Recent theatre design projects: LITTLE BEAR RIDGE ROAD by Samuel D. Hunter directed by Joe Mantello and starring Laurie Metcalf; INHERIT THE WIND by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, directed by Henry Godinez, at the Goodman’s Albert Theatre. THE COST OF LIVING by Martyna Majok, directed by Jo Bonney on Broadway at the Samuel Friedman Theatre; Other Broadway credits include The Roundabout Theatre Company's revival of MARVIN'S ROOM by Scott McPherson directed by Anne Kauffman starring Lili Taylor, Celia Weston, and Janeane Garofalo and THE HEIDI CHRONICLES by Wendy Wasserstein, directed by Pam MacKinnon starring Elisabeth Moss, Jason Biggs, and Bryce Pinkham.
Jessica's work has also been featured at Playwrights Horizons, Lincoln Center, Manhattan Theatre Club, The Public Theater, Second Stage, Barrow Street Theater, Two Rivers Theater, Denver Theater Center, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Dallas Theater Center, Actors Theatre of Louisville, among others.
Jessica has been nominated for a Drama Desk Award and for the Henry Hewes Design Award . Jessica won the 2013 Lucille Lortel Best Costume Design for Samuel D. Hunter's THE WHALE.
As a Mexican-American, Jessica utilizes her professional experiences as a designer, and educator to center diverse stories from a broad range of voices. She finds inspiration in the overlooked, curiosity in the mundane, and beauty in the unexpected contents of a pants pocket .
