Tess Jones

Tess Jones

After a lengthy and stressful 6 years of studying acting at the University of South Dakota, fresh new graduate Tess Jones walked across the stage with her hard earned Bachelor of Fine Arts in hand and realized something: acting is not fun. Too rowdy for Girl Scouts and too much of a girl for Boy Scouts, this Kansas City-based playwright has since made it her mission to do things her own way. With a flair for...
After a lengthy and stressful 6 years of studying acting at the University of South Dakota, fresh new graduate Tess Jones walked across the stage with her hard earned Bachelor of Fine Arts in hand and realized something: acting is not fun. Too rowdy for Girl Scouts and too much of a girl for Boy Scouts, this Kansas City-based playwright has since made it her mission to do things her own way. With a flair for the dark and the absurd, Tess constantly strives to make each new play the funniest she's ever written.

Plays

  • Porkchop by Tess Jones
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    4–5
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 4 more
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    Keyword: comedy, dark comedy + 5 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, farce, horror, mystery/thriller, satire
    Keyword: comedy, dark comedy, situational comedy, dogs, obsessive relationships, murder, absurd
    When Valerie visits the home of her new boyfriend, she discovers his dog may be a criminal mastermind.
  • Beefcake, or The West River Strangler by Tess Jones
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    4–10
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 2 more
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    Keyword: dark comedy, comedy + 5 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, romantic comedy, satire
    Keyword: dark comedy, comedy, absurd comedy, full length, road trip, murder, high school reunion
    When two childhood friends are disappointed by their ten year high school reunion, they hit the road to follow an old dream. But a hitchhiker who may or may not have escaped from prison throws a wrench in their plans and hilarity ensues.
  • Confirmed Kills by Tess Jones
    Cast: 
    6
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 2 more
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    Keyword: mental illness, friendship + 1 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama, mystery/thriller
    Keyword: mental illness, friendship, dark comedy
    A young woman struggles with her declining mental health while her roommate begins to have vivid, romantic hallucinations of a famous serial killer.
  • Scary Gary by Tess Jones
    Cast: 
    5
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    Genre: comedy
    Genre: comedy
    Gary, a baby bigfoot and professional wrestling fanatic, gets the opportunity of a lifetime when his human counterpart, Marnie, picks up their favorite wrestler on the way to the show.