Jessica's Engagements for 2024

Directing
CARBURETOR: A GHOST SONATA performing November 2024

Acting
ON THE WATERFRONT with Rehabilitation Through the Arts at Woodbourne Correctional Facility in November 2024.

Playwrighting/Adaptations
CARBURETOR: A GHOST SONATA
AND THE VIOLINS STOPPED PLAYING, by Alexander Ramati, adapted for the stage by Jessica López-Barkl (workshop production in progress)
CRISTINA AND FRIDA adapted from the novel FRIDA by Barbara Mujica
I'M NOT CRAZY, adapted from the writings of an anonymous woman suffering from late-in-life schizophrenia

Research Paper
LOCKED UP: an exploration of a theater behind bars
Theater in a Generational Poverty Community College Before & During the Pandemic