Playwright

Jake
Brasch

(he/they)

Jake Brasch is a writer + performer + composer + clown and a recent graduate of The Juilliard School. The Reservoirmarks his professional playwriting debut. Jake recently received both national awards named in honor of Paula Vogel—one from The Kennedy Center and the other from the Vineyard Theatre. They are the inaugural recipient of the Terrence McNally Recovery Commission and were recently named a finalist for the Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition. He’s a proud alum of Youngblood at the Ensemble Studio Theatre and the Page 73 Writers Group, and is currently developing work with Manhattan Theatre Club, Atlantic Theater Company, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Alliance Theatre, Denver Center for the Performing Arts, South Coast Repertory, The Acting Company, The Farm Theater, and the EST/Sloan Project. With playwright Nadja Leonhard-Hooper, Jake is a co-founder of American Sing-Song, a duo that writes and performs filthy, hour-long comedic musicals. Jake has long worked as a birthday party clown in the tri-state area and is currently developing a sitcom based on his exploits. He has three brothers, 24 pairs of glasses, and lives in Brooklyn with his brilliant husband, Tyler. B.F.A.: NYU Tisch School of the Arts. www.jakebrasch.com

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