Draft:Jake Brasch

Jake Brasch is an American playwright, composer, and performer. His play The Reservoir was produced by several regional theatres before being presented Off-Broa

Jake Brasch is an American playwright, composer, and performer. His play The Reservoir was produced by several regional theatres before being presented Off-Broadway by Atlantic Theater Company in 2026. His musical HOLE!, created with Nadja Leonhard-Hooper under the name American Sing-Song, was announced as part of Playwrights Horizons' 2026–27 season.

Early life and education

Brasch is from Denver, Colorado. He studied playwriting at the Juilliard School.[1]

Career

Brasch's play The Reservoir was co-produced in 2025 by the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Alliance Theatre, and Geffen Playhouse.[2][3][4] The play was later presented Off-Broadway by Atlantic Theater Company in association with Ensemble Studio Theatre and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, with performances beginning in February 2026.[5][6][7][8] The production starred Noah Galvin, Caroline Aaron, Chip Zien, Mary Beth Peil, Peter Maloney, Heidi Armbruster, and Matthew Saldívar.[9]

Brasch collaborates with playwright and performer Nadja Leonhard-Hooper under the name American Sing-Song. Their musical HOLE! premiered at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2025.[10] In 2026, Playwrights Horizons announced that HOLE!, written by American Sing-Song and directed by RJ Tolan, would be part of its 2026–27 season.[11][12]

In 2026, Brasch appeared on the public radio program Science Friday, discussing themes of memory and cognitive decline in connection with The Reservoir.[13]

Selected works

Plays

  • The Reservoir
  • How to Draw a Triangle
  • Trip Around the Sun

Musicals

  • HOLE! — with Nadja Leonhard-Hooper, as American Sing-Song
  • HOMO ERECTUS — with Nadja Leonhard-Hooper, as American Sing-Song
  • GERALDINE! — with Nadja Leonhard-Hooper, as American Sing-Song

Awards and honors

Brasch received the Vineyard Theatre's Paula Vogel Playwriting Award and the Kennedy Center's Paula Vogel Award in Playwriting. He was also the inaugural recipient of the Terrence McNally Recovery Commission.[14][15]

The Reservoir won the 2025 Henry Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical and the 2025 Suzi Bass Award for Outstanding World Premiere Production.[16][17] The Off-Broadway production received nominations from the Drama Desk Awards, Outer Critics Circle Awards, and Lucille Lortel Awards.[18]

References

  1. ^ "Jake Brasch, Playwriting". The Juilliard School. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
  2. ^ "The Reservoir". Denver Center for the Performing Arts. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
  3. ^ Ruggieri, Melissa (10 April 2025). "Review: Alliance's "The Reservoir" unites boomers and millennials in life's truths". ArtsATL. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
  4. ^ McNulty, Charles (28 June 2025). "Easy laughs gloss over flaws of Jake Brasch's 'Reservoir'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
  5. ^ "The Reservoir". Atlantic Theater Company. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
  6. ^ "The Reservoir". Playbill. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
  7. ^ McHenry, Jackson (24 February 2026). "Tough Times Told Wryly: The Reservoir and You Got Older". Vulture. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
  8. ^ "Review: The Reservoir, a Young Man's Struggle With Alcoholism". TheaterMania. 24 February 2026. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
  9. ^ Culwell-Block, Logan (13 November 2025). "The Reservoir at Off-Broadway's Atlantic Theater Company Finds Full Cast". Playbill. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
  10. ^ Cooper, Neil (7 August 2025). "Hole! musical review: A fantastical and scurrilous romp". The List. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
  11. ^ "Playwrights Horizons Will Stage World Premieres From Aleshea Harris, Else Went, Kate Atwell, More in 2026–2027 Season". Playbill. 28 May 2026. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
  12. ^ "Playwrights Horizons Announces New Work From Christina Anderson". TheaterMania. 28 May 2026. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
  13. ^ "The Art and Science of Staving Off Cognitive Decline". Science Friday. 27 February 2026. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
  14. ^ "Emerging Artists Celebration 2024". Vineyard Theatre. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
  15. ^ "Terrence McNally Recovery Commission Winner Announced". Sarasota Magazine. August 2024. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
  16. ^ "19th Annual Henry Award Nominees and Winners" (PDF). Colorado Theatre Guild. 2025. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
  17. ^ Carr, Benjamin (12 November 2025). "Suzi Bass Awards' 20th anniversary celebrates veteran actresses, new talent". ArtsATL. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
  18. ^ "The Reservoir". Playbill. Retrieved 29 May 2026.


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