Jessica Dean Turner

Birth Place: United States

Latest News on Jessica Dean Turner:
Video: Get A First Look At RICHARD III at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre (Feb 9, 2024)

Photos: Chicago Shakespeare Theater Presents William Shakespeare's RICHARD III (Feb 8, 2024)

Video: Go Inside Rehearsals For RICHARD III at Chicago Shakespeare (Jan 26, 2024)

BIO

Jessica Dean Turner is a Chicago-born actress who has had the pleasure of performing nationally.Her previous stage credits include A Kid Like Jake (About Face Theatre), Xmas Armaments (Step Up Productions), Season on The Line (The House Theatre of Chicago). The Fall of Heaven (Congo Square Theatre Company), Fabulation, Or, The Re-Education of Undine (Definition Theatre Company, Letters Home (Griffin Theatre), and Pink Milk (White Elephant/ Oracle Theatre B*Sides). She has also performed in Arkansas Shakespeare Company's summer season in Two Gentlemen of Verona (Silvia) and The Comedy of Errors (Adriana), as well as understudying The Merchant of Venice (Riverside Shakespeare Theatre) and Henry IV Pt. 1 (Great River Shakespeare Festival). Her television credits include NBC's Crisis. Next, she can be seen in Oracle Theatre Company's The America Play, as well as serving as a teaching artist.

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Jessica Dean Turner, Katy Sullivan

Date:

02/07/2024

From: Photos: Chicago Shakespeare Theater Presents William Shakespeare's RICHARD III

Demetrios Troy, Mark Bedard, Mo Shipley, Jessica Dean Turner, Sean Fortunato and Scot Photo

Demetrios Troy, Mark Bedard, Mo Shipley, Jessica Dean Turner, Sean Fortunato and Scott Aiello

Date:

02/07/2024

From: Photos: Chicago Shakespeare Theater Presents William Shakespeare's RICHARD III

(clockwise from front center) Aliyana Nicole, Sydney Charles, Ayanna Bria Bakari and Photo

(clockwise from front center) Aliyana Nicole, Sydney Charles, Ayanna Bria Bakari and Jessica Dean Turner

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03/22/2023

From: Photos: Go Inside Rehearsals for LAST NIGHT AND THE NIGHT BEFORE at Steppenwolf

Sydney Charles and Jessica Dean Turner

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03/22/2023

From: Photos: Go Inside Rehearsals for LAST NIGHT AND THE NIGHT BEFORE at Steppenwolf

Valerie Curtis-Newton and Jessica Dean Turner

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03/22/2023

From: Photos: Go Inside Rehearsals for LAST NIGHT AND THE NIGHT BEFORE at Steppenwolf

Jessica Dean Turner and Sydney Charles

Date:

03/22/2023

From: Photos: Go Inside Rehearsals for LAST NIGHT AND THE NIGHT BEFORE at Steppenwolf

Alexis Ward, Max Thomas, Sheldon D. Brown, Jessica Dean Turner and DeMorris Burrows

Date:

10/07/2022

From: Photos: First Look at the World Premiere Adaptation of 1919 at Steppenwolf Theatre Company

DeMorris Burrows, Sola Thompson, Jessica Dean Turner, Alexis Ward, Max Thomas and She Photo

DeMorris Burrows, Sola Thompson, Jessica Dean Turner, Alexis Ward, Max Thomas and Sheldon D. Brown

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10/07/2022

From: Photos: First Look at the World Premiere Adaptation of 1919 at Steppenwolf Theatre Company

Max Thomas, Sola Thompson, Sheldon D. Brown, Alexis Ward, DeMorris Burrows and Jessic Photo

Max Thomas, Sola Thompson, Sheldon D. Brown, Alexis Ward, DeMorris Burrows and Jessica Dean Turner

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10/07/2022

From: Photos: First Look at the World Premiere Adaptation of 1919 at Steppenwolf Theatre Company

DeMorris Burrows, Sola Thompson, Jessica Dean Turner, Sheldon D. Brown and Max Thomas Photo

DeMorris Burrows, Sola Thompson, Jessica Dean Turner, Sheldon D. Brown and Max Thomas i

