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Instructions · What links here · Jake Brasch (talk: + · bio) · (log) · Copyvios report · reFill · Citation Bot · (Search: Google, Wikipedia) · Submitted 26 days ago by 206.212.255.70 (talk: D · +) · Last edited 7 days ago by 2600:4041:5AC9:A400:D10D:1D2:BB6D:2D3A

Jake Brasch is an American playwright, composer, and performer, best known for the play The Reservoir and for co-creating the musical-comedy duo American Sing-Song (A.S.S.) with playwright Nadja Leonhard-Hooper. Their work often explores addiction, recovery, family, and queer identity through humor.

Brasch’s play The Reservoir premiered in 2025 in a co-production between the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Alliance Theatre, and Geffen Playhouse, directed by Shelley Butler. The production was noted for its blend of generational storytelling and recovery themes.^[1]^[2] The play had a subsequent production at Berkeley Repertory Theatre in 2025^[3] and will be presented Off-Broadway by the Atlantic Theater Company in association with Ensemble Studio Theatre.^[4]

Brasch is a recipient of Vineyard Theatre’s Paula Vogel Playwriting Award, the Kennedy Center’s Paula Vogel Award in Playwriting, and the inaugural Terrence McNally Recovery Commission.^[5]^[6] They are a graduate of the Juilliard School’s playwriting program and a former member of Page 73’s Writers Group and Ensemble Studio Theatre’s Youngblood.^[7]

As part of American Sing-Song (A.S.S.), Brasch co-wrote and performed in the musical HOLE!, which premiered at the 2025 Edinburgh Festival Fringe and received positive reviews for its surreal humor and heartfelt storytelling.^[8]^[9]^[10]

References

^ "Review: Alliance's "The Reservoir" unites boomers and millennials in life's truths". ArtsATL. 10 April 2025. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
^ "The Reservoir – Geffen Playhouse". Stage and Cinema. 27 June 2025. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
^ "The Reservoir". Berkeley Repertory Theatre. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
^ "Jake Brasch – Geffen Playhouse". Geffen Playhouse. 4 June 2025. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
^ "Vineyard Theatre Reveals Winners of the Emerging Artists Awards". BroadwayWorld. November 20, 2024. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
^ "Terrence McNally Recovery Commission Winner Announced". Sarasota Magazine. August 2024. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
^ "Jake Brasch, Playwriting". The Juilliard School. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
^ "American Sing-Song to Present HOLE! at Edinburgh Fringe and The Bell House". BroadwayWorld. March 26, 2025. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
^ "Review: HOLE! – American Sing-Song, Edinburgh Fringe 2025". BingeFringe. August 11, 2025. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
^ "HOLE! musical review: A fantastical and scurrilous romp". The List. August 2025. Retrieved October 5, 2025.

External links

Jake Brasch – Geffen Playhouse profile

[1] "Review: Alliance's "The Reservoir" unites boomers and millennials in life's truths". ArtsATL. 10 April 2025. Retrieved October 5, 2025.

[2] "The Reservoir – Geffen Playhouse". Stage and Cinema. 27 June 2025. Retrieved October 5, 2025.

[3] "The Reservoir". Berkeley Repertory Theatre. Retrieved October 5, 2025.

[4] "Jake Brasch – Geffen Playhouse". Geffen Playhouse. 4 June 2025. Retrieved October 5, 2025.

[5] "Vineyard Theatre Reveals Winners of the Emerging Artists Awards". BroadwayWorld. November 20, 2024. Retrieved October 5, 2025.

[6] "Terrence McNally Recovery Commission Winner Announced". Sarasota Magazine. August 2024. Retrieved October 5, 2025.

[7] "Jake Brasch, Playwriting". The Juilliard School. Retrieved October 5, 2025.

[8] "American Sing-Song to Present HOLE! at Edinburgh Fringe and The Bell House". BroadwayWorld. March 26, 2025. Retrieved October 5, 2025.

[9] "Review: HOLE! – American Sing-Song, Edinburgh Fringe 2025". BingeFringe. August 11, 2025. Retrieved October 5, 2025.

[10] "HOLE! musical review: A fantastical and scurrilous romp". The List. August 2025. Retrieved October 5, 2025.

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