Playwright

Dramafest Playwrights

Break My Bones

Tess with published script of Pie from the Pattersons

Dramafest Playwrights

1/6

+ Projects

+ New Play Exchange

< Back

Tess Rowan's first play was published at age fourteen after being selected in Dramafest, a one-act play festival created by Stagedoor Manor in collaboration with Stephen Sondheim’s Young Playwright Inc. Tess participated in Dramafest as a playwright/director for two years, workshopping her scripts, Mr. Stranger and Pie from the Pattersons', and was selected as an actor another year. In 2020, Tess was chosen as a Guest Playwright in the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s Young Playwrights Festival for her play, Break My Bones. Tess recently wrote the script, music, and directed Your Carving Footprint as the first in-person production of her co-run student productions group, After Hours. Member of The Dramatists Guild.

22:44

Your Carving Footprint - Written/Directed by Tess Rowan Jannery-Barney

This video originally premiered on the Saxon Stage Online YouTube Channel in April 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRd9tuPcLEs "Your Carving Footprint is a one-act conservationist comedy by Tess Jannery-Barney. No tickets necessary, but donations to the Virginia Chapter of The Nature Conservancy are encouraged. Link to donate: https://preserve.nature.org/page/8091... Live stream at 8 pm on Friday, April 22nd, or Earth Day 2022. Run time: Approximately 23 min. CAST: BOBBI: Talia-Rose Diorio SIMON: Brady Kastner CREW: PLAYWRIGHT/DIRECTOR/MUSIC ACCOMPANIMENT: Tess Jannery-Barney STAGE MANAGER: Cristina Sayegh HEAD OF LIGHTING & SOUND: Mary Muir HEAD OF PROPS: Conner Tone LIVE VIDEOGRAPHER: Ethan Colabatistto After Hours is a playwriting, directing, and student-run production group at Langley High School's Saxon Stage. We would like to give a special thank you to our "park rangers," or the wonderful parent, student, and teacher volunteers who helped make our live performances possible! Also, thank you to Mr. Kaufman, the members of After Hours, and students at Saxon Stage for supporting the cast and crew onstage and off! RECORDING INFORMATION: This performance is a recording filmed live during our February 25th performance of Your Carving Footprint in the Saxon Stage Black Box. The original performances of Your Carving Footprint included optional donations to The Northern Virginia Conservation Trust. STAY CONNECTED! Follow After Hours @lhs.afterhours and @saxonstage on Instagram and visit www.saxonstage.com for more information on upcoming events and performances!"

12:29

“Pie from the Patterson’s” Dramafest 2020 Stagedoor Manor Digital - Original One-Act Play

A short one-act comedy called “Pie from the Patterson’s” by Tess Rowan, age 15. It was chosen and performed for the Stagedoor Manor 2020 Dramafest program. Tess directed her cast and worked with a dramaturg in daily virtual classes and rehearsals to create this premiere production of “Pie from the Patterson’s.” This script will be published and available for licensing soon. Enjoy! Cast: Penelope- Madeleine Bagnall Sawyer- Seth Winnick Mrs. Margery- Lydia Yelle Dramaturg: Eric Nightengale

Mr. Stranger - A Play Written and Directed by Tess Rowan

11:50