Jocelyn Kuritsky
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A bit about Jocelyn
Jocelyn is an actor, creator, and producer with a strong presence in New York’s downtown theater scene and a steadily expanding career in digital media. Her work — recognized by the Webby, Telly, Anthem, Honorary NYIT, Lortel & Drama Desk Awards, and more — disrupts the status quo with innovative contributions to New York’s stages and beyond. She has appeared in a broad spectrum of NYC productions and has created and produced a range of work that often blurs the lines between mediums and common frameworks, challenging conventions and helping to redefine performance landscape.

Jocelyn has originated roles in numerous premieres, collaborating with respected American theater artists like Caridad Svich, Mac Wellman, Robert O'Hara, Sheila Callaghan, among many others. Her stage work spans notable venues and companies including The Bushwick Starr, Clubbed Thumb, Dixon Place, The Flea Theater, New Dramatists, The New Group, The Public Theater, and a diverse array of others (incl. the now imploded 13P). Regionally, she has appeared at Arena Stage, The Kennedy Center, Olney Theatre Center, more. 

Beyond the stage, Jocelyn’s career extends into television and film, and she maintains a growing footprint in audio fiction podcasts. 


Recent acting credits include staged workshop presentations of Sara Farrington's Theater is Hard, A Simple Herstory (a project she created), Barrie Kreinik’s A Thousand Shapes, Martha Pichey’s I Am A Ship, and The Bad Infinity, which she also produced (recipient of two Telly Awards). Other recent work includes I Think You're Projecting (directed by Peabody Award-winner Jenny Turner Hall, and named Audible’s Best of the Year in 2023), and an appearance on The Blacklist.
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As a creator and producer, Jocelyn has developed and presented the multi-platform podcast series A Simple Herstory at Vassar’s Powerhouse Theater, and has led collaborations with Scripps College, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, the Merchant’s House Museum, The Muse Project, and The Tank.
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She is a founding member of Woodshed Collective, and the founder of The Muse Project and Staging Film. Jocelyn is a member of SAG-AFTRA and AEA, and since 2025, serves as an Executive Member of the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS).
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Woodshed Collective — West Park Presbyterian Church, NYC. 
​Photo by Guy Calaf for the The New York Times.
​(Teddy Bergman, Steve Squibb, Emily Fishbaine, Jocelyn, Carl Faber).
A bit about Jocelyn's initiatives and companies
As an ideator, producer, and the resident performer with Woodshed Collective — one of America's leading immersive theater companies — Jocelyn has contributed to several productions, including Does it Hurt?, Empire Travel Agency, The Tenant, The Confidence Man, and 12 Ophelias. She co-conceived KPOP (3 Tony nominations — Score, Costumes, Choreography; Lucille Lortel win and Drama Desk nomination — Outstanding Musical).

Jocelyn is also the Founding Artistic Director of The Muse Project, which won the NYIT Honorary Ellen Stewart Award. Dedicated to centering women theater actors, The Muse Project launched the podcast series A Simple Herstory in 2021. The podcast features stage luminaries like Tony Award winner Kara Young, Lucille Lortel Award nominee Florencia Lozano, and Tony Award nominee Daphne Rubin-Vega, among others. A Simple Herstory has received recognition from the Webby Awards, the Anthem Awards, and the Telly Awards. In 2018, Jocelyn produced an actress-led collection of new work at The Flea Theater, featuring works by Lynn Cohen, Jessica Frances Dukes, Kyra Miller, Déa Julien, and Vanessa Aspillaga. With Muse, she also ideated, developed, produced, and starred in Stet, which premiered at Abingdon Theatre Company in the 2015/16 season and enjoyed an extended Off-Broadway run.

Additionally, Jocelyn is the founder of Staging Film, an experimental project that blends stage and screen. She has starred in and produced six short films under this initiative. Three of these films, -∞(The Bad Infinity), 16 Words or Less, and This Thing of Ours have been broadcast via a partnership with CUNY TV. -∞(The Bad Infinity) is the first film to adapt the work of legendary, avant-garde playwright Mac Wellman, and it won a Silver Telly Award for Use of Comedy in 2024. In 2025,
-∞(The Bad Infinity)  won the inaugural Gold Telly Award for Experimental Film.

