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Kmiec costumes | Mieka Van Der Ploeg props | Maria DeFabo Akin photos: Michael Brosilow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/1588085935805-82J3O2MGMDIWSDN9IUW4/earth-to-kenzie_750x500-2.jpg [work] - EARTH TO KENZIE | lyric opera - Co-Commissioned by the Lyric Opera of Chicago and Seattle Opera, Earth To Kenzie toured schools and community spaces in Chicago for two months, reaching 33,000 students through the Opera in the Neighborhoods program. “Contemporary stories are having a welcome moment at Lyric Opera….Geared to kids ages seven to 12, Earth to Kenzie is the story of a fifth-grader facing the loss of her home to a developer who's going to build ‘a shiny high-rise’ in its place…. A cast of four fine singer-actors deftly handle the opera's multiple roles. 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VIDEO | CHICAGO VOICES 2017 HIGHLIGHTS REEL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/1589249257977-FIUMTKR9MFHII8TWHWAS/Blu-Rhythm-Collective-CCP-Final-performance-1-c.-Michael-Brosilow-e1505307377872.jpg [work] - LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO | 2014-19 - “The three groups [Kuumba Lynx, YOLO Boomers, Blu Rhythm Collective] that performed at the Harris Theater this past Sunday afternoon commanded a full house with the urgency and creativity of their respective stories….Drawn from the performers’ own lived experiences, messages of solidarity and discrimination, faith and dejection, success and failure were accented against that complex mosaic of a backdrop: Chicago. Punctuating the drama were several impressive ensemble and solo dance pieces, expertly choreographed and executed…” -Schmopera photos: Michael Brosilow FEATURE | “Lyric Opera, Blu Rhythm Collective honor slain Chicago teen Kevin Ambrose with song, dance and spoken word, “ WFMT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/1588005580711-2ARJKW3HC1BTJL030ZJ8/2017-09-12---Blu-Rhythm-Collective-CCP-Final-performance-4-c.-Michael-Brosilow.jpg [work] - LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO | 2014-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/1589249207266-68SHELTV5HCQBZ612V7Z/2017-09-12---Blu-Rhythm-Collective-CCP-Final-performance-5-c.-Michael-Brosilow.jpg [work] - LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO | 2014-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/1588005547225-68H88TJYII0HZSI4EROB/DSC07942-1-1400x930.jpg [work] - LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO | 2014-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/1588005631736-2QB99AZYW3LT8V9UANN7/2016-09-12---YOLO-Boomers-CCP-Final-performance-8-c.-Michael-Brosilow.jpg [work] - LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO | 2014-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/1588767027836-C0JCCG2PW321D16IIIW7/34119502_10156382149834161_60048345787269120_o.jpg [work] - LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO | 2014-19 - EMPOWER! | 2018 a partnership with the Chicago Urban League libretto | Ike Holter music | Damian Sneed music direction | Kedrick Armstrong choreo | Tanji Harper set | Arnel Sancianco lights | Heather Sparling costumes | Mieka Van Der Ploeg photos: Todd Rosenberg FEATURE | “With charm and confidence, Chicago students take Lyric stage in Empower,” WTTW https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/1589250025468-M9N656ZQ0X00YVQWLVNN/LYR180531_060.jpg [work] - LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO | 2014-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/1588767069982-KEBB8SFS4HF4NUUSPZ1W/Lyric_EmpowerYouth.JPG [work] - LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO | 2014-19 https://www.jess-mcleod.com/work/mmal monthly 0.5 2020-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/1588010548262-84K7Q1XHC7IKZGIY0N5R/Overture.JPG [work] - MARRY ME A LITTLE | porchlight - MARRY ME A LITTLE | Stephen Sondheim Porchlight Music Theatre NEW VERSION (2017) Jeff Nomination - Best Revue music direction | Austin Cook set | Jeffrey D. Kmiec lights | Becca Jeffords costumes | Stephanie Cluggish sound | Keegan Bradac photos: Cody Jolly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/1588010513516-2LNROVQZS3QP9LAUIFWX/Darkroom+2.JPG [work] - MARRY ME A LITTLE | porchlight - “A revelation.” -Chicago Tribune “You have not really seen Marry Me A Little until you’ve caught up with the ideally updated and re-imagined version of the show that opened Tuesday night at Porchlight Music Theatre.” -Chicago Sun-Times “This in-the-round production and its new set list give us two of Chicago’s most talented actor-musicians getting to sink their teeth into a rollercoaster of a story arc—as well as songs penned for shows that neither of these distinctive performers would necessarily be thought of for by any but the most creative casting directors.” -Time Out Chicago “Through its sensitive, economical lyrics and gorgeous melodies this one-act revue, superbly directed by Jess McLeod, truly evolves into a sung-through musical that ranks with any of Sondheim’s other works.” -Chicago Theatre Review https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/1588010582044-PPNT9Q7L5X41J05GPWXI/Bang_Full.JPG [work] - MARRY ME A LITTLE | porchlight https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/1588010614706-MZ0GLDK0HEBSRDQ261FH/Two+Fairy+Tales.JPG [work] - MARRY ME A LITTLE | porchlight https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/1588010655263-29NP1RTSJ3FKLS02CCCH/Second+Midnight.JPG [work] - MARRY ME A LITTLE | porchlight https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/1588010691528-8HI7CURK9I5CGSHVZYMP/image-asset.jpeg [work] - MARRY ME A LITTLE | porchlight https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/1588010721439-A0C5H63GVVZGU9S87TWG/G+of+S+2.JPG [work] - MARRY ME A LITTLE | porchlight https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/1588011553359-08NICS9L7ESAUVMAOAWY/Full+Set.JPG [work] - MARRY ME A LITTLE | porchlight https://www.jess-mcleod.com/work/clay-ceramics-fnyka-3ahpa monthly 0.5 2021-05-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/1620181540031-4JUMXHS3YXMU89FSTA2I/Venus_002.jpg [work] - VENUS | steppenwolf - VENUS | Suzan-Lori Parks Steppenwolf Theatre | NEXT UP! CHICAGO PREMIERE set | Scott Davis lights | Nastassia Jimenez costumes | Emily Tarleton sound | Kevin O’Donnell + Andre Pluess photos: Michael Brosilow “Director McLeod delivers a compelling example of strikingly crafted theater in Steppenwolf Theatre’s NEXT UP production of Venus. She and her excellent ensemble prove that painstakingly executed vision goes a long way to bring order to the bedlam of a script that abstracts a story….McLeod extracts every opportunity for emotional connection while simultaneously realizing a riveting spectacle….a rare theatrical delicacy." -Chicago Stage Review “Scenic designer Scott Davis’s creepy jumble of skeletons and specimen jars suggests a blend of circus sideshow and musty exhibit hall, while Emily Tarleton’s exquisite costumes range from Venus’s fake-native ‘feathers’ to the ghostly white threads of Ann Sonneville and John Stokvis as Parks’s chorus. Langford, as Venus, and Hoerdemann, as the freak show’s proprietor, deliver rich performances, while McLeod’s immersive use of the in-the-round staging implicates us as viewers of both the play and the Venus spectacle.” -TimeOut Chicago “Parks uses repeated poetic verse and farcical humor to soften the subjugation history lesson. McLeod paces the show tight with a lyrical tone [and] uses the incredibly talented ensemble in a swirl of jumbled scenes of before and after, staged and unstaged, imagined and real.” -ChicagoNow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/1620181947039-DIBWZONE0GDOIUFQBDFK/Venus+take+2.jpg [work] - VENUS | steppenwolf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/1620181705870-TDND9S0CR0S8TPD18DPM/Venus-3.jpg [work] - VENUS | steppenwolf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/1620181980823-KGD029P6X0X9E38RUL4X/Venus-2_thumb.jpg [work] - VENUS | steppenwolf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/1620181775847-6HXVULCU4C6BYBRE2RSK/next-up--venus-6.jpg [work] - VENUS | steppenwolf https://www.jess-mcleod.com/work/hangman monthly 0.5 2020-05-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/1588180818717-01U3ABLM07M1R93MQE08/Hang+Man+1_Margarie.jpg [work] - HANG MAN | the gift theatre - HANG MAN | Stacy Osei-Kuffour The Gift Theatre WORLD PREMIERE set | Arnel Sancianco lights | Mike Durst costumes | Alarie Hammock sound | Steven Ptacek violence & intimacy | Rachel Flesher photos: Claire Demos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/1588180980193-CDDVUMNYKEA4TCAXUIWZ/9610Fd.jpg [work] - HANG MAN | the gift theatre - “Hang Man is bleak…absurd…challenging, overtly lyrical and propelled by the language of the earth, the soil, the wet dirt. It is a work that deals with the intersection of racism and self-loathing, not to mention racism and sexuality…..