Bio
Jacqueline "Jax" Wright (she/they) began their journey navigating a tumultous childhood, including a stint as a Teenage Runaway, training for the Alpine Ski Team, and three at an infamous Cult School. Jacqueline found comfort in shapeshifting both as a performer and writer; garnering OVATIONS, LAWEEKLY and CRITIC CIRCLE AWARDS for collabrations like CLYT AT HOME and ELEKTRA LALA with Ghost Road, or PATRON SAINT OF SEAMONSTERS at Playwright Horizons. Simulanteously, Jax has poured their guts into their divisive play, EAT ME, reached for the spiritual with LOVE WATER, BUDDY BUDDETTE, and HAVE YOU SEEN ALICE? Pushed boundaries with their Dorian Gray adaptation, DRIVING WILD, current deconstructionist explorations; SPIDER BITES, and in the THE DOPE ELF hercollaboration with Asher Hartman. BA; Cal Arts.
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"Timely and affecting, a tour-de-force howl of primal, damaged rage. Eat Me couldn't have arrived at a more propitious time," Robert Abele, LA TIMES.
Eat Me
Written By and Starring Jaqueline Wright, a film / theater hybrid based on their acclaimed play.
An insightful, darkly hilarious, and terrifying indie thriller that explores the extremity of human endurance.
More Projects
Jacqueline Wright creates across countless media; film, theater, poetry and performance art. In addition to creating works of their own, Jacquelie is fiercely passionate about collaboration and serving other artist's visions -- here are a few of the projects that they have had the privilege of working on.
Excursions
It Had All Happened Through This, This...?
Every Other Week
Oh Man, Magdalena
tape 00003: “oh man Magdalena”
Buddy's Speech
Rehearsal footage of Buddy's campaign speech for Class President.
Two Down For Mousey Brown
An odd ball story of odd ball people, cat and mouse and something else too...
vampirelifestyle666
A quick browse through the posts of a vampire influencer looking for love in this crazy world.
Interview
PLAYS & PRODUCTIONS WRITTEN BY JACQUELINE WRIGHT
Photos from theatrical productions of work written by Jacqueline Wright at Theatre of NOTE, Ensemble Studio Theater, Echo Theater, Nothridge State University, Occidenttal among others.
The Pilot Who Crashed the Party
EST/LA IGNITE PROJECT
The Ignite Project is reigniting a core tenant of EST/LA and its membership: to develop original, bold, risk-taking theatre for our company.
Eat Me
Photos
Characters I have created in film & on stage. Stories written by me and others: Mickey Birnbaum, Marlane Meyer, Julie Herbert, Mary Laws, Christopher Adams Cohen, Wes Walker, Padric Duffy, Sheila Callaghan, Jennifer Stefanisko, Asher Hartman, Steven Morgan Haskell, Paul Sand, Adrian Alejandro Cruz among others.