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10/07/2022

From: Photos: First Look at the World Premiere Adaptation of 1919 at Steppenwolf Theatre Company

Sola Thompson with (back, l to r) DeMorris Burrows, Max Thomas, Alexis Ward, Sheldon Photo

Sola Thompson with (back, l to r) DeMorris Burrows, Max Thomas, Alexis Ward, Sheldon D. Brown and Jessica Dean Turner

Date:

10/07/2022

From: Photos: First Look at the World Premiere Adaptation of 1919 at Steppenwolf Theatre Company

Alexis Ward, Sola Thompson, Sheldon D. Brown, DeMorris Burrows, Max Thomas and Jessic Photo

Alexis Ward, Sola Thompson, Sheldon D. Brown, DeMorris Burrows, Max Thomas and Jessica Dean Turner

Date:

10/07/2022

From: Photos: First Look at the World Premiere Adaptation of 1919 at Steppenwolf Theatre Company

Sheldon D. Brown, DeMorris Burrows, Alexis Ward, Sola Thompson, Max Thomas and Jessic Photo

Sheldon D. Brown, DeMorris Burrows, Alexis Ward, Sola Thompson, Max Thomas and Jessica Dean Turner

Date:

10/07/2022

From: Photos: First Look at the World Premiere Adaptation of 1919 at Steppenwolf Theatre Company

Max Thomas, Sheldon D. Brown, DeMorris Burrows, Alexis Ward and Jessica Dean Turner

Date:

10/07/2022

From: Photos: First Look at the World Premiere Adaptation of 1919 at Steppenwolf Theatre Company

Jessica Dean Turner and Sola Thompson

Date:

10/07/2022

From: Photos: First Look at the World Premiere Adaptation of 1919 at Steppenwolf Theatre Company

Sheldon D. Brown, Max Thomas, Jessica Dean Turner, Alexis Ward, Sola Thompson and Dem Photo

Sheldon D. Brown, Max Thomas, Jessica Dean Turner, Alexis Ward, Sola Thompson and Demorris Burrows

Date:

10/07/2022

From: Photos: First Look at the World Premiere Adaptation of 1919 at Steppenwolf Theatre Company

Alexis Ward, Jessica Dean Turner, Max Thomas, DeMorris Burrows and Sheldon D. Brown

Date:

10/07/2022

From: Photos: First Look at the World Premiere Adaptation of 1919 at Steppenwolf Theatre Company

Alexis Ward, Jessica Dean Turner, Sola Thompson, Max Thomas, DeMorris Burrows and She Photo

Alexis Ward, Jessica Dean Turner, Sola Thompson, Max Thomas, DeMorris Burrows and Sheldon D. Brown

Date:

10/07/2022

From: Photos: First Look at the World Premiere Adaptation of 1919 at Steppenwolf Theatre Company

Alexis Ward, Sheldon D. Brown, Jessica Dean Turner, Max Thomas, DeMorris Burrows and Photo

Alexis Ward, Sheldon D. Brown, Jessica Dean Turner, Max Thomas, DeMorris Burrows and Sola Thompson

Date:

10/07/2022

From: Photos: First Look at the World Premiere Adaptation of 1919 at Steppenwolf Theatre Company

Alexis Ward and Jessica Dean Turner

Date:

09/27/2022

From: Photos: Go Inside Rehearsals for the Chicago Premiere of 1919 at Steppenwolf Theatre Company

DeMorris Burrows, Jessica Dean Turner, Sheldon D. Brown and Alexis Ward

Date:

09/27/2022

From: Photos: Go Inside Rehearsals for the Chicago Premiere of 1919 at Steppenwolf Theatre Company

Jessica Dean Turner

Date:

09/27/2022

From: Photos: Go Inside Rehearsals for the Chicago Premiere of 1919 at Steppenwolf Theatre Company

Jessica Dean Turner, August Forman, Eric Slater

Date:

