Jessica Rizzo

regional managing editor

j.rizzo@thetheatretimes.com

Jessica Rizzo is a Manhattan-based theater artist and Doctor of Fine Arts candidate in Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism at the Yale School of Drama. Her writing has appeared in TDR, Theater, Austrian Studies, Cultural Weekly, and Vice.

Death on the Rialto: Wallace Shawn’s “Evening at the Talk House”

Posted by Jessica Rizzo | 16th Feb 2017 | New York, Review, United States of America

As goes the theater, so goes civilization. In Wallace Shawn’s Evening at the Talk House the demise...

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The Things We Carry: Geoff Sobelle’s “The Object Lesson”

Posted by Jessica Rizzo | 10th Feb 2017 | Immersive Theatre, New York, Review, United States of America

“Do your things spark joy?” That (to some, risibly) simple question, and her runaway 2014...

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Catch as Catch Can: Holden at the New Ohio Theatre

Posted by Jessica Rizzo | 9th Jan 2017 | Adaptation, Devised Theatre, New York, North America, Review

Reading J. D. Salinger’s 1951 The Catcher in the Rye marks the moment in the lives of countless...

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“Cut Piece for Pants Suit” in Madison Square Park

Posted by Jessica Rizzo | 20th Dec 2016 | New York, Review, Theatre and Gender, Theatre and Politics, United States of America

Once every four years most Americans sheepishly admit to trusted friends of similar political...

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Chekhov Resonates: “The Hummm” at Dixon Place

Posted by Jessica Rizzo | 15th Dec 2016 | New York, Review, United States of America

Chekhov’s Three Sisters is distilled into vibration and iteration in The Hummm, a radical...

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Unbounded Soliloquy: Wajdi Mouawad’s “Seuls”

Posted by Jessica Rizzo | 11th Dec 2016 | Philadelphia, Review, United States of America

Seuls Written, Directed, and Performed by Wajdi Mouawad The Wilma Theater, Philadelphia Nov....

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José Rivera Adapts Jean Genet’s “The Maids”

Posted by Jessica Rizzo | 28th Oct 2016 | Adaptation, New York, Review, Theatre and Gender, United States of America

The Maids, September 29-October 23, The INTAR Theatre, New York City Invoking the...

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Karen Finley for President

Posted by Jessica Rizzo | 22nd Aug 2016 | New York, Review, Theatre and Gender, United States of America

Unicorn Gratitude Mystery, July 31-August 21, The Laurie Beechman Theatre, New York City The...

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Staging Shakespeare’s Tragedies in Tehran: An Interview with Iranian Director Mohammad Aghebati

Posted by Jessica Rizzo | 16th Jun 2015 | Directing, Interview, Iran

An Interview with Iranian Director Mohammad Aghebati Most young Americans would be hard-pressed to...

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