Jan Probst is a storyteller, who found her creative home in theatre and film. After stepping onto the stage as a young actor with indie political theater, she later found her footing as a playwright, from solo stage work to production and publication. Jan has often explored aging and femininity in her work, giving older women characters center stage. Her work has been seen on stages around the San Francisco Bay Area, across the continental U.S. and in the great state of Alaska, and heard on the popular radio show Wild Rose Moon Radio Hour. Her plays are published by Next Stage Press, and have been included in the annual Smith & Kraus anthology of ten-minute plays. Jan is also an improv artist, and as a longtime member of the award-winning improv film company Barewitness Films, she has...
Jan Probst is a storyteller, who found her creative home in theatre and film. After stepping onto the stage as a young actor with indie political theater, she later found her footing as a playwright, from solo stage work to production and publication. Jan has often explored aging and femininity in her work, giving older women characters center stage. Her work has been seen on stages around the San Francisco Bay Area, across the continental U.S. and in the great state of Alaska, and heard on the popular radio show Wild Rose Moon Radio Hour. Her plays are published by Next Stage Press, and have been included in the annual Smith & Kraus anthology of ten-minute plays. Jan is also an improv artist, and as a longtime member of the award-winning improv film company Barewitness Films, she has helped create many short narrative films, working both sides of the camera. She also keeps her acting chops in shape with her work as a standardized or simulated patient, helping educate the next generation of medical professionals in valuable communication skills. Jan is a proud member of Honor Roll!, International Centre for Women Playwrights, Theatre Communications Group and the Dramatists Guild. Jan’s climate crisis play, The Prophecy of the Crows, will be part of Earth Day celebrations at Wild Rose Moon Performing Arts Center in the spring of 2025.