09/13/2019

From: Photo Flash: First Look At TINY BEAUTIFUL THINGS At Victory Gardens

Jessica Dean Turner, August Forman

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09/13/2019

From: Photo Flash: First Look At TINY BEAUTIFUL THINGS At Victory Gardens

Janet Ulrich Brooks, August Forman, Eric Slater, Jessica Dean Turner

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09/13/2019

From: Photo Flash: First Look At TINY BEAUTIFUL THINGS At Victory Gardens

Jessica Dean Turner, Joel Reitsma, and Aurora Adachi-Winter

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01/23/2019

From: Photo Flash: First Look at RED REX at Steep Theatre

Jessica Dean Turner and Amanda Powell

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01/23/2019

From: Photo Flash: First Look at RED REX at Steep Theatre

Jessica Dean Turner and Debo Balogun

Date:

01/23/2019

From: Photo Flash: First Look at RED REX at Steep Theatre

Jessica Dean Turner and Joel Reitsma

Date:

01/23/2019

From: Photo Flash: First Look at RED REX at Steep Theatre

Jessica Dean Turner, Amanda Powell, and Joel Reitsma

Date:

01/23/2019

From: Photo Flash: First Look at RED REX at Steep Theatre

Joel Reitsma, Nate Faust, Jessica Dean Turner, and Aurora Adachi-Winter

Date:

01/23/2019

From: Photo Flash: First Look at RED REX at Steep Theatre

Jessica Dean Turner

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04/11/2018

From: Photo Flash: Griffin Theatre Hosts 10th Anniversary Production of LETTERS HOME

Jessica Dean Turner and Kyla Norton

Date:

02/14/2018

From: Photo Flash: Haven Theatre Premieres FEAR AND MISERY IN THE THIRD REICH

Alexis Randolph, Jessica Dean Turner, Alys Dickerson and Kyla Norton, Simon Hedger

Date:

02/14/2018

From: Photo Flash: Haven Theatre Premieres FEAR AND MISERY IN THE THIRD REICH

Andy Lutz and Jessica Dean Turner in Christmas Armaments by Dana Lynn Formby

Date:

12/10/2014

From: Photo Flash: First Look at Step Up Productions' HOLIDAZE, Running thru Dec 21

Andy Lutz and Jessica Dean Turner

Date:

11/24/2014

From: Photo Flash: First Look at Step Up's HOLIDAZE at Chicago Dramatists

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Video: Get A First Look At RICHARD III at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre

by Joshua Wright - 2024-02-09 11:34:33

Video: Go Inside Rehearsals For RICHARD III at Chicago Shakespeare

by Joshua Wright - 2024-01-26 15:11:40

Video: Get a First Look at LAST NIGHT AND THE NIGHT BEFORE at Steppenwolf Theatre

by Chloe Rabinowitz - 2023-04-19 13:40:25

Video: First Look at the World Premiere Adaptation of 1919 at Steppenwolf Theatre Com Video

Video: First Look at the World Premiere Adaptation of 1919 at Steppenwolf Theatre Company

by Chloe Rabinowitz - 2022-10-12 15:40:23

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Video: Get A First Look At RICHARD III at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre Photo

Video: Get A First Look At RICHARD III at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre
by Joshua Wright - Feb 9, 2024

Get a first look at Chicago Shakespeare Theater's production of William Shakespeare’s Richard III, staged by Artistic Director Edward Hall in the Courtyard Theater, February 2–March 3 in all new video!

Photos: Chicago Shakespeare Theater Presents William Shakespeare's RICHARD III Photo

Photos: Chicago Shakespeare Theater Presents William Shakespeare's RICHARD III
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 8, 2024

Chicago Shakespeare Theater presents William Shakespeare’s Richard III, staged by Artistic Director Edward Hall in the Courtyard Theater, February 2–March 3. Power, greed, ambition. A world where to win is everything. And to win at all costs. This marks the first major US production of Richard III to feature a woman with a disability in the title role.

Video: Go Inside Rehearsals For RICHARD III at Chicago Shakespeare Photo

Video: Go Inside Rehearsals For RICHARD III at Chicago Shakespeare
by Joshua Wright - Jan 26, 2024

Watch as Director Edward Hall and Katy Sullivan (Richard III) discuss reuniting to take on this epic political thriller RICHARD III at Chicago Shakespeare. Tony Award-nominated actor, Paralympic champion, and bilateral above-knee amputee Katy Sullivan makes her Chicago Shakespeare Theater debut in the title role.

