Conceived by Jessa Smith Campbell
Book, Music, and Lyrics by Jessa Smith Campbell
Book and Lyrics by Julie MacLean (PCPA Version)
Premiered at Edinburgh Fringe in August 2023.
Workshopped at PCPA in January 2026.
Penelope is tired of waiting. While her husband lives a life of adventure and glory, Penelope sits at home…waiting. Follow our heroine as she embarks on a spiritual journey, accompanied by six iconic women pulled straight from the pages of Homer’s The Odyssey. In the end, there’s one choice that Penelope needs to make: move on or keep waiting forever.
Woven tells the story of a woman who rediscovers herself in the most challenging of circumstances.
WOVEN @ FRINGE
Edinburgh Fringe Cast: Jessa Smith Campbell as Penelope; Hannah Carnac as Circe; TJ Douglas-Welsh as Calypso; Victoria Evaristo as Hera; Eleanore Frances as Athena; Emma Houlahan as Aphrodite; and Mairi Ikegami as Helen.
Photos by Tim Morozzo
Woven @ PCPA
Woven was chosen for an exciting collaboration with the Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts (PCPA) in January 2026. Now expanded into two acts with more songs, deeper characters, and an even richer story, this one-week workshop culminated in two public readings — both of which sold out and required added seating. The staged readings of the original musical were the most successful in the history of the conservatory’s InterPlay reading series.
PCPA Cast: Joelle Andrews as Aphrodite; Molly Bell as Helen; Kelly Brenya as Penelope; Jamie Collins as Circe; Cecily Hansson as Athena; Donna Jean as Hera; and G So as Calypso.
Video by Alyssa Toledo