[T] he performances reflect deep dives into characters whose actions both reflect and belie their traumatized inner complexity, and malevolence. ” -Chicago Tribune “…takes off like a house afire and really never lets go until the very end. 85 jam-packed minutes can barely contain the various aspects of the drama, but an intensely and intimately controlled script and perfectly projected personalities take the audience on an inexorable and uncomfortable plummet toward realization and denouement.” -Splash Magazine “…directed fluidly and steadily by Jess McLeod…” -Chicago Sun-Times https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/1588180991832-GFL3WZGIKDKHNY9J6S8G/9610Fb.jpg [work] - HANG MAN | the gift theatre https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/1588009823910-Q6FFR82XRVCZI37FSMF9/9610Fc.jpg [work] - HANG MAN | the gift theatre https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/1588009857291-ZEEHE3SM6BD8R2PXM28T/9610Fe.jpg [work] - HANG MAN | the gift theatre https://www.jess-mcleod.com/work/fulfillmentcenter monthly 0.5 2020-05-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/1620181204107-KTIXJV8LOZOHFLHK5M21/52692306_10157153653766940_3433454198530768896_o.jpg [work] - FULFILLMENT CENTER | a red orchid - FULFILLMENT CENTER | Abe Koogler A Red Orchid Theatre CHICAGO PREMIERE set | Sarah JHP Watkins lights | Mike Durst costumes | Stephanie Cluggish sound | Brando Triantafillou photos: fadeout foto https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/1620181324473-UP60W4HI8NEQWZ4D2FBO/9882Fb.jpg [work] - FULFILLMENT CENTER | a red orchid - “…an important work…. A Red Orchid's taut, 105-minute staging is very richly directed by Jess McLeod….” -Chicago Tribune “Four quietly desperate souls struggle to abate their modern economic dread and suffocating loneliness in Abe Koogler's tragicomic one-act….McLeod's taut, volatile production for A Red Orchid Theatre features a cast adept at humanizing some incredibly flawed human beings.” -Chicago Reader “McLeod, currently at the helm of Chicago's resident production of Hamilton, aces a completely different kind of story here….Fulfillment Center illustrates an environment of isolation and the regular people trying to push through it.” -Windy City Times https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/1620181402932-Y09Z1NQY616SU0I9IL14/52953640_10157148120611940_6979375839443943424_o.jpg [work] - FULFILLMENT CENTER | a red orchid https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/1620181419939-VZ2GUMDA36QJQJ7MGF4Z/9882Fe.jpg [work] - FULFILLMENT CENTER | a red orchid https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/1620181159574-TICNNLW7ZE2P68ZOAS81/Gallery%2B2.jpg [work] - FULFILLMENT CENTER | a red orchid https://www.jess-mcleod.com/work/doyoufeelanger monthly 0.5 2020-05-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/1620097690091-QSFK9JY5068WN6CBPEON/Sadieh-Rifai-Levi-Holloway-Emjoy-Gavino-Bernard-Gilbert.-Credit-Fadeout-Media.jpg [work] - DO YOU FEEL ANGER? | a red orchid - DO YOU FEEL ANGER? Mara Nelson-Greenberg A Red Orchid Theatre CHICAGO PREMIERE set | Jeffrey D. Kmiec lights | Becca Jeffords costumes | Stephanie Cluggish sound | Elenna Sindler photos: fadeout foto “A study in stealth feminism, Anger sneaks in themes of emotional manipulation, microaggression and male privilege to an audience that’s busy laughing….The brilliance of McLeod’s direction and Nelson-Greenberg’s script is in the subtlety of its exaggeration.” -Newcity Stage “pitch-perfect portrayals…a scary-accurate take on our current situation” -Chicago Reader https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/1620138158089-SNVGAPPUGQE62T6O0S3R/83421580_10158084347041940_5493577773643464704_o.jpg [work] - DO YOU FEEL ANGER? | a red orchid - “high absurdist comedy with a nuanced discussion of empathy and gender politics. The seemingly mind-boggling combination enchants” -Rescripted “A frank, dark comedy…Brava to Mara Nelson-Greenberg, a talented, new playwright who, clearly, has a lot to say about toxic workplaces [in] a powerfully intimate production under the sharp direction of [A Red Orchid] Ensemble member, Jess McLeod….” -Chicago Theatre Review https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/1620138186315-OCVSK2DDC3I3AFPQ2CJK/87274348_10158145288066940_3171557508116381696_o.jpg [work] - DO YOU FEEL ANGER? | a red orchid https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/1587927299323-GCHP3KKX6CRT06B3AHN5/do_you_feel_anger_magnum.jpg [work] - DO YOU FEEL ANGER? | a red orchid https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/1587993602238-0RN3Q8WAUA3LXOYSQ9CB/93612564_10158324157851940_1941647361814036480_o.jpg [work] - DO YOU FEEL ANGER? | a red orchid https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/1620138252896-BJ7830T93DWWIOOO9C3G/Paul-Dillon.-Credit-Fadeout-Media-1.jpg [work] - DO YOU FEEL ANGER? | a red orchid https://www.jess-mcleod.com/work/prideandprejudice monthly 0.5 2020-05-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/1620320827292-FELM1YYCNAUED2GWH9XQ/78312769_10162611429355164_4322198204700426240_o.jpg [work] - PRIDE AND PREJUDICE | long wharf - PRIDE AND PREJUDICE Kate Hamill from Jane Austen Long Wharf Theatre sets | Gerardo Díaz Sanchez lights | Jennifer Fok costumes | Izumi Inaba sound | Megumi Katayama choreo | James Beaudry photos: T. Charles Erickson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/1620320839759-QODGAEJN3Y4C89TP3OD8/koRkTFjHiY6eKsPbtsbqwq%3B1365x2048.jpg [work] - PRIDE AND PREJUDICE | long wharf - “Long Wharf redefines Pride and Prejudice. Google other productions and you’ll mainly see white actors in period costumes in 19th century settings. With director Jess McLeod (the resident director of the long-running Chicago production of Hamilton) at the helm, Long Wharf takes the spirit of Hamill’s refreshing rewrite of Austen’s romance and ramps it up....” -Hartford Courant “Director Jess McLeod and a contingent of splendid actors bring a sparkling and quite clever version of Pride and Prejudice to Long Wharf….a thoughtful and well-executed farce…” -Talkin’ Broadway “…rebellious, radical and revealing.” -New Haven Register “a high-tech and highly unusual production that really works” -Zander Opper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/1620320861657-1NOZLNZQTQHB3P2PU9AC/PP_LydiaWickham.jpg [work] - PRIDE AND PREJUDICE | long wharf - “McLeod has done a tremendous job, mining the text for its sweetness but also its farce, irreverence, wit and current resonance. From the moment the lights come up, characters are in motion, fusing period dance styles with a smooth, contemporary sort of sensibility. Their bodies conform to the English country dance and the scotch reel, but it also looks like they could cut the line and electrify a club at any time. In a stew of lily-white adaptations, the cast is composed entirely of actors of color, with characters who suddenly reflect the city in which the play has landed. It’s refreshing to see, and all the more meaningful because McLeod doesn’t name it outright: she just invites the audience to see themselves in the show. ” -New Haven Arts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/1620320290743-B87HA53OCBMERSU3B7BC/quality%2880%29.jpg [work] - PRIDE AND PREJUDICE | long wharf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/1588020606642-65SZ4FSYVU2MGR34L8R1/bszs1ISg3nabPMJ2Anc6H6%253B1440x2160.jpg [work] - PRIDE AND PREJUDICE | long wharf https://www.jess-mcleod.com/work/wolfplay monthly 0.5 2021-05-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/1620097255460-W0JJZ9Q2H9WITVVFNAJB/IMG_5734.jpg [work] - WOLF PLAY | the gift theatre - WOLF PLAY | Hansol Jung The Gift Theatre CHICAGO PREMIERE Jeff Nomination - Best Direction set | Arnel Sancianco lights | Mike Durst costumes | Stephanie Cluggish sound | Eric Backus puppetry | Stephanie Diaz violence & intimacy | Rachel Flesher photos: Claire