Katy Sullivan to Star in RICHARD III at Chicago Shakespeare Theater Photo

Katy Sullivan to Star in RICHARD III at Chicago Shakespeare Theater
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 29, 2023

Chicago Shakespeare Theater has revealed the cast and creative team for William Shakespeare’s Richard III. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets.

Photos: Inside Opening Night of LAST NIGHT AND THE NIGHT BEFORE at Steppenwolf Theate Photo

Photos: Inside Opening Night of LAST NIGHT AND THE NIGHT BEFORE at Steppenwolf Theater
by Stephi Wild - Apr 28, 2023

Steppenwolf Theatre Company continues its 47th season with the Chicago premiere of Donnetta Lavinia Grays’ Last Night and the Night Before, a moving exploration of love – Black, queer, familial – and what must be sacrificed to raise a child. Check out photos from opening night here!

Ayanna Bria Bakari and Sydney Charles of LAST NIGHT AND THE NIGHT BEFORE at Steppenwo Photo

Ayanna Bria Bakari and Sydney Charles of LAST NIGHT AND THE NIGHT BEFORE at Steppenwolf Theatre Take Over Our Instagram Today!
by Social Watch - Apr 22, 2023

Tune into our Instagram story as Ayanna Bria Bakari and Sydney Charles of Last Night And The Night Before at Steppenwolf Theatre take you behind the scenes of their day!

Video: Get a First Look at LAST NIGHT AND THE NIGHT BEFORE at Steppenwolf Theatre Photo

Video: Get a First Look at LAST NIGHT AND THE NIGHT BEFORE at Steppenwolf Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 19, 2023

Get a first look at footage of Donnetta Lavinia Grays’ Last Night and the Night Before at Steppenwolf Theatre Company.

Review: LAST NIGHT AND THE NIGHT BEFORE at Steppenwolf Theatre Company Photo

Review: LAST NIGHT AND THE NIGHT BEFORE at Steppenwolf Theatre Company
by Rachel Weinberg - Apr 18, 2023

LAST NIGHT AND THE NIGHT BEFORE explores the in-between, the murkiness of transitioning life stages and fraught family relationships.

Photos: Go Inside Rehearsals for LAST NIGHT AND THE NIGHT BEFORE at Steppenwolf Photo

Photos: Go Inside Rehearsals for LAST NIGHT AND THE NIGHT BEFORE at Steppenwolf
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 22, 2023

Check out rehearsal photos for Steppenwolf Theatre Company's Last Night and the Night Before.

LAST NIGHT AND THE NIGHT BEFORE Chicago Premiere to be Presented at Steppenwolf This Photo

LAST NIGHT AND THE NIGHT BEFORE Chicago Premiere to be Presented at Steppenwolf This Spring
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 8, 2023

Steppenwolf Theatre Company is continuing its 47th season with the Chicago premiere of Donnetta Lavinia Grays’ Last Night and the Night Before, a moving exploration of love – Black, queer, familial – and what must be sacrificed to raise a child.

Cast Announced for LAST NIGHT AND THE NIGHT BEFORE at Steppenwolf Theatre Company Photo

Cast Announced for LAST NIGHT AND THE NIGHT BEFORE at Steppenwolf Theatre Company
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 25, 2023

Steppenwolf Theatre Company is continuing its 47th season with the Chicago premiere of Donnetta Lavinia Grays’ Last Night and the Night Before, a powerful, poetic exploration of what it takes to create a future from a past you long to forget.

Video: First Look at the World Premiere Adaptation of 1919 at Steppenwolf Theatre Com Photo

Video: First Look at the World Premiere Adaptation of 1919 at Steppenwolf Theatre Company
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 12, 2022

Steppenwolf Theatre Company is presenting the Steppenwolf for Young Adults’ world premiere of 1919, adapted by J. Nicole Brooks from Eve L. Ewing’s collection of luminous and searing poems about the killing of Black teenager Eugene Williams in 1919 off the segregated Chicago lakeshore – and how this tragedy reverberates today. Watch video here.

