Current Passion: The Big Bad Abortion Play: A one-woman show written and performed by Jessica Bashline October 2022, Workshop and Reading, Syracuse Stage Cold Reads Festival, Director Margaret Ledford August 2022, Workshop Development & Performance, American Theater Northwest (Bellingham WA) Director and Dramaturg: Evan Mueller Director : What Kind of Woman, Abbe Tannenbaum July 2021, Workshop Performance, American Theater Northwest (Bellingham WA) September 2020, Development & Workshop Reading- Digital (Covid)
Pride and Prejudice: The Musical, Samantha Caps & Annie Dillon June 2020, SheNYCArts Festival- Digital (Covid)
Gypsy, Arthur Laurents, Jules Styne and Stephen Sondheim September 2019, NYU Steinhardt Mainstage/Loewe Theater
Arcadia, Tom Stoppard May 2019, NSKI Hoyskole Oslo Norway
The Wolves, Sarah DeLappe August 2019, Frenchwoods Festival of the Performing Arts
1776, Sherman Edwards & Peter Stone July 2019, All Female Reworking, Frenchwoods Festival of the Performing Arts
Words Cannot Describe This, Jonathan Alexandratos November 2018, Development Mission to (dit)Mars
Make Me A Song, William Finn October 2018, NYU Steinhardt School of Vocal Performance
We See What Happen: An Immigration Play, Jonathan Alexandratos Developmental Workshop, 2018 Strange Sun Theater Greenhouse Winner
Wickedest Woman, Written and Directed by Jessica Bashline Developmental Workshop, Drama League January & May 2018
Loving Repeating, Frank Galati, Stephen Flaherty, Gertrude Stein September 2017, NYU Steinhardt School of Vocal Performance NYC Premiere: Read about our production on MTI's website
Brighton Beach Memoirs, Neil Simon August 2017, Frenchwoods Festival of the Performing Arts
Click, Jacqueline Goldfinger June 2017, Reading: Drama League First Draft residency
Occasion for Sin, Katherine Fredericks and Oriente Lopez June 2017, Planet Connections Festival
Life of the Party, Larry O'Keefe & Nell Benjamin March 2017, NYU Steinhardt School of Vocal Performance 5 week development workshop leading to performance of this new Larry O'Keefe, Nell Benjamin musical.
Futurama, Samantha Charlip January 2017, reading at Theater for a New City
A Midsummer Night's Dream, William Shakespeare September 2016, NYU Steinhardt School of Vocal Performance
Twelfth Night, William Shakespeare September 2015, NYU Steinhardt School of Vocal Performance
Closer Than You Think Book, Lyrics and Music by Brett Kristofferson June 2015 Developmental/Workshop and continual work on new musical about a family trying to find their way back to each other. Read reviews of Closer Than You Think
The Impracticality of Modern Day Mastodons, Rachel Teagle March & October 2015 Ongoing development on this piece about a world in which we all become our eight year old dream. The Drowning Girls, Beth Graham, Daniela Vlaskalic & Charlie Tomlinson Nominated for NY Innovative Theater Award for Best Revival of a Play 2013 "The Drowning Girls will take your breath away." -Backstage "3 1/2 stars" "Beautifully staged by Jessica Bashline". -NY Post Read Reviews of Drowning Girls
Playwright: Wickedest Woman Tells the story of Ann Lohman, "Female doctor" in New York City in the 19th Century. Her skill as an entrepreneur and abortionist earned Ann the title, Wickedest Woman in New York.
January 2019: 17 performance run at WP Theater NYC, produced by Strange Sun Theater, Director: Melissa Crespo Reading January & May 2018 at Drama League NYC Reading B-Side salon Series May 2017 Finalist Scrap Mettle Emerging Playwrights Program: Development January 2017 Winner, Strange Sun Theater Greenhouse Reading Series- Reading March 2015
“Engrossing…strong performances…O'Hara-Baker is superb. Her complex, deeply human, and dignified portrayal of Ann is enthralling right through its moving conclusion…a play that reminds us why actions such as these [women's] marches continue to be necessary.” CULTURE CATCH
"Wickedest Woman is a play worth braving the cold weather for..." MANHATTAN WITH A TWIST
Garden of Memories Garden of Memories explores the idea of place as repository for memory, the fallibility of parents and children; forgiveness and letting go.
Reading February 27th 2016 at LaMama Reading HRC Theater Hudson NY, March 2017 Available on New Play Exchange
Tunnel Tunnel is one woman's journey through a split second of discovery. A ten minute play that explores our relationship to our own beauty and power as seen through the eyes of our children.
Produced by Hubbard Hall, 2016 Winter Carnival of New Work Available on New Play Exchange
Publications: Wickedest Woman Next Stage Press 2021
Contemporary Monologues for Twenty-Somethings Contemporary Scenes for Twenty-Somethings Compilation Editor for these two best selling publications for Hal Leonard/Applause