Meet Our Founder & CEO

Jessica Alvarado- Actress & Teaching Artist

Jessica Alvarado-Hogg founded Peak Theatre Arts with one belief at the center: every student has a story worth sharing. With over 20 years of theatre experience and more than a decade in youth development, she designs K–8 drama programs where students imagine, create, and collaborate through joyful, student-led storytelling.

Jessica holds a B.A. in Educational Studies with a minor in Theatre & Dance from the University of Missouri–St. Louis. Her work is shaped by a rich artistic career, including four years touring with the Off-Broadway hit Platanos and Collard Greens and performing principal roles with Gitana Productions Inc., where she was mentored in culturally sustaining pedagogy and community-centered theatre.

Before founding Peak, Jessica launched the After School All Stars Theatre Company, engaging 60+ students in STEAM-based drama that blended acting, design, tech, and movement. Her approach reflects a simple belief: theatre becomes transformative when students lead, create, and see their ideas centered.

"I write to tell the stories that haven’t been told. I write to make space for us all."
— Quiara Alegría Hudes, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright (In the Heights, Water by the Spoonful)

Serving K–8 after-school programs and communities across SoCal.

PEAK THEATRE ARTS

Meet Our Founder & CEO

"I write to tell the stories that haven’t been told. I write to make space for us all."
— Quiara Alegría Hudes, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright (In the Heights, Water by the Spoonful)

Meet Our Founder & CEO

"I write to tell the stories that haven’t been told. I write to make space for us all." — Quiara Alegría Hudes, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright (In the Heights, Water by the Spoonful)

"I write to tell the stories that haven’t been told. I write to make space for us all."
— Quiara Alegría Hudes, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright (In the Heights, Water by the Spoonful)