As a playwright, Jesse's plays, operas, and musicals have been performed or developed at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival (Black Swan Lab), New York Theatre Barn, Arizona Theatre Company (New Works Series), The 24 Hour Plays: Viral Monologues, The Green Room 42 (New Works Series), Arizona State University, and The New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts (New Works Showcase). Jesse has been a semi-finalist for the O'Neill National Music Theater Conference (2019, 2020), National Alliance for Musical Theatre (2020), and Bay Area Playwrights Festival (2019).