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about jessica
creative solutions & storytelling & delight
jessica lynn suchon is a creative storyteller and strategist driven by ambition and joy. her passion lies in using stories to foster quality relationships that result in community building and communication that grows into optimal solution building. a former celebrity and editorial stylist, and current writer, jessica has leveraged her aesthetic and narrative skills into marketing-- helping brands strategize for success.
jessica is a widely-published writer who has received fellowships and honors from the aspen institute, the academy of american poets, and the tennessee playwrights studio. Her book scavenger is forthcoming in 2020 from yesyes books. jessica's full-length play shopgirls made its debut at the darkhorse theater in nashville, tennessee in december 2019. her librettos have been performed in compositions by stephanie ann boyd at the dimenna center for classical music in new york city and the max m. fisher music center in detroit.
SELECT press
NASHVILLE SCENE | fall guide 2019: the plays are the thing
NASHVILLE SCENE | how nashville writers and theater artists are connecting through new works
BOSTON GLOBE | ‘they give us hope’: music groups bring comfort and joy to the homeless
BROADWAY WORLD | tennessee playwrights studio announces 2019 fellows and associates
Select Performances of work
SHOPGIRLS
full-length Stage Play | dark horse theater | nashville, tn
EVEN A WOMAN
full orchestra and mezzo soprano | the dark sky project, APEX | literati bookstore | ann arbor, mi
UNDRESSING FOR A PERSONAL APOCALYPSE
piano and soprano | albany symphony | seneca falls, ny
EVERY SHADOW TAKES THE SHAPE OF A DAUGHTER
vocal ensemble | EKMELES vocal ensemble | nyc
SHELTERING VOICES
full orchestra and soprano | the eureka ensemble | boston, ma
Interviews