Jocelyn is currently collaborating with The Coffee House Club to produce an ongoing audio fiction series, Breaking the Audio Fiction Form, and occasionally helps to program their Luncheon Series. Recent panels and interviews have featured Davy Gardner (Tribeca Audio), Carl Raymond (The Gilded Gentleman), and veteran producer Julian Schlossberg.

Jocelyn and her projects are affiliated with Off and Off-Off Broadway companies, including New Georges, The New Group, Abingdon Theatre Company, The Tank, The Flea Theater, The PIT, Theaterlab, and Torn Page.
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Actresses — ​The Tank, NYC.
(Florencia Lozano, Jocelyn, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Erin Cherry).

A bit about Jocelyn outside of acting and producing (though often related)
Outside of her acting and producing career, Jocelyn is a (sometimes) educator and designer. She has guest-taught theater at The New Group, Rutgers University, and SUNY New Paltz, and mentored students at the Playwrights Horizons Theater School (NYU). Jocelyn also previously taught language and literacy at organizations such as Make The Road New York and New York Communities for Change. In addition, she designs websites for a dedicated clientele of acclaimed artists, creatives, entrepreneurs, and corporate professionals. 

Jocelyn has a background in assisting New York stage directors and worked as an assistant director for several prominent names in the industry. She also personally assisting the renowned Elaine May and Stanley Donen for many years.