Photos: First Look at the World Premiere Adaptation of 1919 at Steppenwolf Theatre Co Photo

Photos: First Look at the World Premiere Adaptation of 1919 at Steppenwolf Theatre Company
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 7, 2022

Steppenwolf Theatre Company is presenting the Steppenwolf for Young Adults’ world premiere of 1919, adapted by J. Nicole Brooks from Eve L. Ewing’s collection of luminous and searing poems about the killing of Black teenager Eugene Williams in 1919 off the segregated Chicago lakeshore – and how this tragedy reverberates today. See photos here.

Photos: Go Inside Rehearsals for the Chicago Premiere of 1919 at Steppenwolf Theatre Photo

Photos: Go Inside Rehearsals for the Chicago Premiere of 1919 at Steppenwolf Theatre Company
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 27, 2022

Steppenwolf Theatre Company is presenting the Steppenwolf for Young Adults’ world premiere of 1919, adapted by J. Nicole Brooks from Eve L. Ewing’s collection of luminous and searing poems about the killing of Black teenager Eugene Williams in 1919 off the segregated Chicago lakeshore – and how this tragedy reverberates today. See rehearsal photos!

Steppenwolf for Young Adults to Present World Premiere Adaptation of 1919 in October Photo

Steppenwolf for Young Adults to Present World Premiere Adaptation of 1919 in October
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 15, 2022

Steppenwolf Theatre Company will present the Steppenwolf for Young Adults’ world premiere of 1919, adapted by J. Nicole Brooks from Eve L. Ewing’s collection of luminous and searing poems about the killing of Black teenager Eugene Williams in 1919 off the segregated Chicago lakeshore – and how this tragedy reverberates today.

Cast Announced for Steppenwolf for Young Adults' World Premiere of 1919 Photo

Cast Announced for Steppenwolf for Young Adults' World Premiere of 1919
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 4, 2022

Steppenwolf Theatre Company will present the Steppenwolf for Young Adults’ world premiere of 1919, adapted by J. Nicole Brooks from Eve L. Ewing’s collection of luminous and searing poems about the killing of Black teenager Eugene Williams in 1919 off the segregated Chicago lakeshore – and how this tragedy reverberates today.

Steppenwolf's World Premiere Adaptation of Eve L. Ewing's 1919 Expands Public Perform Photo

Steppenwolf's World Premiere Adaptation of Eve L. Ewing's 1919 Expands Public Performances
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 15, 2021

Steppenwolf Theatre Company will open its new in-the-round Ensemble Theater in Honor of Helen Zell with the Steppenwolf for Young Adults world premiere adaptation of Eve L. Ewing's 1919, adapted by J. Nicole Brooks and directed by Gabrielle Randle-Bent and Tasia A. Jones, February 2 – March 6, 2022.

Steppenwolf Announces 2020/21 Reset Season Photo

Steppenwolf Announces 2020/21 Reset Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 23, 2020

Steppenwolf Theatre Company announced its 2020/21 Reset Season today featuring a truncated four play lineup (originally six plays) with flexible dates to allow for greater agility in the time of COVID-19, accompanied with a robust slate of original virtual programming.

*ROE* Makes Its Chicago Premiere January 18 At Goodman Theatre Photo

*ROE* Makes Its Chicago Premiere January 18 At Goodman Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 10, 2020

Conceived in a pizza parlor and argued in the highest court in the land, the landmark 1973 case of Roe v. Wade legalized abortiona?"and is debated still today. Vanessa Stalling returns to the Goodman to direct the 15-member cast, including emblematic characters of plaintiff Norma McCorvey (a?oeJane Roea??) and Sarah Weddington, the young Texan lawyer who argued the case.

Casting Announced For ROE And GRAVEYARD SHIFT At Goodman Theatre Photo

Casting Announced For ROE And GRAVEYARD SHIFT At Goodman Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 17, 2019

Goodman Theatre continues its 2019/2020 Season this winter with two new plays.

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