Within my work.
I examine the parallels between Clown Logic and American Logic in 21st century existential workplace culture.
My first play, Very Bad Words, was presented at Fringe NYC and, subsequently, with The Semicolon Theatre Company.
My work has been developed and workshopped with Wide Eyed Productions, BZ Genesis Works at Playwrights Horizons, and The Pantry. Other works can be found on on Reedsy and Poetry Nation.
I currently study Screenwriting with Alex Henrikson.
Reviews
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★★★★★ "['Very Bad Words' is] a thoughtful, exploratory funny, horrifying look at a serious problem in our society…Presson has brilliantly laid out the case for necessary reform by telling a story about perpetrators rather than the victim.”
— Michael D. Jackson, The Examiner
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American Education is pilloried in Jacob Presson’s ‘Very Bad Words,’ a bristling portrait of vanity, ambition and prejudice…his obscenity-infused script brims with adolescent authenticity.”
— Andy Webster, The New York Times
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"These kids may feel they are gifted but it is the author Jacob Presson who really is gifted."
— Eva Heinemann, Hi! Drama
Testimonials
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“I have worked with Jacob as a screenwriter and am constantly delighted by his sense of humor, timing and creative abilities. His writing is oh so smart and oh so stupid and oh so full of heart. A winning comedy combination!”
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“Jacob is perhaps my favorite writer of all time. He is a delight to be in a writers group with. Not only is he a brilliant comedy writer, but he is a dream collaborator, quick and thorough with rewrites, and stupidly funny (emphasis on stupid.)”
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"As a playwright, Jacob's humor is his weapon, his language often pointed, shocking, and bold -- but yet, still capable of landing carefully, with a surprising and sudden sense of poeticism."
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"Everything he writes has heart. You really care about the characters and their interests. You’re instantly invested. That’s the sign of an amazing storyteller!"