Helen Jaksch
Shannon Flaherty
Helen Jaksch (she/they) is a dramaturg, director, performer, and arts educator originally from El Paso, TX. She currently teaches "all the classes where people have to read plays" at Loyola University New Orleans in their Theatre Arts & Dance Department. With GRP, she recently served as Dramaturg for The Family Line and has participated in many years of PLAY/WRITE, where she's had the pleasure of playing a Renegade Penguin, a Hot-Pocket-Eating Raccoon, a Beckettian Traffic Light, and more. Helen is passionate about new-play development, youth-centered theatre, Dungeons and Dragons, and crochet.