JESSICA THEBUS (Director) is a theater artist, director, and educator. She holds a PhD in Performance Studies from Northwestern University, and is currently Director of the Northwestern MFA Program in Directing for the Stage. She has directed and adapted plays in Chicago and nationally for twenty-five years, and has long associations with many Chicago theaters including Steppenwolf, Lookingglass, Court Theater, Writer's Theater and others  At the Goodman Theatre she has directed A Christmas Carol for the last five years, Buzzer by Tracey Scott Wilson, and both The Clean House and the world premiere of Stage Kiss by Sarah Ruhl.  Northlight Theater is also an artistic home for Jessica, where she has directed nine plays and adapted and directed Shining Lives: A Musical, which received a Joseph Jefferson Award nomination for best new work.