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 Theatre Artist | Director | Professor

Jessica Thebus

is a theatre artist, director, and educator. She holds a PhD in Performance Studies from Northwestern University, and is currently Director of the Northwestern MFA Program in Directing for the Stage. She has directed and adapted plays in Chicago and nationally for 20 years, and has long associations with the Goodman Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Lookingglass Theatre Company, and many other Chicago theaters. Nationally, she's collaborated with Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Kansas City Repertory, The Huntington Theatre in Boston, and The Kennedy Center.

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“Directed with a tender hand and much love and care by the talented Jessica Thebus, this production will go down in the history of Northlight Theatre as one of its finest and most memorable… Every audience member... knows the joy, pain and life lessons found in this play. They certainly aren’t new but they bear repeating.”

Birthday Candles at Northlight Theater

Colin Douglas, Chicago Theatre Review

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