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Identity is published

12/3/2020

Identity: Contemporary Artists Explore Individuality and Culture is now available on Amazon.
Jen Tough curates an exhibit of fabulous artists inside a beautiful art book which includes the work of Gina Tuzzi and my write up on her piece, They Say That I Don’t Mourn Because They Don’t See Me Cry (La Luna Para La Llorona). read more

3Girls Salon Reading Series

2/2/2020

THE PENNSYLVANIAN
Directed by Zach Kopciak
Written by Jennifer Lynne Roberts
Music and lyrics by Clayton Hoffman
Actors - Sarah Brazier and Cameron La Brie
Dramturg - Amanda Lee

TICKETS ARE FREE, but you must RESERVE IN ADVANCE HERE
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The Unmasking

11/13/2019

Learning the comedy and tragedy of life.
How the creative process may help me deal with Bipolar II

RIP artist and Professor Emeritus, Joanne Stitchweh

11/9/2019

A great influence on my life and creative career has died. Joanne Stitchweh will be missed.

Shotz: Happily Ever Ever

5/10/2019

photo by AmiosWest

I wrote Properties of A Proper Fairytale for Shotz and it was a hella fun show. My short was directed by Ray Renati and featured Charles Lewis III and Puja Tolton.

Adam Cochran

4/22/2019

Painter Adam Cochran asked me to write about his upcoming thesis project for the UC Davis MFA Exhibition.

Gina Tuzzi

4/3/2019

My thoughts on Gina Tuzzi's solo show, Pele and The Sensual World at Jen Tough Gallery.

SHOTZ: Hell Hath No Fury

1/27/2019

2019 brings fresh commissions! First up is a short piece I wrote for SHOTZ: Hell Hath No Fury which goes up ONE NIGHT ONLY on February 6, 7pm at the amazing venue, PianoFight.

SHOTZ is a theater organization that creates "spontaneous, hilarious and provocative work, driven by fearless and innovative ensembles; work that directly reflects the gender, age, race, sexuality, and politics, of our participants."

I am honored to be one of the seven writers for this event. My piece was written with a fury when the idea of having an all-female, ukulele heavy metal band rock out on stage wearing 80's iconic hair band attire. I mean. Come on. Right?

Come see the show! TICKETS ON SALE NOW.
And let's all have a drink in the lounge!

Accommodations reading October 14

9/22/2018

3GT presents a staged reading
Accommodations
written by Jennifer Lynne Roberts
directed by Jacinta Sutphin
Sunday, October 14 at 2PM
Phoenix Theatre, SF

The Arentz sisters–polar opposite twins Elinor and Beth, and attention-starved Layne–reunite for their childhood friend Jess’s wake. While Beth crusades to halt the imminent demolition of an historic hotel in town where, as children, she and Elinor found an abandoned Jess and both witnessed something that created a gulf between them, Elinor opens up her home to an unexpected guest whose presence forces the women to confront the fallibility of memory, the possibility of the extraordinary, and examine what it means to embrace the past, or to let it go, when it comes to family, love and sacrifice.

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Thoughts on Saville, Art, and Why I Write About Both.

9/16/2018

"Trace" by Jenny Saville

I planned an entire UK visit centered on the fact that Jenny Saville was having a show at the National Scottish Museum of Modern Art; I’d been posting about it on social media for months. Along with Saville, I added Dorothea Lange, Chantal Joffe, Annie Swynnerton, Tacita Dean, Julie Becker, and others to the itinerary, intent on making a grand, whirlwind UK tour of women artists in six days or less.

Read more of my latest post on my trip to the UK to see exhibitions by amazing women artists, and why I'm writing about art.