By Noah Diaz
Associated Story: Fun and grief with Dick and Jane and Sally, who’s deaf by Marty Hughley for Oregon Arts Watch
Portland State University, 2022
Directed and choreographed by Jessica Wallenfels
Director of Artistic Sign Language: Justin Coleman
Scenic and Lighting: Solomon Weisbard
Costumes: Kapua Jinbo
Sound: Anwyn Willette
Photos by Chad Lanning
By Audrey Lang
Oregon Children’s Theatre, 2021
Directed by Jessica Wallenfels
Filmed and edited by Lava Alapai
Lighting: Anthony Arnista
Sound: Annalise Albright
By Sarah DeLappe
Portland Playhouse, 2019
Directed and choreographed by Jessica Wallenfels
Assistant choreography by Kailey Rhodes
Scenic: Kaye Blankenship
Lighting: Dan Meeker
Costumes: Wanda Walden
Sound: Rory Breshears
Props: Jeff Duncan
Photos by Brud Giles
By Ernie Nolan
Based on the book by Adam Rubin with illustrations by Daniel Salmieri
Oregon Children’s Theatre, 2019
Directed by Jessica Wallenfels
Choreographed by Maria Tucker
Scenic: Emily Wilken
Lighting: Jenn Linn
Costumes: Sydney Dufka
Sound: Rory Breshears
Video: Alan Cline
Props: Shannon Cramer
Photos by Owen Carey
by MJ Kaufman
Portland State University, 2019
Directed and choreographed by Jessica Wallenfels
Scenic: Megan Wilkerson
Lighting: James Mapes
Costumes: Maia Denzler
Sound: Eric Nordin
Props: Rhian Hughes
Photos by Chad Lanning
Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; book by James Lapine
Broadway Rose Theatre, 2019
Directed and choreographed by Jessica Wallenfels
Music direction, arrangement and piano performance by Eric Nordin
Assistant Direction: Kelly Lyons
Scenic: Sean O’Skea
Lighting: David Castaneda
Costumes: Darrin J. Pufall Purdy
Wigs: Jane Holmes
Sound: Brian K. Moen
Props: Emily Wilken
Photos by Liz Wade
by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Artists Repertory Theatre, 2018
Directed by Jessica Wallenfels and Damaso Rodriguez
Scenic: Tim Stapleton
Lighting: Kristeen Crosser
Costumes: Bobby Brewer-Wallin
Sound: Phil Johnson
Props: Robert Amico
Photos by David Kinder
music, lyrics and book by Michelle Horgen
Portland Playhouse, 2018
Directed by Jessica Wallenfels and Brian Weaver
Music direction and piano performance: Eric Nordin
Scenic and lighting: Dan Meeker
Costumes: Alison Heryer
Props: Thomas Chapman
By Karen Zacarías
Music by Deborah Wicks La Puma
Adapted from the book by Gail Carson Levine
Oregon Children’s Theatre, 2018
Directed and choreographed by Jessica Wallenfels
Music direction by Darcy White
Scenic: Dan Meeker
Lighting: Carl Faber
Costumes: Emily Horton
Sound: Rory Breshears
Props: Jeff Duncan
Photos by Owen Carey
Finalist, 2018-2019 Drammy Award for Youth Performer - Sophia Takla as Ella
book and lyrics by Sarah Hammond
music by Will Aronson
based on the character created by James and Kimberly Dean
Oregon Children’s Theatre, 2018
Directed by Jessica Wallenfels
Choreographed by Megan Smith
Music direction and arrangement by Eric Nordin
Scenic: Sean O’Skea
Lighting: Jenn Linn
Costumes: Brynne Oster-Bainnson
Sound: John S. Berendzen
Props: Ann Moore
photos by Owen Carey
by Jessica Wallenfels, adapted from Into the Great Wide Open by Kevin Canty with permission from the author
Directed and choreographed by Jessica Wallenfels
University of Portland, 2016
by Tracy Young and Oded Gross
Directed and choreographed by Jessica Wallenfels
Portland State University, 2013
by Jason Loewith; Joshua Schmidt (lyrics, book, music)
Directed and choreographed by Jessica Wallenfels
Willamette University, 2012
Please see manyhatscollaboration.org for recent works.
Shown below:
Soul Geek, 1998 + 2000 (Theatre of NOTE + The Actor's Gang, LA directed by Chris Wells)
Rest Room, 2002 (HERE and chashama, NYC)
Co-directed three month program with Jeff Desautels for Oregon Children’s Theatre’s partnership with Kaiser Permanente’s Educational Theatre Program. The all-LGBTQ cohort of this intergenerational theatre project created its own performative material through a devised process.
