Jessica is my older daughter, so let’s get that on the table and move on.  

Jess discusses her college years at McGill, where she focussed on Political  Science and Women’s Studies. But it was her passionate involvement with  both theatre and music – strictly extracurricular – that defined four years  spent on a student-driven campus, where she was inspired by like-minded  friends.  

Theatre school in New York followed and the exploits of surviving that city  reveal a tenacity and resilience that have served her well. Jessica discusses  her move back to Toronto, the ways in which the two cities are so different,  and how she came to be a permanent member of Studio 180 Theatre. At the  same time, we discuss a career apart from any family connection and the  opportunities that being a central member of an indie theatre company can  offer. In Jessica’s conversation, you’ll hear how actors’ careers demand  flexibility and how they discover skills that they’d never explored while in  theatre school.