Jessica Moreland

Jessica graduated from Western Washington University in 2021. While in school, her full length play, Good Water, received a production through Student Theatre Productions at the university. It went on to receive the National Partners of American Theatre Playwriting Award through the Kennedy Center. This award allowed her to attend a writer's retreat at the Eugene O'Neill Center, where she further developed Good Water. Her other plays include Thread and Clytemnestra Has Blood on Her Hands. Her ten minute play, Tidal Lock, has been published in the 2023 Stage It! 30 Ten-Minute Plays volume. She currently resides in Bellingham, Washington, where she works as a publishing coordinator and stage manages.

Jessica graduated from Western Washington University in 2021. While in school, her full length play, Good Water, received a production through Student Theatre Productions at the university. It went on to receive the National Partners of American Theatre Playwriting Award through the Kennedy Center. This award allowed her to attend a writer's retreat at the Eugene O'Neill Center, where she further developed Good Water. Her other plays include Thread and Clytemnestra Has Blood on Her Hands. Her ten minute play, Tidal Lock, has been published in the 2023 Stage It! 30 Ten-Minute Plays volume. She currently resides in Bellingham, Washington, where she works as a publishing coordinator and stage manages.

Scripts

Clytemnestra Has Blood On Her Hands

by Jessica Moreland

Cast Size
9—10
Genre
adaptation,
dark comedy,
drama

A retelling of the death of Agamemnon which focuses on Helen, for whom the Trojan War was fought, Cassandra, an unbelieved oracle, and Clytemnestra, the murderer. How can you end a generations-long curse from the gods, and how can you keep your family safe from itself?

A retelling of the death of Agamemnon which focuses on Helen, for whom the Trojan War was fought, Cassandra, an unbelieved oracle, and Clytemnestra, the murderer. How can you end a generations-long curse from the gods, and how can you keep your family safe from itself?

Thread

by Jessica Moreland

1
Cast Size
4—6
Genre
adventure,
comedy

Rem wants a quiet life, full of early mornings spent in diners, lots of ice cream, and evenings spent in their liminal headspace over which they have complete physical control. But for some reason, the three Fates have decided that Rem will be the next mythological hero, destined to go on some great quest to save the world. But Rem has no interest in any of that. So, with the help of Psyche, who has her own bone...

Rem wants a quiet life, full of early mornings spent in diners, lots of ice cream, and evenings spent in their liminal headspace over which they have complete physical control. But for some reason, the three Fates have decided that Rem will be the next mythological hero, destined to go on some great quest to save the world. But Rem has no interest in any of that. So, with the help of Psyche, who has her own bone to pick with the fates, Rem decides to go on their own not-so-hero's journey, to avoid the Messenger of the Fates, and talk to those three meddlesome gods directly. But maybe Psyche has some much darker intentions in tagging along. And wait, did a talking frog just threaten to kill Rem?

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Tidal Lock

by Jessica Moreland

2
Cast Size
2
Genre
drama

It's 1959, the year when a space mission brings us the first photos of the dark side of the moon. Friends Dee and Linda meet up to see the photos, and in the process, they discuss the pain of growing up, disappointment in feeling stuck, and how they hope they can move forward. Are there really dragons on the dark side of the moon?

It's 1959, the year when a space mission brings us the first photos of the dark side of the moon. Friends Dee and Linda meet up to see the photos, and in the process, they discuss the pain of growing up, disappointment in feeling stuck, and how they hope they can move forward. Are there really dragons on the dark side of the moon?

Good Water

by Jessica Moreland

2
Cast Size
5
Genre
adaptation,
tragedy

A post-apocalyptic retelling of the Pandora's Box myth. After life-ending calamity strikes, Mica and Hesiod do their best to survive on the outskirts of a desolated town. Their only companion is a curious and frustrated AI named Pandora, whose only wish is to see the outside world. One day, a mysterious jewelry box appears in Pandora's room, and she refuses to open it. Dealing with grief and fighting for hope...

A post-apocalyptic retelling of the Pandora's Box myth. After life-ending calamity strikes, Mica and Hesiod do their best to survive on the outskirts of a desolated town. Their only companion is a curious and frustrated AI named Pandora, whose only wish is to see the outside world. One day, a mysterious jewelry box appears in Pandora's room, and she refuses to open it. Dealing with grief and fighting for hope, what are Mica and Hesiod willing to do to get that box? How do you keep going when you've arrive at the end of the story?

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