April 12, 2023-June 4, 2023
Properties Designer
Jesse Gaffney
Properties Manager
JESSE GAFFNEY (Properties Manager) has been designing and managing the props dept since 2018. Her favorite Paramount productions include Beauty and the Beast, Newsies, Kinky Boots and Sweat. Previously, she worked as the Assistant Props Supervisor at the Goodman Theatre for two seasons. Jesse also worked freelance in Chicago as a props master with Victory Gardens, Silk Road, Theater Wit, Lookingglass, Northlight, and Lifeline theater companies, among others. She is a graduate of Illinois Wesleyan University. Get a behind the scenes look at the magic in the Paramount Prop Shop on Instagram @paramountpropshop.
Productions with Jesse Gaffney
February 1, 2023-March 19, 2023
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November 9, 2022-January 15, 2023
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August 31, 2022-October 16, 2022
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August 3–September 18, 2022
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April 13-May 29, 2022
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January 26–March 13, 2022
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November 10, 2021–January 9, 2022
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August 18, 2021-October 17, 2021
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February 12–March 29, 2020
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November 13, 2019-January 19, 2020
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September 4–October 20, 2019
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Apr 24, 2019 – Jun 2, 2019
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Feb 6 – Mar 17
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Nov 14, 2018 – Jan 6, 2019
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Sep 5, 2018 – Oct 21, 2018
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Articles by Jesse Gaffney
Tuesdays with Corti: Our Virtual Doors Are Open
At Paramount, “Virtual Doors” are open! Enter! Master Class Mondays at 5 p.m. offer insights to inform your curiosity about the chosen subject for the class. Last evening, Shannon Cameron, …
Tuesdays with Corti: Getting Closer While Being Apart
Walk outside, birds sing, sun shines, river glistens, you’d never know of our daily challenges. Just thinking how I miss communing – communing in restaurants and bars and our dear …
Tuesdays with Corti: A Sneak Peek at the Rest of the Season
The emotional ebb and flow of the past few days sits heavy in the heart. Wintry riverview pale and gray, all is still. Then pow! I’m smacked realizing I gotta …