A Snowfall in Berlin
Ladies in Waiting
Table Manners in Mexico
One Minute Play Festival
Sliding
WASPs
Hiroshi - Me, Me, Me
The Victim
Green River
The C Zone
Education
Acting: Scott Freeman, Primary Stages - Andrew Leynse, Michelle Bossy & Cynthia Mace, BFA in Theatre Studies, Acting & History, University of Texas at Austin
Voice: Jane Fujita - IPA Trained- Mexican, Italian, RP, Various Southern; VideoActive/Steve Garrin (VO)
On-Camera Workshop: Judy Bowman, Judy Henderson
Martial Arts: Judo, Kali, Kickboxing (varied experience), Hand to Hand Stage Combat Workshop: Drew Fracher
Special Skills
Radio & medical Improv experience, Spanish (intermediate), experience singing in Latin, German and Spanish, fantastic experience with children and experience handling most farm animals, able to perform play in pitch black darkness, professional fool on a dance floor, extreme dialect nerd
AEA - SAG-AFTRA
JessicaLVera@gmail.com
Emilia
Juliet
Marcia
Various
Tonya
Maggie
Roberta (Lead)
Grace (Lead)
Edith (Lead)
Sam (Lead)
dir. Shaun Peknic
dir. Alex Keegan
dir. William Fowkes
dir. David Shane
dir. Sarah Michelson
dir. Joan Kane
dir. Joan Kane
dir. Kelly Griffith
dir. Joan Kane
dir. Nell Balaban
Nylon Fusion - upcoming
Theater for a New City
American Globe Theater
ESPA/Primary Stages
BoCoCa Arts Festival
Pulse Ensemble Theatre
Hudson Guild Theater
Midtown Int'l. Theatre Fest.
The New School
Manhattan Rep.
Akwo
Commercials & Industrials - Available on Request
True History...Julia Pastrana
La Ronde
Orphan Train
The Wonder Hat
Primas (Bilingual)
Julia (Lead)
Young Wife
Young Woman
Mary
Aceli (Lead)
dir. Jonathan Fielding
dir. Johnny Salinas
dir. Fursey Gotuaco
dir. G'ann Boyd
dir. Jeremy Kisling
Amphibian, Fort Worth
Theater Lab, TX
Austin School Tour
2nd Youth Rep.
Theater Lab, TX
The Awakening
Alice in Astoria (Web)
Scout & Maggie (Web)
Death's Door (Web)
What Goes Around
Dayplayer
Supporting
Scout (Lead)
Jessica (Principal)
Supporting
dir. Jason Noto
dir. Michael Goldfried
dir. Stephanie Dawson
dir. Ben Schaeffer
dir. James Macnab
Independent
Independent
ElectionMedia
EclectionMedia
Longshot Productions
Setora
dir. Keith Segovia
Theater - New York (Partial)
Regional (Partial)
Film & Web
Voiceover
Workshops and Readings (Partial)
Welcome Home
All Alices
Empress of Sex
How the Moon Fell in Love
Outpost
Lost and Found
Gypsy Storm
Give and Take
Alice
Becky
Adriana
Birdy
Lisa
Junior
Bernedetta
Tacy
dir. Tessa LaNeve
dir. Joan Kane
dir. Joan Kane
dir. Catherine Siracusa
dir. Jerry Bradley
dir. Kim Sharp
dir. Catherine Siracusa
dir. Bara Swain
Primary Stages
Lark Roundtable
Oberon Theater Ensemble
Abingdon Theater
Abingdon Theater
Abingdon Theater
Abingdon Theater
Abingdon Theater
“Jessica Vera brings it, whether it's a cold reading, rehearsal or performance. She's bright, fun and her talent is off the chart.” Stephanie Keys, playwright
"Jessica is a joy to work with -- a talented and intelligent professional."
Lily Rusek, Playwright
PDF Version of Resume:
“Two of the actors, especially, make all the difference in this rendition. Jessica Vera makes Julia sweetly childlike, with a surprising strength underneath the innocence.” Lawson Taitte, Dallas Morning News
Television
The Path
co-star
dir. Jessica Goldberg/Universal TV
