Jessica Robblee
Jessica Robblee
Producing Artistic Director
GET TO KNOW ME
What was the first play you worked on? — The first play I worked on was a melodrama at the Camp Zama community theatre in Japan. I was 13-ish, and I played one of two twins with rhyming names: Della and Ella. No idea which one - which is surprising considering the depth of character work I did. ;)
Hidden Talent — Overestimating how much coffee can go in a travel mug before I put the lid on
Favorite Thing to Collect — Cards and stationery
BIO
Jess is a director, writer, teacher, producer, and Equity actor who has created theatre in Colorado for over twenty years. She’s proud to have acted with Buntport Theater, the Colorado Shakespeare Festival, the Arvada Center Black Box Repertory Company, UpstART Theatre, Theatre Aspen, Miner’s Alley Playhouse, the Butterfly Effect Theatre Company, Curious Theatre, SisTryst Productions, Square Product Theatre, Wonderbound, and the Denver Center for the Performing Arts.
For twelve seasons, her heart grew bigger and bigger as she co-directed and co-produced Buntport Theater for All Ages—collaboratively creating and performing in several live comedy series and touring productions, plus designing and teaching arts-integrated programs for children throughout the Denver metro area. She has partnered with the Denver Art Museum, Warm Cookies of the Revolution, the Arts Students League, Lighthouse Writers Workshop, Black Ink Presents, and East High School– helping to deliver 8 seasons of a site-specific theatrical series inspired by visual art, four audio tours, multiple superhero drawing contests, one game show of rock band contestants, and an original play based on teens’ lives and the Civil Rights movement. She holds a BA in Theatre and English from Davidson College, an MA in Theatre Education from the University of Northern Colorado, and her work has been honored by True West Awards, the Henry Awards Committee, Westword, The Denver Post, and a kindergartener with a drawn-on moustache who said the play he’d just seen her in “sure was a long movie.”
She enjoys volunteering when she can at Project Worthmore, getting to know people far braver and more worldly than she is.
