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Jessica Dickey (“Jessie”) hails from Waynesboro, PA, and lives in Brooklyn. She received her BFA from Boston University and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts. As an actor, Jessie has performed on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and regionally, as well as on television. She was seen in the Broadway production of WIT, DETROIT at Playwrights Horizons, the Lifetime movie “Amish Grace,” and the television show “The Big C.” She is also a company member of Rising Phoenix Repertory.
Jessie made her playwriting debut with THE AMISH PROJECT, which began at the New York International Fringe, transferred to the Cherry Lane, and then premiered at the Rattlestick Playwrights Theater to rave reviews. THE AMISH PROJECT has been produced all over the country and the world, and is published by Samuel French. Jessie’s play CHARLES IVES TAKE ME HOME also premiered at the Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, which resulted in a nomination for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for playwriting. Jessie was a Writer-in-Residence at the New Harmony Project, where she premiered her play about Civil War re-enactors, ROW AFTER ROW.
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