Jessica F. Jahn

Lecturer in Theater Arts

Departments/Programs

Theater Arts

Degrees

Rutgers University, B.A.

Expertise

Costume Design for Opera, Theatre, and Dance

Profile

Jessica Jahn danced professionally in NYC before beginning a career in costume design. 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.

Because 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. 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.

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. Upcoming projects include, Moby Dick at Utah Opera, West Side Story as well as Norma at Houston Grand Opera.

www.jessicajahn.com

Courses Taught

THA

164a

Costume Design

Awards and Honors

Dora Mavor Moore--Outstanding Costume Design in Music Theatre/Opera (2017)

Body of Work/Artist Showcase--Opera America/National Opera Center, NYC (2016)

Lucille Lortel--Outstanding Costume Design (2007)

Scholarship

Cleopatra. By Charles Busch. Costume Designer Jahn, Jessica. Theatre for a New City, Theatre for a New City, NYC, March 2016.

The Crucible at Glimmerglass Festival Opera. Jahn, Jessica

Akeelah and The Bee. By Cheryl West. Costume Designer Jahn, Jessica. Arena Stage, Washington DC, Kreeger Theatre, November 2015.

Akeelah and The Bee. By Cheryl West. Costume Designer Jahn, Jessica. The Childrens Theatre Company, Minneapolis, The Childrens Theatre, September 2015.

Carmen. By Bizet. Costume Designer Jahn, Jessica. The Minnesota Opera, The Ordway Theatre, St. Paul, April 2015.

Daughter of The Regiment. By Donizetti. Costume Designer Jahn, Jessica. The Mill City Summer Opera, Mill City Museum, July 2015.

Maria Stuarda. By Donizetti. Costume Designer Jahn, Jessica. The Seattle Opera, McCaw Hall, Seattle, Wa., February 2016.

The Manchurian Candidate. By Puts/Campbell. Costume Designer Jahn, Jessica. The Minnesota Opera, The Ordway Theatre, St. Paul, March 2015.