Demos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/1620097309491-SR0O023YI2E5UIPFOAQ3/66815906_10157265891909788_7970352213425913856_o.jpg [work] - WOLF PLAY | the gift theatre - “…a deeply resonant work from one of the American theater’s most complex new voices…” -Chicago Tribune “Wolf Play leads the pack.” -Chicago Reader “…like nothing I’ve ever seen before….The whole ensemble shines.” -Windy City Times “Under McLeod’s precise, imaginative and warm direction, the entire cast and design team inhabit a truly magical, emotionally resonant framework within the confines of The Gift's intimate space. You can sometimes feel the production bursting at the seams at it careens from scene to scene, making use of every nook and cranny, and every theatrical magic trick in its tool belt to keep us engaged.” -NewCity Chicago “McLeod's direction is pitch perfect” -Third Coast Review https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/1620180478148-TM2YFBEWV30FHREC9PMD/66667278_10157265888689788_3928154364249636864_o.jpg [work] - WOLF PLAY | the gift theatre - “Wolf Play touches many points in the debate around adoption, race, and class through inventive and emotional storytelling. Its approach to these topics is unique in how personal it feels, and the lengths it goes to defy the expectations of its audiences.” -Rescripted https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/1589246820937-AIGD1B133BJZZUR52G9D/WolfPlay-7.jpg [work] - WOLF PLAY | the gift theatre https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/1587997532493-4X02CN6IN79ZC82TP7DV/20190715-33.jpg [work] - WOLF PLAY | the gift theatre https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/1587997571776-IESWKECM03US1HHHDD2S/Wolf%2BGo%2BPro%2B2.jpg [work] - WOLF PLAY | the gift theatre https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/1587997606876-8U3MA0GBXWM5MM3LDZUX/67086497_10157265888779788_4419465023382880256_o.jpg [work] - WOLF PLAY | the gift theatre https://www.jess-mcleod.com/work/hwgo monthly 0.5 2020-05-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/1620138400484-9DYLBVLNR7J0HJ0JRX06/Haven_HowWeGotOn3.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/1589458709708-NJSDPI1EUKYZ5YTK79YU/Haven_HowWeGotOn4.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/1620138517625-83KUGZYLUGQ888AFK427/IMG_2877.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/1620138634519-3G93GGZ3AENC47DV3ITM/ct-how-we-got-on-review-ent-1005-20161004-001.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/1620138673774-0XJNYVFSBO00CCGKCMLM/Haven_HowWeGotOn3.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/1620182989962-NZJAU4H99EAB0DG812UO/Haven_HowWeGotOn2.jpg https://www.jess-mcleod.com/work/midsummer monthly 0.5 2020-05-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/1620139192921-L8VOD77N699GD4MN82J0/27173907_10155280572592469_1332175522939266504_o.jpg [work] - SS! MIDSUMMER | chicago shakespeare - SHORT SHAKES! A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM Chicago Shakespeare Theater set | Lauren Nigiri lights | Greg Hofmann costumes | Izumi Inaba sound | Mikhail Fiksel violence | Jerry Galante verse | Kathryn Walsh photos: Liz Lauren https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/1620139217164-C7PEFFFCLYXBE45AHPMD/CST_SSMIDS-06_LizLauren.jpg [work] - SS! MIDSUMMER | chicago shakespeare - “McLeod has assembled a power-packed cast in a lively production that has actors running up and down the aisles, popping up on stage and romping through the woods full tilt....” -ChicagoNow “sophisticated ensemble work…under McLeod’s precise, airy direction…a stunningly performed and designed production…” -PerformInk “a magical spellbinder…an outstanding cast in a beautiful – and very funny – production.” -Around the Town Chicago “a delightful, 75-minute adaptation in the new Yard venue at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre…a welcome promise of warm nights and pastoral adventures to come.” -Chicago Theatre Review https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/1620139246792-ICISWJN48ZY0EIANDN6B/27023765_10155280571977469_1856458204148218342_o.jpg [work] - SS! 