Dandelion

Dandelion, An original musical currently in development. Dandelion follows the story of Jane and her mother Delilah as they are forced to confront profound questions of guilt, responsibility, and sacrifice when Jane must decide between attending college in pursuit of her lifelong dreams, or staying home to care for Delilah- who is locked in a desperate battle with severe mental illness and opioid addiction. Book by Jessica Fichter and Sean Riehm, Music and Lyrics by Colleen Francis and Bill Zeffiro, Developed with Hailee Beltzhoover. #DandelionMusical

Past Projects

Toto Talks

By: Randall David Cook, Directed By: Joey McNeely. Premiered at Frigid Fest, Feb 2019

One Minute Play Festival

Various Playwrights, Premiered at Mile Square Theatre, July 2018

48 Musical: Universe Without Him

Music by: Dave Seamon, Book/Lyrics by: Molly Horan Premiered April 2018

If Women Rose Rooted

Ensemble Devised, The Tank (Lady Fest) August 2018

The Hallelujah Girls

By: Hope, Jones, Wooten, Chapin Theatre Company

 Little Shop of Horrors

The campy Broadway and Hollywood sci-smash musical has devoured the hearts of theatre goers for over 30 years, and is finally making its Trustus debut! The meek floral assistant Seymour Kelborn stumbles across a new breed of plant he names “Audrey II” - after his coworker crush. This saucy, R&B-singing carnivore promises unending fame and fortune to the down and out Seymour as long as he keeps feeding it…blood. Seymour discovers Audrey II’s out of this world origins and intent toward global domination.

Twelfth Night

The producers of Drama Desk nominated Midsummer: A Banquet and Shake and Bake: Love's Labour's Lost, have partnered with Evolving Door Theatre Company and Baby Deer Bakery to create an unforgettable socially-distant experience for Theater lovers everywhere. Twelfth Night: Welcome to Our Table combines live theatrics, cinematic flare, and at-home interaction in a celebration of whimsy benefitting Food Bank For New York City. Find a full synopsis and information about our team below!

Winner of New York Shakespeare’s Best Comedy of 2020!

Pouf!

What happens when you mix hairspray, headlice and a little dab of Elvis? Hairlarity. The year is 1958 and Betty finds herself unfulfilled as a housewife. She and her husband have been unsuccessful in starting a family and her husband will not "permit" her to get a job. With the encouragement of her sister, Betty secretly sets up an in-home salon, leveraging her prowess with hairspray and bobby pins. Betty begins to change the lives of neighborhood women by "poufing" their hair. Pouf! is an "uplifting" comedy with big hair and even bigger laughs.

Shadows:

A Dance Musical

Shadows: A Dance Musical. The internationally acclaimed director of West Side Story and two-time Tony Nominee Joey McKneely joins forces with award-winning playwright Randall David Cook to bring you a new dance musical. Direction by Joey McNeely.  Assistant Direction by Jess Fichter. With music and lyrics by Edison Wood's Julia Frodahl with Maxim Moston and UK's Karen Bishko, this twisted tale of adultery and passion becomes a haunting lesson in the power of love. It's Twyla Tharp meets Next to Normal meets Stephen King. Be prepared.

The Eleventh Hour!

The Eleventh Hour! is an original and irreverent rock musical comedy born in a New Brunswick, NJ basement. It's the end of the world in New Jersey! A burnout basement rocker and his ex-girlfriend, a rising star astrophysicist, may have the key to surviving the black hole bearing down on earth. If they can reconcile their feelings and manage a dangerous journey on the NJ Turnpike, they just may save their music, each other, and the mole people who live beneath them. Pasi Brothers Productions presents The Eleventh Hour! featuring music, book, and lyrics by David Seamon, direction by Jessica Francis Fichter, and produced by Smugbug Productions. #RockApocalypse #SaveYourBrain

The Mad Ones Lab

Over the course of October, Jessica was selected to collaborate with artists around the world on on a digital shorts of THE MAD ONES - the off broadway hit by Kerrigan and Lowdermilk.

Theatre for Youth

SELECTED PLAYS

Dutch Fork High School

The Crucible                     

Almost maine

Don’t U Luv Me?        

The Secret Life of Girls        

The Curious Savage         

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

THe laramie project

At the Bottom of Lake Missoula

Dutch Fork Middle School

Charlotte’s Web               

I Never Saw Another Butterfly   

A Seussified Christmas Carol  

The brothers grimm spectaculathon

a midsummer night’s dream 

ST-ARTS

A Midsummer night’s dream

romeo and juliet 

SELECTED MUSICALS

Chapin Theatre Company

Peter Pan                          

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

Irmo Chapin Recreation Commission

Shrek Jr.

Annie JR.

Lexington Richland District 5

The Wiz (Assistant) 

Seussical the Musical                  

Aida: School Edition           

Dutch Fork High School

Into the Woods                                   

You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown       

Beauty and The Beast