Jessi Pitts

Seattle, Washington

Jessi Pitts (she/her/any) is a playwright and librettist based in Seattle, WA. She is the book writer and co-lyricist of Hijinx & Sue, a musical in collaboration with songwriter Daniel J.F. Wolfert. (Check out the Hijinx & Sue Substack to follow their musical writing journey!)

Her work seeks to uplift queer voices, and to explore familiar emotions by utilizing the unfamiliar and fantastic. 

She has been the recipient of the 2019 Gary Garrison National Ten Minute Play Award through the ACTF (Silver Sixpence), a semi-finalist for Union Arts Center’s 2026 New Works Northwest (Diamonds & Toads), and a semi-finalist for Syracuse University’s New Works New Voices Initiative (Hijinx & Sue.)

Jessi’s work has recently been produced through Sapphest: NYC’s Premier Sapphic Play Festival, Tacoma Little Theatre, Oregon Contemporary Theatre, and Western Washington University. She is a member of SCRiB LAB’s 2026 Play Lab Cohort.

When not writing, she adjudicates for a variety of theatre festivals, including the ACTF and Washington Thespys. She will never say no to a leisurely-paced hike at home in the Pacific Northwest, and will gladly point out whenever the mountain is out.

Find out more about Jessi at jessipitts.weebly.com.

Instagram: @jessipitts