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MIDSUMMER | chicago shakespeare https://www.jess-mcleod.com/work/landladies monthly 0.5 2020-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/1588754922745-LXZ6N9ZAHZOLFNAE55C3/46697698924_36d20cfac5_b.jpg [work] - LANDLADIES | northlight theatre - LANDLADIES | Sharyn Rothstein Northlight Theatre WORLD PREMIERE set | Arnel Sancianco lights | Sarah Hughey costumes | Christine Pascual sound | Steven Ptacek props | Jared Davis photos: Michael Brosilow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/1588754975050-H0K5ASWYFJJ6FX6A2EMH/Julian+Parker%2C+Leah+Karpel.jpg [work] - LANDLADIES | northlight theatre - “a wonderfully complicated female relationship anchoring a larger story of income inequality and abuse of power….The shades of grey painted by Rothstein's character development and McLeod's visceral direction are a thought-provoking delight to watch” -Chicago Reader “profoundly fine acting…Rothstein gives her characters plenty of complexity….[Leah] Karpel and [Julian] Parker are two of Chicago theater’s most interesting young talents…resolutely present and always live and in the moment..” -Chicago Tribune “a compact, emotionally heated work that deals with the most primal human needs – for shelter, security, a sense of self-worth and love….[An] edgy new play now receiving a tense and compelling world premiere production at Northlight Theatre under the taut direction of Jess McLeod." -WTTW https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/1588754993182-QA0YSKQH02JXI8Z01E97/47368079102_05f605dfdf_b.jpg [work] - LANDLADIES | northlight theatre https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/1588755295907-LX915U4YRW7R9OJEAS8Y/54381466_10157165239671683_3638370653045784576_o.jpg [work] - LANDLADIES | northlight theatre https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/1588755086741-9AGXHL9JT22MBJH7J8JT/54356099_10157165239656683_9029716716006932480_o.jpg [work] - LANDLADIES | northlight theatre https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/1588755168522-19VDI25K0VYAZGLQ91DX/40455281023_1cff5eb58f_b.jpg [work] - LANDLADIES | northlight theatre https://www.jess-mcleod.com/work/funwedding monthly 0.5 2020-05-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/1588758942738-YTWMBSG1763JIN77BI9D/8185502503_27480c04e4_o.jpg [work] - FUNERAL WEDDING | strange tree - FUNERAL WEDDING: THE ALVIN PLAY Emily Schwartz Strange Tree Group NEW VERSION (2012) set | Scott Davis lights | Becca Jeffords costumes | Delia Baseman sound | Michael Huey photos: Tyler Core https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/1588758757938-VHQTCZ821NKVCB2A9MIJ/Funeral-Wedding-The-Alvin-Play-Strange-Tree-Group-Chicago-2.jpg [work] - FUNERAL WEDDING | strange tree - “ Schwartz is a savvy creator of worlds…..I found it impossible not to get lost within this little world, where every prop, costume and sardonic sidelong glance helps to generate the feeling that you're watching a storybook fairy tale brought to life…a distinctive kind of gothic” -Chicago Tribune “...Imagine Rashomon in middle America — albeit a deeply skewed version of middle America. Scott Davis's scenic design conjures up the attic refuge of Alvin, the son who knows the truth but is determined to hide out from it. As absorbing to watch as it is impossible to describe, Funeral Wedding is equal parts creepy and spooky, mysterious and ooky, plus a heaping helping of charming..” -WBEZ “refreshingly different in structure and content ..quirky stage craft and imaginative storytelling….Funeral Wedding is a well-crafted Gothic mystery.” -ChicagoCritic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/1588758801011-X9WDCPN6JV07HJP9FHM1/8119955743_cffe420705_o.jpg [work] - FUNERAL WEDDING | strange tree https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/1588758855198-7D275M14MCGPTY75O11B/8119967222_59c2b0dbcf_o.jpg [work] - FUNERAL WEDDING | strange tree https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/1588758778936-TD7KITBPWKVM1FP3HA0W/8119955305_3c14edf48f_o.jpg [work] - FUNERAL WEDDING | strange tree https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/1588758889583-0I8EMZVDF29OBFCYEXHB/Funeral-Wedding-The-Alvin-Play-Strange-Tree-Group-Chicago-12.jpg [work] - FUNERAL WEDDING | strange tree https://www.jess-mcleod.com/work/lvislive monthly 0.5 