Tess Rowan
She/Her
About
Tess Rowan is a 19-year-old screen and stage performer, as well as playwright, composer, and director. She is based in Washington D.C. and has performed in venues from Atlanta to New York. Tess is a freshman at NYU Tisch, studying Drama at the New Studio on Broadway.
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Most recently, Tess wrote, produced, directed, and performed in the world premiere of her original morse code musical, Static. After a sold-out run at the 2022 Capital Fringe Festival, Static won the Fringe Best Musical and Best Ensemble Awards. A regional workshop of Static was presented at Flying V Theatre in Silver Spring, Maryland in August 2023.
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From dancing to singing to acting, from backstage to behind the scenes on set to a rehearsal studio, Tess loves being a part of creative productions.
Performer
Actor, Singer, Dancer, Musician
Tess has worked in theater and film, from modern comedy musicals to horror short films. She has been a student at Stagedoor Manor, New York Film Academy, Broadway Artists Alliance, and iTheatrics Broadway Academy, and currently trains in voice, acting, and dance.
Playwright
Tess Rowan had her first play published at age fourteen and continues to write one-act and full-length plays across genres.
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Her work has been featured in multiple young playwrights festivals, including Stagedoor Manor's Dramafest and The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's YPF.
Composer
Tess plays guitar, piano, banjo, and ukulele, and has been writing songs since she was able to talk...and sort of sing.
At 14, Tess started writing the the book, music, and lyrics for Static: Noise of a New Musical, and became the first musical theater writer to use morse code as a method of dramatic storytelling.
In addition to musical theater, Tess writes and produces her own indie, folk, and rock music.
Director
Tess loves creating immersive, physical theater productions and co-directed her first short film in Spring 2022. She directed the world premire of Static: Noise of a New Musical which won Best Musical at the 2022 Capital Fringe Festival.
Headshot &
Resume
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