic jun·kie (noun) a person addicted to answers about the future because she doesn't yet trust herself to create one. A woman spends twenty years and thousands of dollars asking strangers to predict her future - and ends up almost marrying a tree.

LETTING GO OF GO(O)D

Gail McCann · Ages 18+ · 1hr
Gail's ship, built with the planks of Christian Fundamentalism, begins to take on the murky waters she was always told would drown her. Will she surrender to the heretical flood? Or keep patching the invasive holes in her gasping God-ship?
Gail's ship, built with the planks of Christian Fundamentalism, begins to take on the murky waters she was always told would drown her. Will she surrender to the heretical flood? Or keep patching the invasive holes in her gasping God-ship?

GASLIGHTING IS MY LOVE LANGUAGE

Lemonade Productions · Ages 18+ · 75 mins
Gaslighting is My Love Language premiered at Edinburgh and won "best comedy" at United Solo fest in 2024. It is about Fielding Edlow, a charming neurotic feminist, being gaslit for 13 1/2 years by a character actor husband (now wasband)
Gaslighting is My Love Language premiered at Edinburgh and won "best comedy" at United Solo fest in 2024. It is about Fielding Edlow, a charming neurotic feminist, being gaslit for 13 1/2 years by a character actor husband (now wasband)

UPSIDE DOWN

Noosh Design · Ages 5+ · 90 mins
Niusha will take you on a journey of coming home to herself and breaking free from her cultural and societal limitations by listening to her heart and taking leaps of faith. She begins creating a whole new world for herself with art, yoga, spirituality, dance and acting.
Niusha will take you on a journey of coming home to herself and breaking free from her cultural and societal limitations by listening to her heart and taking leaps of faith. She begins creating a whole new world for herself with art, yoga, spirituality, dance and acting.

QUEEN OF THE WORLD: AN EVENING WITH MARLENE DIETRICH

Artspace Performing Arts LLC · Ages 18+ · 85 mins
"“Queen of the World”, a one woman show written, directed and performed by Ivette Viñas, recounts the extraordinary life of the legendary film star, Marlene Dietrich and her outspoken stance against Nazism and fascism, and her fiery love affairs with Hollywood’s most notable men and women. "
"“Queen of the World”, a one woman show written, directed and performed by Ivette Viñas, recounts the extraordinary life of the legendary film star, Marlene Dietrich and her outspoken stance against Nazism and fascism, and her fiery love affairs with Hollywood’s most notable men and women. "

AFTER GRIEF: THE MAGICAL HEALINGS OF MICHAEL & MARY

Mary Guillermin · Ages 14+ · 70 mins
"Epilogue: The Magical Healings of Michael & Mary" tells stories of how Michael's inner child was found and childhood pain healed. Mary later discovered tragic past lives together that had increased her grief and affected her physical health. We see how grief was transformed to joyful acceptance.
"Epilogue: The Magical Healings of Michael & Mary" tells stories of how Michael's inner child was found and childhood pain healed. Mary later discovered tragic past lives together that had increased her grief and affected her physical health. We see how grief was transformed to joyful acceptance.