Jessica Wortham is about to appear in "Erma Bombeck: At Wit’s End", which will begin streaming January 8 - 28, and "Romeo & Juliet Louisville 2020" which will arrive in February 2021, both on Actors Theatre Direct. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM, or stream on Artxfm.com Thursdays at 10:00 am to hear conversations with Louisville artists.
Jessica Wortham is an actor, a teacher, an audiobook narrator, a developer of new plays, and an Artist in Residence at Actors Theatre of Louisville for their Actors Theatre Direct season.
She has performed and studied internationally, traveled extensively both in the U.S. and abroad. She is about to appear in Erma Bombeck: At Wit’s End, which will stream on Actors Theatre Direct January 8 - 28, and Romeo & Juliet which will arrive in February 2021, also on Actors Theatre Direct.
Actors Theatre Executive Artistic Director Robert Barry Fleming talks with us about the entirely virtual 2020-21 season and how it has presented creative opportunities for the company. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM, or stream on Artxfm.com Thursday mornings to hear Keith Waits talk with artists..
before coming to ATL Robert Barry Fleming served as Associate Artistic Director at Cleveland Play House from 2016–2019. Prior to Cleveland Play House, he served as the Director of Artistic Programming at Arena Stage; world premieres he commissioned, developed and championed during this tenure include the 2017 Best Musical Tony Award-winner Dear Evan Hansen, Mary Kathryn Nagle’sSovereignty, John Strand’s The Originalist, Katori Hall’s Blood Quilt, Karen Zacarías’ Destiny Of Desire and the 2017 Pulitzer Prize winner Sweat, by Lynn Nottage. Fleming was an Associate Producer for the Off-Broadway premiere of The Two-Character Play by Tennessee Williams, starring Amanda Plummer and Brad Dourif. He was also an Associate Professor (tenured) and Chair of the University of San Diego Theatre Arts and Performance Studies Department.
