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 in 2025 and a 6-performances as part of the Melting Plot Festival with TheaterLab in May 2026, Jake will be taking his show across the pond to 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. You can donate to his GoFundMe to help cover costs for the Fringe Festival here. 

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Jake received glowing reviews for his work in the Melting Plot Festival in May 2026. You can read the review from Tony Marinelli with TheatreBeyondBroadway here, one by independent reviewer Alexander Yarde here, and one by @MissPlayBills here. 

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Jake's twenty-minute piece, 40 Seconds, was a part of the Downtown Urban Arts Festival (DUAF) at La Mama Experimental Theater in June 2026. His piece was directed by Tom Meglio, and featured Tomi Newman and Kameron Richardson. This was Jake's off-broadway debut as a playwright. 

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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 in summer 2026! 

 

Jake returned to the stage in 2024 with 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.

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