A bit about Jocelyn
Jocelyn is a New York–based actor with a strong presence in the city’s experimental ("avant-garde," "downtown," semantics) theater communities, alongside an expanding body of work in digital media. Grounded in new play development and ensemble-driven collaboration, she frequently originates roles, working closely with playwrights and makers from a project’s earliest stages. This practice positions her not only as a performer, but also as an active advocate for new forms and generative artistic processes. In 2024, she received the Ellen Stewart Award (NYIT Honorary Award) in recognition of her work as an actress and catalyst for boundary-pushing (stretching?) theater created by women performers.
A regular actor-contributor to readings, workshops, laboratory productions, and premieres, Kuritsky has helped shepherd plays from initial drafts to full production. She has worked with influential American theater artists including Mac Wellman, Erik Ehn, Anne Kauffman, Leigh Silverman, Robert O'Hara, Caridad Svich, Sheila Callaghan, among many others, developing roles in numerous pieces. She's appeared all over NYC, with orgs and companies like The Bushwick Starr, Clubbed Thumb, Dixon Place, The Flea, Judson Memorial Church, New Georges, The New Group, NYTW, Rattlestick, Soho Rep., the indelible 13P, and countless others across the city’s ever-evolving theater blocks, nooks, and crannies. Beyond New York City stages, her work extends regionally and into film, television, and audio fiction.
Recent acting credits include staged workshop presentations of Vincent Katz's Hippolyta, Emily Maltby’s adaptation of Nicole Krauss’s The History of Love (with Richard Schiff, prods. Douglas Denoff, David Luff), Sara Farrington’s Theater is Hard, A Simple Herstory (a project she conceived, written and developed by Jonathan A. Goldberg), and Barrie Kreinik’s A Thousand Shapes. Other recent-ish work includes a workshop of Martha Pichey’s I Am A Ship, Audible's I Think You're Projecting (directed by Peabody Award-winner Jenny Turner Hall, Audible’s Best of the Year, 2023), Keith Reddin's Pierre (with Kristine Nielsen), The Bad Infinity, a short she also produced (recipient of two Telly Awards, including the inaugural Gold Telly for Experimental Film), and an appearance on NBC's The Blacklist.
Projects she has created and/or developed — recognized by the Webby, Telly, Anthem, Tony, Lortel, and Drama Desk Awards — reflect an ongoing commitment to artist-led, cross-platform storytelling. Alongside her work as an actor and producer, she has hosted and co-hosted interviews and cultural conversations with a broad range of New York talent, including Julian Schlossberg, Davy Gardner, Mimi O'Donnell, and independent filmmakers featured on CUNY TV’s Frame by Frame. As a creator and producer, she developed and presented her multi-platform podcast series A Simple Herstory at Vassar’s Powerhouse Theater and has led collaborations with Scripps College, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and the Merchant’s House Museum. Jocelyn also was on the original conception team for KPOP, a groundbreaking musical that ultimately brought Korean pop culture to Broadway. And she has pioneered several short films, melding theatrical and cinematic aesthetics.
A founding member of the seminal theater company, Woodshed Collective, Jocelyn helped create immersive works including Does It Hurt?, Empire Travel Agency, The Tenant, The Confidence Man, 12 Ophelias, and KPOP. She is also the founder of The Muse Project and Staging Film, and frequently collaborates with The Tank, the Obie Award–winning arts presenter and producer. She is a member of SAG-AFTRA and Actors’ Equity Association (AEA), and she serves as an Executive Member of the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS).
A regular actor-contributor to readings, workshops, laboratory productions, and premieres, Kuritsky has helped shepherd plays from initial drafts to full production. She has worked with influential American theater artists including Mac Wellman, Erik Ehn, Anne Kauffman, Leigh Silverman, Robert O'Hara, Caridad Svich, Sheila Callaghan, among many others, developing roles in numerous pieces. She's appeared all over NYC, with orgs and companies like The Bushwick Starr, Clubbed Thumb, Dixon Place, The Flea, Judson Memorial Church, New Georges, The New Group, NYTW, Rattlestick, Soho Rep., the indelible 13P, and countless others across the city’s ever-evolving theater blocks, nooks, and crannies. Beyond New York City stages, her work extends regionally and into film, television, and audio fiction.
Recent acting credits include staged workshop presentations of Vincent Katz's Hippolyta, Emily Maltby’s adaptation of Nicole Krauss’s The History of Love (with Richard Schiff, prods. Douglas Denoff, David Luff), Sara Farrington’s Theater is Hard, A Simple Herstory (a project she conceived, written and developed by Jonathan A. Goldberg), and Barrie Kreinik’s A Thousand Shapes. Other recent-ish work includes a workshop of Martha Pichey’s I Am A Ship, Audible's I Think You're Projecting (directed by Peabody Award-winner Jenny Turner Hall, Audible’s Best of the Year, 2023), Keith Reddin's Pierre (with Kristine Nielsen), The Bad Infinity, a short she also produced (recipient of two Telly Awards, including the inaugural Gold Telly for Experimental Film), and an appearance on NBC's The Blacklist.
Projects she has created and/or developed — recognized by the Webby, Telly, Anthem, Tony, Lortel, and Drama Desk Awards — reflect an ongoing commitment to artist-led, cross-platform storytelling. Alongside her work as an actor and producer, she has hosted and co-hosted interviews and cultural conversations with a broad range of New York talent, including Julian Schlossberg, Davy Gardner, Mimi O'Donnell, and independent filmmakers featured on CUNY TV’s Frame by Frame. As a creator and producer, she developed and presented her multi-platform podcast series A Simple Herstory at Vassar’s Powerhouse Theater and has led collaborations with Scripps College, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and the Merchant’s House Museum. Jocelyn also was on the original conception team for KPOP, a groundbreaking musical that ultimately brought Korean pop culture to Broadway. And she has pioneered several short films, melding theatrical and cinematic aesthetics.
A founding member of the seminal theater company, Woodshed Collective, Jocelyn helped create immersive works including Does It Hurt?, Empire Travel Agency, The Tenant, The Confidence Man, 12 Ophelias, and KPOP. She is also the founder of The Muse Project and Staging Film, and frequently collaborates with The Tank, the Obie Award–winning arts presenter and producer. She is a member of SAG-AFTRA and Actors’ Equity Association (AEA), and she serves as an Executive Member of the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS).
