Jake Brasch (Playwright) (he/they) is a writer + performer + composer + clown and a recent graduate from the playwriting program at The Juilliard School. The world premiere of their play The Reservoir is in co-production between the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Alliance Theatre and Geffen Playhouse. Brasch won the Vineyard Theatre's 2025 Paula Vogel Award and is the inaugural recipient of the Terrence McNally Recovery Commission. They’re an alum of Ensemble Studio Theatre/Youngblood and the Page 73 Writers Group. With playwright Nadja Leonhard-Hooper, he is a co-founder of American Sing-Song, a collective that writes and performs filthy hour-long musicals. He has long worked as a birthday party clown and is developing a series based on his exploits. Brasch has three brothers, 21 pairs of glasses and lives in Brooklyn with Marvin (his sourdough starter) as well as his brilliant husband Tyler Brasch. BFA: NYU Tisch. jakebrasch.com
Trip Around the Sun
by Jake Brasch
directed by Shelley Butler
Sunday, May 4, at 10:30 a.m.
Segerstrom Stage
$23
HONORARY PRODUCERS
Laurie & Steve Duncan
Adrian & Kristen Griggs
Peter & Joy Sloan
Phil and Suze have settled into a predictable routine in their Florida retirement community—Jimmy Buffett karaoke during the day and bickering over virgin margaritas at night. But the evening before these Parrotheads are set to leave for Suze’s big birthday cruise, Phil decides to mix things up—for good.
Recommendation: Ages 16+
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