WRITING.
Some ORIGINAL PILOTS (oh boy do I have more!)
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.
Screencraft Comedy Semifinalist
Coverfly Pitch Week Participant
CLIMBERS Workplace 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.
THANK GOD Dramedy Pilot
When a student loan-owing stand-up comedian masquerades as the new pastor in a small town, she gets the collection money - and in the crosshairs of a predatory megachurch.
Austin Film Festival Second Rounder
Since 2023, I’ve been documenting the unionization of a rock climbing gym chain. Why?
Folks say Unions in rock climbing?!? How!
The industry has almost no safety standards/legislation
It’s surprisingly difficult to get even the chillest climbing chain to come to a bargaining table
There are a hell of a lot of workers affected
I’ve been climbing for 12 years
Rock climbing is siiiiick, bro
dOCUMENTARY tIME!
PUBLICATIONS
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
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