Jessica Marchesi, MTC’s new Director of Production, is overjoyed to be returning to MTC after a nearly 20 year hiatus.  Jessica is a native San Franciscan who has been working in professional theater for over 30 years, mostly in production management.  Originally trained as an actor and director, her additional training and experience as a technician and designer led her to shift her focus to production. After starting her PM career at the San Francisco Fringe Festival and the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival, Jessica served as MTC’s PM from 2001-2005, under then Artistic Director Lee Sankowich.  Since leaving the Bay Area, her career has taken her all over the country.  During that time she managed production and operations for a wide variety of companies, including Studio Theatre in Washington, DC, Arkansas Repertory Theatre and the Walton Arts Center in Arkansas, and Horizon Theatre in Atlanta, GA, but the bulk of her career was spent at South Coast Repertory Theatre in Southern California.  SCR specializes in new play development, and while she was there she had the great pleasure of helping launch over 50 world premieres, many of which have gone on to great success, including A Doll’s House, Part 2 (Lucas Hnath), Vietgone (Qui Nguyen), Cambodian Rock Band (Lauren Yee), Silent Sky and Emelie (Lauren Gunderson), The Language Archive (Julia Cho), and many more.  Jessica’s journey has been personal as well as geographical, and she is proud to have recently come out as Trans and is excited to begin her new life among old friends.