Jess Barbagallo is a theater artist and writer. His work has been presented at Dixon Place, LaMama, BAX, New Ohio Theater, Poetry Project, Performance Space New York, Ontological-Hysteric Theater, New York University, The Brick, Abrons Arts Center, The Park Avenue Armory (studio presentation: Prelude 2023), and Luv Story Bar. Last fall, Jess directed It’s That Time of the Month at Soho Rep. He writing has been published by Artforum, The Brooklyn Rail, them, Movement Research Journal, The Cincinnati Review, 53rd State Press, and Spectrum Literary Journal. Currently he is editing his short story collection Cherry and The Others, inspired by plays he has seen, the actors he has loved, and a life spent in the theater.