2025-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/1589583275622-RJ9TO8LK1RU83ZV0U4QD/L-Vis7.jpg [work] - L-VIS LIVE! | victory gardens - L-VIS LIVE! | Kevin Coval Victory Gardens Theater WORLD PREMIERE set | Scott Davis lights | Lee Fiskness costumes | Emily Tarleton sound & video | Brett Neiman “a smooth flow…crackling energy….Jess McLeod’s staging and visuals are as fluid as the language. L-Vis has a sense of humor about himself at the start, playing his whiteness for laughs as he attempts to break-dance or create a rap for his friend’s student-council election. As L-Vis’s fame grows, that humor becomes part of his problem, preventing him from establishing himself as a serious artist.” -TimeOut Chicago https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/1589583288510-MP3LEPLK4YB1W8LPJTXG/L-Vis9.jpg [work] - L-VIS LIVE! | victory gardens - “In less than an hour, Kevin Coval conjures up a raw craving that earns its audience….Warmly shaped by Jess McLeod…” -Chicago Theater Beat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/1588756874042-B8Z0ZZ6WMKN830N6QEX9/L-Vis8.jpg [work] - L-VIS LIVE! | victory gardens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/1588756937745-04OZ6UEW8B8NX07GN6UW/L-Vis13.jpg [work] - L-VIS LIVE! | victory gardens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/1588757010626-XXG9XRBU1C8BRYNJX615/L-Vis%2B21.png [work] - L-VIS LIVE! | victory gardens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/1588757029018-5BIF8VXKR5VU510QZZ2U/L-Vis4.jpg [work] - L-VIS LIVE! | victory gardens https://www.jess-mcleod.com/work/thegreatkhan monthly 0.5 2022-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/b31bdf26-7fc2-4f41-bf6d-a4b0328347c8/Mongols.jpg [work] - THE GREAT KHAN | san diego REP - THE GREAT KHAN | Michael Gene Sullivan San Diego REP set | Yi-Chien Lee lights | Becca Jeffords costumes | Faith A. James sound | Tosin Olufolabi projections | Blake McCarty photos: Rich Soublet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/3e74c97f-2d70-41b9-91ec-9eb7e9bc8533/Ant+Jayden.jpg [work] - THE GREAT KHAN | san diego REP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/d38779e3-9e24-4ef0-bc4d-45092065f838/Sushi.jpg [work] - THE GREAT KHAN | san diego REP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/872389e7-c57c-4f56-9bd2-f4e53dd5433f/Adams+2.jpg [work] - THE GREAT KHAN | san diego REP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/af7c8c3f-ca96-4f31-9b16-d04b4a8bdf14/Fog.jpg [work] - THE GREAT KHAN | san diego REP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/4d301234-4e6e-4f9a-ab42-7e454334e23d/Hug.jpg [work] - THE GREAT KHAN | san diego REP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/abc2651d-31ed-4089-b90b-aa7e2394ee1d/End+Act+1.jpg [work] - THE GREAT KHAN | san diego REP https://www.jess-mcleod.com/work/hudson monthly 0.5 2022-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/590e8889-3c83-495d-90ba-add307b33ead/Subway+seat.jpg [work] - THERE'S ALWAYS THE HUDSON | woolly mammoth - THERE’S ALWAYS THE HUDSON | Paola Lázaro Woolly Mammoth WORLD PREMIERE set | Misha Kachman lights | Barbara Samuels costumes | Ivania Stack sound | Tosin Olufolabi violence & intimacy | Rachel Flesher photos: Teresa Castracane Photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/44cb0b7b-20fe-4f58-9f05-37d320684aaf/Chase+y+Lola.jpg [work] - THERE'S ALWAYS THE HUDSON | woolly mammoth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/0b048132-33ee-4165-8009-d15298ed2c1d/Action+bat.jpg [work] - THERE'S ALWAYS THE HUDSON | woolly mammoth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/273f33d4-185d-40fa-933e-ffd11a099d99/Madeline.jpg [work] - THERE'S ALWAYS THE HUDSON | woolly mammoth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/62b778d2-ad69-4196-86bb-08511a9e4a17/Garage+clock.jpg [work] - THERE'S ALWAYS THE HUDSON | woolly mammoth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/00dca8f4-f8ae-4e3a-ab8e-6bcee7fb1639/Rudy%27s+House.jpg [work] - THERE'S ALWAYS THE HUDSON | woolly mammoth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9e84cf658f9778db8d5cd5/4b701f7e-20b3-467c-8554-88abef6ccf1f/Bridge+hug+wide.jpg [work] - THERE'S ALWAYS THE HUDSON | woolly mammoth https://www.jess-mcleod.com/work/the-admiral monthly 0.5 2023-01-06