JAKE LIPMAN
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Photo (c.) Loralee Tyson, 2023 | Washington, DC

MARTHA GOES TO WASHINGTON

Over the course of 2023, I developed, directed, and starred in a new play about the whistleblower of Watergate, Martha Mitchell. Shut Up Martha premiered in the Capital Fringe in Washington DC and DC Theater Arts gave us a five-star review and named us to their Best of Fringe list.

Workshopping a new play was exciting, especially in the city where so much of the story took place. I could not have done it without an amazing group of artists who took the show on the road with me -- literally!

After such a great experience with this story, I am working on expanding the script for a future run in NYC.

Contact me if you're interested in attending future developmental readings.

A GIRL NAMED JAKE

My first name really is Jake; I'm named after my grandfather. I tell stories that are centered on women and that are equally thought-provoking and funny.

Undergrad, I studied at the all-female Smith College, abroad at the Sorbonne, and came to NYC to get my MFA at the Actors Studio Drama School at the New School.

Since 2006, I've run my own production company, Tongue in Cheek Productions (TIC) to produce and create thought-provoking comedies. For TIC, I wear many hats -- performer, producer, director, playwright (not always at the same time -- however I did for Shut Up Martha!).

In my downtime, I am an avid long-distance walker, swimmer, cartoonist and beginner piano-player.
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Photo (c.) Michael Horton, 2019 - Recent Tragic Events
Fun fact: that's me and William Douglas Turner, who played John Mitchell in Shut Up Martha

WHAT I'VE BEEN UP TO

  • Fall 2024: taking Matt Hoverman's Go-Solo Level 2 class to further develop a new solo show, working title: Learning Curves
  • August 2023: a piece about developing Shut Up Martha ran in the Westmore News, "The Mouth of the South: Saving Martha Mitchell's Story"
  • July 2023: premiered first workshop of Shut Up Martha in the DC Fringe
  • June 2022: joined Directors Lab North in Toronto with 25 directors from across the globe
  • Podcast interviews with Artistic Pursuit, Comfort Measures, Go See a Show! and designed the art for Guilt Free Features
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  • Shut Up Martha
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