Bio
Jacqueline Wright, AKA Jax, received their BFA in acting from California Institute of the Arts. Recently Jax was honored to be a member of EST LA’s Ignite Project playwrighting lab, sparking the creation of their new full length plays Emergency Snack. As well as their latest full length, Redwood & The Giant Play. Their short play The Coffee Pot Tree premiered at EST LA in 2023. Driving Wild, directed by Bart Delerenzo, premiered at Theater of Note, Critic’s pick LA WEEKLY. Have You Seen Alice? directed by Adrian A Cruz premiered at Theater of NOTE, Critic’s Pick LA TIMES and LA WEEKLY, nominated for LA Weekly performance and design awards. Eat Me, self produced with Joe Foster, nominated for LA Weekly and Ovation awards, Love Water, directed by Dan Bonnell, produced by EST LA with Open Fist, Critic’s Choice LA WEEKLY, Ovation nominations, Jerome Fellowship Finalist and Sherwood Finalist. As a performer Jax originated the roles of Molly Carlson and Betty in The Patron Saint of Sea Monsters by Marlane Meyer, dir by Lisa Peterson, JonBenét Ramsey in House of Gold, dir by Gates McFadden, Carrie in Backyard by Mickey Birnbaum directed by Larry Biederman, and the title character in The Dope Elf, written & directed by Asher Hartman, 2024 as the The Air Planner in Daniel Sullivan’s Xs Tons Millions directed by Adrian A. Cruz, and The Mother in Caye Castagnetto’s Rhino, Put Your Hand Inside the Puppet Head. They can be seen in Asher Hartman’s short film It Had All Happened Through This, This…? and as the Chupacabra worshiping villian in the b-movie homage flick Cursed In Baja directed by Jeff Daniel Phillips, and as Tommy in the feature film adaptation of Jacqueline’s critically acclaimed play Eat Me directed by Adrian A. Cruz (Sundance lab finalist, Best Film: Cult Films & Peephole Festival), now streaming on all platforms.
Featured
"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.
Sorry
An innovative theatrical work that incorporates dance, movement and music to embody the struggles every woman faces through the lens of the mythological figure of Persephone.
REMAINING PERFORMANCES:
FRIDAY 7/11 & SATURDAY 7/12 - 8PM
SUNDAY 7/13 - 4PM
FRIDAY 7/18 & SATURDAY 7/19 8PM

Xs Tons Millions
Animal Show Theater Collective presents the World Premiere of the arresting and affecting “X’s Tons Millions” conceived and written by Daniel Sullivan — an unconventional work in the requiem form, utilizing voice, sound, and movement to reckon with the destruction caused by war.

The Value Gap
The Value Gap is for anyone who has ever looked around where they are and wondered, "how the hell did I end up here?" If you've ever worked in the arts, or especially adjacent to them... if you ever believed in someone else's dream or vision and given it your all... If you've ever looked at all the work and effort you've poured into your dream and done an accounting of the thin credit, sparse compensation, and intangible reward you've gotten back and felt a pang in your heart... this is the play for you.

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.