A Manual For Nothing

A young girl sets out to paint a portrait of her sexual identity and her artistic ability. She wants to be loved. And she wants to be a writer. And she wants to be you. She wants to see you in her. She wants a chorus. A huge chorus balanced on bleachers, like the ones on late night public television every December 22-27th. She wants lots of women and a few men in colorful tunics singing different parts of the same song. She wants to build something with you, about her, for them. They can have it. And when they ask you what it is, tell them it's something sturdy. And something powerful. Complete. Like a dresser.   Jessica Anne is a life-long Chicagoan. A graduate of The Chicago Academy for the Arts, North Park University, and Roosevelt University (MFA Creative Writing). Anne is also an alumna of the Chicago Neo-Futurist ensemble (2006-2012). During her tenure at the Neo-Futurists Anne wrote, performed, and directed over three hundred two minute plays for the late night smash, Too Much L