Jessy Ardern

location_on Alberta, CA

Established Artist Neurodivergent Woman/Female-identifying

Pronouns: She/Her

Crafts:

Adaptations
Collective Creation
Dramaturgy/Dramaturgies
Musicals
TYA (Theatre for Young Audiences)

Jessy Ardern specializes in adaptation as well as interactive work. Her writing has been seen onstage in Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Toronto, and Edmonton, where she has won two Sterling Awards for her work as a playwright. Selected writing credits include Prophecy; The Fall of the House of Atreus: A Cowboy Love Song; Harold & Vivian Entertain Guests; and Queen Lear is Dead. Jessy is the youngest ever winner of the Harry Rintoul Award for Best New Manitoba Play, and a 3-time runner up of the Alberta Playwriting Competition. When Jessy is not writing she is working as an actor and as an artistic co-producer with interactive indie company The Fox Den Collective.