WHAT'S GOING ON

 

Jake is thrilled to be taking his newest one-person show, Like a Good Neighbor, to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August 2026! After a success just completed a successful three-night run in collaboration with the Maker's Ensemble in Brooklyn, Jake will be peforming at the Vault at Paradise Green in the first two weeks of the festival. Directed by Hayley Moir, the piece talks about the night Jake tried to save a stray cat in the alleyway next to his apartment, and the bloody traumatic results. Exploring friendship, bullying, and planning a wedding, LAGN is Jake's most vulnerable and poignant piece yet. Jake hopes to have a longer run in the coming year, and is exploring taking the show to the Edinburgh Fringe festival next year. You can donate to his GoFundMe here. 

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Jake's first full-length piece is being published by 1319 Press! The piece, Yland, is a part of the 2026 cohort of new artists, and will be hitting bookstores sometime before summer 2026! 

 

Jake returned to the stage in 2024with another one-person show, You're Not Allowed to Ask Me That at the Tank in NYC, after successful one-off performances with Emerging Artists Theatre Co. and Chestnut Street Playhouse. The show was well-received. 

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Jake's piece Any Other Day was a finalist in the Chestnut Street Playhouse 2nd Annual New Play Festival this past September. The play received a staged reading in CT as a part of the festival. In December of 2022, Any Other Day went on to receive a fully-staged production at Broward College in Florida. This was Jake's first full-length show to receive a production.

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In July of 2022, Jake traveled to Baltimore to film a short film based on his play Emergency Contact. The film has been completed and will be entering film festival around the country in the coming months- let Jake know if you would like to be one of the first to see it!

 

Jake returned to the stage in June 2022 with his one-man show entitled Knock It Off, I Love You. Chronicling the worst fight he ever experienced with his father, this piece explores growing up, conflict, and sandwiches in this auto-biographical account.

 

In February 2022, Jake self-produced a staged reading of his piece Yland, along with director Rachel Bertone. In the same weekend, Jake's one-minute play It Was, You Know, What It Was, was featured in the One Moment in Time One-Minute Play Festival. At the end of the month, Emergency Contact was voted Audience Favorite at the SPF at the Player's Theatre. 

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In November 2020, Jake partnered with friend and artist Tom Mezger on a short, virtual play called Forgive Me. Told through a series of videos on a fundraising page, Forgive Me is about loss, guilt, and what happens when our private lives become public. Check out the full video here.