Jeremy Owens is the creator, producer and host of “You’re Being Ridiculous,” a long running Chicago live-lit/storytelling show most recently featured at Steppenwolf Theatre. Jeremy’s work has appeared in the storytelling shows Story Jam at Ragdale Ring, WRiTERS’ NiGHT, Essay Fiesta, Fillet of Solo Theatre Festival, Story Club Chicago, The Paper Machete, That’s All She Wrote and theatre spaces all over Chicago. His writing has also been featured in Chicago Magazine, Alma, Heauxs Magazine and others. He has taught storytelling as a writer in residence at Write On, Door County, Story Studio Chicago, Highland Park High School’s Focus on the Arts Program, Leyden High School Writers Week, Baker Demonstration School, Northwestern Summer Writers Conference, Northeastern Illinois University, Story Studio Chicago’s Writers Festival, and the University of Arkansas. He teaches LGBTQ/Queer non-fiction writing and storytelling at Story Studio Chicago where he is also a core faculty member. Jeremy is a graduate of the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville where he was honored as a distinguished alumnus of the theatre department in 2024, and has an MFA in performance from Roosevelt University in Chicago. His solo show BIG GAY NIGHTMARE premiered at Steppenwolf in 2023 to sold out audiences and will be featured at Theatre Squared (Fayetteville, Arkansas) as part of their Sunday Night Social Series. Super special thank you to The Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow, Write On, Door County, and Ragdale for their generous support of so many artists, and where portions of his solo show were written.
(photo by: Sarah Elizabeth Larson)
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