IT'S NOTHING PERSONAL ,
IT'S JUST BUSINESS
Written and played by
Kelsey Marlowe Jessup
Directed By
Kira Gaudynski
Barons Court Theatre
22 - 26 April 2025, 7.30 pm
26 April 2025, 2.30 pm
Below the Curtain’s Up Pub
28a Comeragh Road
London W14 9HR, UK
In a world where creatives are forced to tick boxes and follow the rules, Kelsey, the actor, questions the systems that saturate the business of theatre. With robots, a cat, and the experience of living on stage, she invites the audience to play alongside her as she ponders what a world it would be to truly be allowed to live in one’s ever-evolving creative truth.
The form, content, and continuous, organic creative process of It’s Nothing Personal, It’s Just Business are all integral to the play's message of new ways forward for actors, artists, and the creative community at large.
Written, Co-Produced & Played by Kelsey Marlowe Jessup
Also Starring Clement James
Direction by Kira Gaudynski
Co-Produced by Lucy Kean
Lighting Design & Tech by Haley Sliker
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About The Team
Actor • Playwright • Production Design
Kelsey is an actor, baker, poet, artist, and theatre practitioner. Originally from Upstate New York, she pursued a Music Theatre BFA at the University at Buffalo and then moved to the UK to do her MFA in Acting at East 15 Acting School. She is a member of the esteemed Lab Ensemble at the Demidov Studio London, where she is performing and researching the cultivation of creative freedom for the actor by way of the Demidov Organic Acting Technique and School. Kelsey is also the Media, Outreach & Engagement Management manager for DSL. Her mission is to spread light and wholehearted connection through sharing her creations and telling impactful stories. Her previous actor/playwright/designer credits include A Dreamer’s Journey (UBTHD), When I Look Up (YouTube Live), and Little Fox Friend (Corbett Theater).
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Director • Sound Design
Kira is an American actor, director, theatremaker and multi-hypehante artist based in SE London. She holds an MFA in International Theatre Practice and Performance from Rose Bruford College where she specialized in acting and directing. It’s Nothing Personal, It’s Just Business is Kira’s international directing debut! Her previous US directing credits include Mud by Marie Irene Fornes, Our Town by Thornton Wilder, and Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard at The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center. Additionally, she served as assistant director to Leda Hoffman on the world premiere production of Birth Witches at Riverside Theatre in Iowa City. Through her work, Kira seeks to cultivate curious collaborative spaces that inspire individuals to foster growth within themselves, embrace creative living, and develop new ideas that lead to collective radical transformation. Always a friend to artists, Kira is passionate about developing new work and connecting with other collaborators.
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A little Look into our process
Past PErformances
Saturday 28 September, 2024
7:30pm
Demidov Studio Vienna
1040 Wein, Weyringergasse 7
Vienna, Austria
Tickets: €10
IT'S NOTHING PERSONAL ,
IT'S JUST BUSINESS
written and performed by Kelsey Marlowe Jessup
Directed by Kira Gaudynski
