Jessica Elkin: Comedy Actor & Writer

RISE OF THE USHER has elements of All About Eve as well as parallels to Shakespeare's Macbeth and Romeo and Juliet. The ambitious protagonist rises to the top of the usher ant hill to achieve chief usher status. When she later transitions her focus from career to romantic life, she learns about boldness from the heart versus ambition and realizes that different rules apply.

Written by and Starring Jessica Elkin.

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"Some of this year's tantalizing prospects include Jessica Elkin's Rise of the Usher (said to have shades of Shakespeare's Macbeth) " - Danny King, The Village Voice

"Jessica Elkin doesn’t waste any time delving into those characters as she jumps right into the action. Accents, mannerisms and voice changes abound as she carefully and playfully jumps from one eccentric usher to the house manager to another usher to an ex-con ticket-taker and back again until you get a sense of who’s who in her zany romp to the top of the usher totem pole." - Nick Radu, Malinism Online

"Why theater?: Theater allows me to utilize all of the various training I have had through out my life and there is nothing like the thrill of immediate feedback from a live audience." - Jessica Elkin Spotlight, Theater in the Now