About
Tess Rowan is a performer, published playwright, composer, musician, and director based in Washington, D.C. and New York. Tess is a rising senior at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, studying Drama in the New Studio on Broadway and the Playwrights Horizons Theater School. She is pursuing a double minor in the Business of Entertainment, Media, and Technology, as well as Producing.
Her work has been recognized at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, the Contemporary American Theater Festival, the Capital Fringe Festival, the Playwrights Horizons Theater School, NYU, and Stagedoor Manor.
In addition to writing and performing plays and musicals, Tess is developing Field Notes, an ongoing series of storytelling expeditions across long-distance trails. On trail, Tess is known by the trail name "Storyteller." This summer, Tess is preparing to hike 500 miles on the Colorado Trail while creating a multimedia project.
Tess started writing her first musical on the school bus on the way to fourth grade and began holding auditions at recess five hours later.
At 14, Tess began writing her original Morse code musical, Static. When she was 17, Tess produced, directed, and performed in the sold-out, award-winning world premiere of Static at the Capital Fringe Festival. Over the years, Tess's original projects like Static, Toy Soldiers, Your Carving Footprint, and Field Notes have been developed and produced across the country.
As an actor, singer, dancer, and musician, Tess loves being a part of new work across theater and film.
Now, Tess spends her time creating stories centered on nature, technology, and interaction, with an emphasis on sustainability and inclusion through storytelling.
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