Jeanmarie Simpson Playwright · Actor · Director Licensing
Productions

Past Work

Some past productions. Let’s focus on the 21st Century, shall we?

Shakespeare’s Will, Theatre 40

Nine productions

From Macbeth in 2000 to Heretic in 2019
01
HERETIC, The Mary Dyer Story
HERETIC, The Mary Dyer Story 2010 to 2019. Mary Dyer 02
Coming In Hot
Coming In Hot 2009 to 2010. Seventeen characters 03
The Color of Rose
The Color of Rose 2008. Rose Kennedy 04
Shakespeare’s Will
Shakespeare’s Will 2007. Anne Hathaway 05
A Single Woman, the film
A Single Woman, the film 2006. Jeannette Rankin. Author and executive producer. 06
A Single Woman
A Single Woman 2004 to 2005. Jeannette Rankin. Playwright. 07
Amigas, and The Road to Mecca
Amigas, and The Road to Mecca 2003. Marjorie, and Elsa Barlowe 08
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet 2001. Lady Capulet 09
Macbeth
Macbeth 2000. Lady Macbeth The full resume

In order

Chronology
2010 to 2019 HERETIC, The Mary Dyer Story Mary Dyer Directed by MK Riddell 2009 to 2010 Coming In Hot Seventeen characters Directed by Lisa Bowden 2008 The Color of Rose Rose Kennedy Directed by Ann Hearn 2007 Shakespeare’s Will Anne Hathaway Produced by Leonard Nimoy 2006 A Single Woman, the film Jeannette Rankin. Author and executive producer. Narrated by Patricia Arquette 2004 to 2005 A Single Woman Jeannette Rankin. Playwright. Directed by Cameron Crain, then by J. Simpson 2003 Amigas, and The Road to Mecca Marjorie, and Elsa Barlowe Directed by Cameron Crain, and by Zakes Mokae 2001 Romeo and Juliet Lady Capulet Directed by David Ellenstein 2000 Macbeth Lady Macbeth Directed by Cameron Crain, costumes by Virginia Vogel
She has appeared in hundreds of solo and ensemble works, and toured A Single Woman to 53 countries.
The landmarkA Single Woman

Her play about Jeannette Rankin premiered Off-Broadway at The Culture Project and was adapted into a film featuring Judd Nelson, the voices of Martin Sheen and Patricia Arquette, and music by Joni Mitchell.

It toured to 53 countries across five continents and earned the Best Theatrical Surprise award from Sacramento News and Review. Jeanmarie performed it at CalArts as a Surdna Distinguished Guest Artist.

Jeanmarie Simpson as Jeannette Rankin
As Jeannette Rankin
On set with Judd Nelson, A Single Woman
With Judd Nelson on set
A Single Woman, the final scene
The final scene
The long runHERETIC

Jeanmarie performed HERETIC, The Mary Dyer Story, from 2011 to 2019, and voiced Mary Dyer again for the 2020 film.

After five years of performing it, the piece continued to reveal new dimensions of Mary Dyer’s story and of human nature. It remains available to licence as a solo play.

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Forty years in photographs

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Macbeth at Piper’s Opera House
Lady Macbeth
Macbeth, production photograph
Macbeth, the company
Macbeth on stage
Romeo and Juliet, Nevada Shakespeare Company
The Road to Mecca, directed by Zakes Mokae
The Color of Rose, Theatre 40, Beverly Hills
The Color of Rose, the company on stage
Jeanmarie Simpson as Anne Hathaway in Shakespeare’s Will
Ann Hathaway, Shakespeare’s Will, 2007
Coming In Hot in rehearsal

From the stage to the page

What the productions became

Most of the plays now available to licence began as something Jeanmarie performed or directed. Macbeth at Piper’s Opera House became Mackers. Shakespeare’s Will became Ghosts of the Gilded Stage. A Single Woman became Flight of the Dove.

The play illuminated dimensions of men’s lives in war and gave perspective on burning issues beyond Iraq. Ford Burkhart, on Coming In Hot
It’s like eating Rankin’s morals and ideals. Miranda Jesch, Reno News and Review
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