Playwright

Jake
Brasch

(he/they)

Jake Brasch is a queer sober clown from Colorado and a recent graduate from the playwriting program at The Juilliard School. The Reservoir (Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Alliance Theatre, Geffen Playhouse) marks their professional playwriting debut. Plays in development include: Spin (Juilliard, LAByrinth Theatre Company), How to Draw a Triangle (The Recovery Project at Florida Studio Theatre, New York Stage and Film), Salutations, I'm Creative Dave (Page 73), and Our Tempest (The Farm Theater). Jake is a member of the 2024 Page 73 Writers Group and a 2023/24 Alliance/Kendeda Finalist. They’re a proud graduate of Ensemble Studio Theatre’s Youngblood. He is currently under commission from the EST/Sloan Project and The Farm Theater’s College Collaboration Project. As a composer, Jake has written music and lyrics for several films, musicals, plays, and podcasts. He has long worked as Scooter the birthday party clown throughout the tri-state area. B.F.A. from NYU Tisch School of the Arts (Experimental Theatre Wing/New Studio on Broadway).