Jesse Schmitt

Jesse Schmitt (b. 1979) is an American playwright, poet, screenwriter, short story writer, and freelance journalist based out of New York City. In 2002, Schmitt founded In Touch Theatre Productions for new off-off Broadway works. He was awarded "The Ms. Rita and Mr. Jacob Salzman 2009 Outstanding Educator Award" Award.
As a playwright, Jesse Schmitt has had works produced and presented all over the country. His most oft produced play, the short What You See was first presented at The Theatre Studio, Inc. (TSI) old space on 8th avenue. Quickly after that, What You See was presented again by The Riant Theatre Company at the Summer 2003 Strawberry One Act Festival at The Producers Club, where it was advanced to the semi finals.
Works 2003-2006
Winter 2003-2004 saw much opportunity for Jesse Schmitt and In Touch Productions. Forging a fast alliance with the folks at The Producers Club, Schmitt held two showcase events in December 2003 where his short plays Language or the Kiss, USA Baby, and Ides of March played in repertory. Following the December event, InTouch hosted another showcase in January 2004 where 3AM Eternal, had its debut and USA Baby, and What You See were revived.
His fiancee Katharine Poklemba voyaged to New Orleans, Louisiana to present What You See one more time at the 11th Annual Drama Rama Festival.
July 2004 saw Schmitt present his first full-length play Fortune at the 2004 Midtown International Theatre Festival. As Schmitt worked on his next full length play, he once again aligned with Riant for the Summer 2004 Strawberry One Act Festival and offered a sneak peek Last Day: Act Iat the Festival. In September 2004, Schmitt and InTouch presented a fully produced run of Last Day at the Producers Club Royal Theatre.
October 2004 was where InTouch presented Schmitt's first Equity Showcase Test Tube World at the Sonnet Theatre featuring Equity members Matthew Hardy and TJ D'Angelo.
Schmitt's work was seen at The Riant Theatre once more Eulogizing Abraham (February 2005) and "The Forgotten" (August 2006) In November 2005, Last Day got its third full-scale production at the Where Eagles Dare Fall Festival. This third production featured Poklemba and Josh Berresford from HERE TV's Dante's Cove.
In 2006 his play Same Mistake Twice was performed in San Diego at the North Park Vaudeville Candy Shoppe.
Works since 2006
In 2007, his new play Same Mistake Twice brought back the talents of Poklemba, Jane Bacon, and David Holt to The Riant Theatre's Festival, this time performed at The American Theatre of Actors in Manhattan.

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