Jessica Kahkoska

Jessica Kahkoska (Playwright) is a writer, producer, and dramaturg/researcher for theatre and TV. Theatre projects include WILDFIRE (Commissioned by/World Premiere by the Denver Center for the Performing Arts), STRAWBERRY SEASON (with Tommy Craword, commissioned by/World Premiere by Northern Stage Theatre), IN HER BONES (Commissioned by the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, World Premiere: Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center), LETTERS TO THE PRESIDENT (Goodspeed Musicals, The Cooper Union), AGENT 355 (with Preston Max Allen, New York Stage and Film, Chautauqua Theater Company, Signature Theatre), THE DEATH OF DESERT ROSE (with Elliah Heifetz, Rhinebeck Writers Retreat), and WILD HOME (Notch Theatre Company, NEA ArtWorks Grant). She was the Archival Researcher on GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK on Broadway (written by George Clooney and Grant Heslov), and is under new work commissions by Broadway Licensing, the Alley Theatre, and Hausman & Patino. In TV, Jessica has worked on series on CNN, Netflix, The Discovery Channel, Oxygen, and Max Originals. She has TV projects in development with Lighthouse Pictures, AGC Studios, Fifth Season, XTR, and HappyBad Bungalow. Selected Awards: National Archives Foundation’s Cokie Roberts Women’s History Fellowship, Marion International Fellowship in the Performing Arts, Dramatists Guild Foundation Fellowship. BA: Northwestern. MBA: SUNY New Paltz. www.jessicakahkoska.com