Born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and raised in La Paz, Bolivia and Atlanta, Georgia, Jocelyn has traveled extensively with her family, who are dedicated to global health, development, and diplomacy.
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Creators — Powerhouse Theater, Poughkeepsie NY.
(Jocelyn, Jenny Turner Hall, Meghan Finn).
A bit about Jocelyn's education
Jocelyn attended the Atlanta International School for high school and studied at Scripps College (the Women's College) in Claremont, California. She received training from the O'Neill National Theater Institute, the American Academy of Dramatic Arts-Los Angeles, and The Flea Theater (Jim Simpson/Carol Ostrow). The rest was carved from the dirt and grit of downtown theater, steeped in the freakish lineage of avant-garde work. She believes in the friction of paying dues.
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Awards/distinctions/residencies/selections (partial list)
  • Anthem Award Finalist (currently) (Education, Art & Culture-Community Event-Community Engagement) A Simple Herstory, The Muse Project, Powerhouse Theater, The Tank (Creator, 2025)
  • Powerhouse Residency A Simple Herstory, The Muse Project, The Tank (Creator, 2025)
  • Inaugural Gold Telly Award (Experimental) The Bad Infinity, Staging Film, CUNY TV (Producer/Actor, 2025)
  • Executive Member of the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (Inductee, 2025)
  • NYSCA-A.R.T./New York Creative Opportunity Fund The Muse Project (Founder/AD, 2025)
  • Silver Anthem Award Winner (Education, Art & Culture-Special Projects-Awareness Categories) A Simple Herstory, The Muse Project, The Tank (Creator, 2024)
  • NYIT Honorary Ellen Stewart Award The Muse Project (Founding Artistic Director, 2024)
  • Powerhouse Residency A Simple Herstory, The Muse Project, The Tank (Creator, 2024)
  • Silver Telly Award (Use of Comedy) The Bad Infinity, Staging Film, CUNY TV (Producer/Actor, 2024)
  • Inaugural Webby Award Honoree (Best Indie Podcast) A Simple Herstory , The Muse Project, The Tank (Creator, 2024)
  • Audible's Best of the Year I Think You're Projecting, Audible (Actor, 2023)
  • 3 Tony Award Nominations (Score, Costumes, Choreography) KPOP, Woodshed Collective (Conceiver, 2023)
  • Bronze Telly Award (People's Telly-Immersive & Mixed Reality) Herstory in the House, Quills Fest (Creator, 2023)
  • Auggie Award Finalist (Best Art or Film) Herstory in the House, Quills Fest (Creator, 2023)
  • NEA Grant A Simple Herstory, The Muse Project, The Tank (Creator, 2022)
  • The Tank Gala Honoree (Artists of the Year) A Simple Herstory, The Muse Project, The Tank (Creator, 2022)
  • NYSCA-A.R.T./New York Creative Opportunity Fund The Muse Project (Founder/AD, 2022)
  • Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Musical, Richard Rodgers Award for Musical Theater, Off Broadway Alliance Award for Best Unique Theatrical Experience, Drama Desk Award Nomination for Outstanding Musical, ​Drama League Award Nomination for Outstanding Production KPOP, Woodshed Collective (Conceiver, 2018)
  • The Discover Film Awards (Official Selection/Best Micro Drama) Domesticity, Staging Film (Producer/Actor, 2017)
  • SPACE on Ryder Farm Residency Woodshed Collective (Conceiver/Resident Actor, 2014, 2013, 2012)
  • Princess Grace Foundation Award Nomination New Georges (Actor, 2013), The New Group (Actor, 2012, 2011)
  • Patrick Lee Theater Blogger Award (Unique Off Off Bway Experience)The Tenant, Woodshed Collective (Conceiver/Producer/Actor, 2011)
Created, co-conceived, written &/or produced
  • A Simple Herstory (Podcast) Created & Executive Produced w/ The Muse Project, The Tank (2021-present)
  • The Bad Infinity (Short Film) Produced w/ Staging Film, Presented by CUNY TV (2020-2024)
  • KPOP (Broadway) Originally Conceived w/ Woodshed Collective & Jason Kim (2022)
  • KPOP (Off-Broadway) Conceived w/ Woodshed Collective & Jason Kim (2017)
  • Stet (Off-Broadway) Ideated, dev. w/ Kim Davies & Tony Speciale, Produced by Abingdon & The Muse Project (2016)
  • Does It Hurt? (Workshop Production) Conceived & Produced w/ Woodshed Collective (2016)
  • Empire Travel Agency (Off-Broadway) Conceived & Produced w/ Woodshed Collective (2015)
  • That Poor Dream (Off-Broadway) Text Co-Written w/ The Ensemble (2015, 2014)
  • The Tenant (Off-Broadway) Conceived & Produced w/ Woodshed Collective (2011)
  • The Confidence Man (Off-Broadway) Conceived & Produced w/ Woodshed Collective (2009)
  • Twelve Ophelias (Off-Broadway)  Produced by Woodshed Collective (2008)​​
Panels/interviews (recent)
Recent Panels/interviews/events
  • CUNY TV Presents Panel, NYC Indie Theatre Film Festival, CUNY TV (2025)
  • Breaking The Audio Fiction Form Jemma Rose Brown Interview, Coffee House, Salmagundi Club (2025)
  • Breaking The Audio Fiction Form Critics' Panel w/ Mimi O'Donnell & David Cote, Coffee House, Salmagundi Club (2025)
  • Breaking The Audio Fiction Form St. Patrick's Mixer w/ Dorothy Wiggins, Coffee House, Salmagundi Club (2025)
  • Breaking The Audio Fiction Form Davy Gardner Interview, Coffee House, Salmagundi Club (2025)
  • Breaking The Audio Fiction Form Julian Schlossberg Interview, Coffee House, Salmagundi Club (2024)
  • Scripps Presents A Simple Herstory Presentation, Scripps College (2024)​
  • Breaking The Audio Fiction Form Panel, Coffee House, Salmagundi Club (2024)
  • CUNY TV Presents Panel, NYC Indie Theatre Film Festival, CUNY TV (2023)
  • Podcast as Theatre, Theatre as Podcast Panel, Quills Fest, Oregon Shakespeare Festival (2022)
  • Bard's Action Corner Women Leading Panel, Avant Bard Theatre (2023)
  • ​Europe Then and Now in Audio Drama Panel, Play for Voices, Czech Center NY (2018)​

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