Wherever you are in your solo theatre journey, whatever level of experience, even if you are just curious about the idea of creating a solo show or how it's done, Jessica will meet you where you are in your process and guide you through various writing exercises and solo theatre techniques to start your journey or take your solo show to the next level. Jessica Lynn Johnson is a published playwright, recipient of Best National Solo Artist Award, Board Member of the LA Women's Theatre Festival, Director for Whitefire Theatre's Solofest, and Founder & CEO of Soaring Solo LLC. Jessica works as a full time Director & Developer of solo theatre having aided in the development of over 60 solo shows (and still going strong)! As a performer, Jessica has "edu-tained" international audiences touring her own 25-character one-person Ze and Oblivious to Everyone for over 13 years. Over the years, Jessica's projects have taken home awards such as Top of Fringe, Hff Encore Producer's Award, TVolution Best Solo Performance, Larry Cornwall Award for Musical Excellence and numerous other accolades. Jessica was most recently nominated Female Director of Distinction in Theatre by Girl Trip LLC at the 2018 Hollywood Fringe Festival. Join Jessica for this fun and exciting free workshop – part of the BFF Binge Fringe Festival of FREE Theatre. The BFF (October 15 – November 12) offers over 40 plays, workshops and family-oriented events thanks to generous grants from the City of Santa Monica and the Santa Monica Arts Commission, Pearl and Bill Bordy, the Cotkin Family and Playhouse PALS. To sign up: email education@SantaMonicaPlayhouse.com or call 1-310-394-9779 ext 3 and then visit SantaMonicaPlayhouse.com for a complete list of free BFF Festival events. Binge on Theatre this Fall – better than television any day!