WRITING.
ORIGINAL PILOTS
LAB RATS Sitcom Pilot
An office workplace comedy with fantasy interludes about Kate and her eclectic coworkers, as they match wits and wrangle volunteers at a government sleep research facility.
2020 Screencraft Comedy Semifinalist
2022 and 2021 Coverfly Pitch Week Participant
THANK GOD Dramedy Pilot
When student loan-owing stand-up comic masquerades as the new pastor in a small town, she gets the collection money - and in the crosshairs of a predatory megachurch.
2021 Austin Film Festival Second Rounder
PUBLICATIONS
CLIMBERS Comedy Pilot
Climbing gym employees need to use all of their physical and mental strength to defeat Lad, the bro-est, chillaxing-est gym owner, who is determined to make their gym go viral for all the wrong reasons.
LA TIMES PIECE
As someone on the asexual spectrum, dating in LA leads to some… hmmmm interesting encounters. Welcome to a snippet of that!
“I ended the sexual part of our relationship, but I held the door open for friendship. They responded, ‘Great, now I’m not gonna have sex for years.’”
“We made fun of toxic men at the gym. Then, they started acting like one” - Full Article
SATIRE
Mwahaha! Satire! Catch more of Jess’s work through The Lunar Times, a publication for Asian Americans!
PLAYWRITING
To read more of Jess’s theatrical work, check out her New Play Exchange Profile.