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My origins as a writer,

while unequivocally humble, are innately tied to the theatre. My senior

year of high school, I directed and produced Stephen Schwartz’s 

Godspell, wherein I revised, tailored and adapted its comedic sketches – as advised by the book writer, John-Michael Tebelak. While keeping the Biblical parables intact, it was my first true exploration in discovering my sense of humor.

 

That same year, as a continual Honor’s English student who wrote for the school newspaper, I enrolled in Syracuse University Project Advance (aka SUPA), in lieu of AP English. It was while surmounting that collegiate course load that I was challenged as a critical thinker — deconstructing Disneyfication, identifying Marxist panopticons, and arguing against my own beliefs, all on a daily basis. 

 

And it is with that formative influence I toil as a writer. 

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In 2017, a monologue I wrote (entitled My First Time), was included as a part of a showcase called Firsts — produced, directed and performed by The Shrill Collective at MCS Theatre in midtown Manhattan.

 

In 2019, I finished my first work of fiction: a transgender adaptation of the European Cinderella; the tale of a tailor known initially as William. At 78 pages and approx. 21,000 words, it is entitled: Wilhelmina; or The Queen’s Satin Dress.

 

Some of my favorite authors and playwrights include: 

Madeline Miller, Meg Wolitzer, Leigh Bardugo, Will Arbery, Jeremy O. Harris, Lucas Gnath and Robert Askins. 

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Lastly, below are some of my aesthetic and philosophical musings. If you’d like me to make you a mood board and/or discuss any of these topics, please just let me know! It would honestly make my day.

Jordan Russell Westfall © 2026

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