What participants get out of Create Your Own Performance:
"Learning to trust and believe in myself- that is is possible to create work. I no longer have the excuse that I don't know how or can't do it." - Zachary Koval, actor
"OK I gained a sense of artistic possibilities before me, a "yes, i can do this." believing in myself as a performer a little more than i did before the weekend - knowing that there is still a great need (but also room) for growth and learning, but that i have made a first step in creating my own work: a starting point that i can build on." - Jo Koppe, dancer
"[Jessica] has a gift for facilitating the creation of a safe space for beginning students to try new things. She stays focused on helping students understand what it is THEY are trying to create. Jessica is not a teacher with a hidden (or stated) aesthetic agenda. She treats each participant as an individual with her/his/their own tastes and talents to discover and pursue." - Sarah Scott Dyrhaug, theatermaker
"Particularly, the sense of having nothing but bits and pieces on Sunday at 1:00, and by an hour or so later, having confidence that there was enough there to justify putting it on its feet." - Bobby Z, actor/writer/voicetalent