Jessie Chapman

Jessie Chapman is a Professor of Practice and the Director of Theatre at Plymouth State University. Jessie earned her MFA in Performing Arts Management from Brooklyn College in 2016 and her Bachelor’s degree in Theatre Arts from Plymouth State University in 2009. Jessie led Advice To The Players, a local Shakespeare company, from 2016-2024 and now serves on the Board of Trustees. Jessie has worked extensively as an actor, director, teacher, administrator, and in various behind the scenes roles. She has worked outside NH with Shakespeare & Company, Lincoln Center Theater, Theatre for a New Audience, Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts, and the Shakespeare Theatre Association. Directing credit highlights at PSU include: Noises Off!, Eurydice, Twelfth Night, Little Women: The Musical, War of the Roses: She-Wolves & Queens, & Much Ado About Nothing. Jessie is happily divorced and spends her time not at the theatre with her daughter Lenore.