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Jessica Rizzo

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BSR Contributor Since April 16, 2018

Jessica Rizzo is a writer, director, and dramaturg. She holds a D.F.A. in Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism from the Yale School of Drama. Her writing has appeared in PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art, Theater, TDR, Austrian Studies, the Theatre Times, Vice, LA’s Cultural Weekly, and Romania’s Scena.ro.

Jessica Rizzo is a writer, director, and dramaturg. She holds a D.F.A. in Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism from the Yale School of Drama, where she served as Associate Editor of Theater magazine and was awarded the John W. Gassner Prize for Criticism. She has taught at the Yale School of Drama, Yale College, and Bryn Mawr College. In 2017, She directed the North American premiere of Elfriede Jelinek’s Shadow. Eurydice Says in New York City. Her writing has appeared in PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art, Theater, TDR, Austrian Studies, the Theatre Times, Vice, LA’s Cultural Weekly, and Romania’s Scena.ro. She is the New York City editor of the Theatre Times. Jessicarizzoinvestigations.com

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‘MaID’ by Zanele Muholi. (Image courtesy of PPAC.)

PAFA and PPAC present the Women’s Mobile Museum

Portraits in other colors

Zanele Muholi and the Women’s Mobile Museum showcase local and international women photographers at PAFA. Jessica Rizzo reviews.
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A 'Gardens Speak' participant gets up close and personal with one of the storytellers. (Photo by Johanna Austin, austinart.org.)

Philly Fringe 2018: 'ear-whispered': Works by Tania El Khoury

On the border

Lebanese interdisciplinary artist Tania El Khoury’s 'ear-whispered' adopts novel aesthetic strategies to communicate the experience of the victims and survivors of the Middle East refugee crisis. Jessica Rizzo reviews.
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Jessica Rizzo

Articles 5 minute read
A still from Kayleigh O'Keefe's 'Flabzilla.' (Image via kayleighokeefe.co.uk.)

PhilaMOCA presents Final Girls Berlin Film Festival

Death (and dismemberment) to patriarchy

The Final Girls Berlin Film Festival gave Philly a look at the horror genre through a female lens. Jessica Rizzo reviews.
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Jessica Rizzo

Articles 4 minute read
Chiu and Rosenthal help audiences get lost in the supermarket. (Photo by Paul Kruse.)

SoLow Fest 2018: I-Chia Chiu and Mason Rosenthal's 'Aisle'

Shopping solo at SoLow Fest

I-Chia Chiu and Mason Rosenthal’s SoLow Fest entry 'Aisle' makes magic from the mundane. Jessica Rizzo reviews.
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Jessica Rizzo

Articles 2 minute read
In the battle between emoji and interpreter, emoji wins. (Photo courtesy of Victoria Moyer.)

SoLow Fest 2018: Katharina Schmidt and Victoria Moyer's 'Eraserhead 2.0'

Frowning face with open mouth

The highlight of 'Eraserhead 2.0,' a SoLow Fest entry by Victoria Moyer and Katharina Schmidt, was a screaming goat. Jessica Rizzo reviews.
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Jessica Rizzo

Articles 3 minute read
Joseph Marioni's 'Bright Yellow Painting' tells it like it is. (Photo by Jessica Rizzo.)

Larry Becker Contemporary Art presents 'Karen Baumeister / Joseph Marioni'

Layered approaches

Karen Baumeister and Joseph Marioni’s paintings revel in the possibilities of abstraction at Larry Becker Contemporary Art. Jessica Rizzo reviews.
Jessica Rizzo

Jessica Rizzo

Articles 4 minute read
Kosoko's powerful performance holds so many secrets, you may not even see them all. (Photo by Amanda Jensen.)

FringeArts presents Jaamil Olawale Kosoko’s 'Séancers'

The medium and the message

Jaamil Olawale Kosoko stages spiritual crisis and reconciliation in 'Séancers' at FringeArts. Jessica Rizzo reviews.
Jessica Rizzo

Jessica Rizzo

Articles 3 minute read
Spirits — and zombies — soar at Sanders's immersive 'Dancing Dead IPX.' (Photo courtesy of Brian Sanders JUNK.)

Brian Sanders JUNK presents 'Dancing Dead IPX'

Decomposition composition

Flying zombies take over the Shiloh Baptist Church in Brian Sanders JUNK’s 'Dancing Dead IPX.' Jessica Rizzo reviews.
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Jessica Rizzo

Articles 3 minute read
Darcy Lyons's "Heaviness/Lightness" seemed to sum up the three works that preceded it. (Photo by Darcy Lyons.)

Lyons and Tigers presents 'Pendulum'

Mood swings

Lyons and Tigers' 'Pendulum' brought together four choreographers/performers for a provocative show with mixed results. Jessia Rizzo reviews.
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Jessica Rizzo

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Bread and Puppet Theater hopes to activate better living through puppetry. (Photo via breadandpuppet.org.)

Icebox Project Space presents Bread and Puppet Theater's 'The Basic Byebye Show'

So long, it's been good to know you

Vermont's Bread and Puppet Theater visit Philly for a consciousness-raising good time with its "bad" play 'The Basic Byebye Show.' Jessica Rizzo reviews.
Jessica Rizzo

Jessica Rizzo

Articles 4 minute read