ACTING RESUMÉ. SAG - AFTRA, AEA.
ONSCREEN - FILM & TV & NEW MEDIA.
Recent screen credits include
Mac Wellman's & Graham Sack's The Bad Infinity - directed by Graham Sack
Chisa Hutchinson's Domesticity - directed by Rebecca Atkinson - Lord
Neil LaBute's Over The River & Through The Woods - directed by Leigh Silverman - with an original score by Heidi Rodewald
Caridad Svich's This Thing Of Ours - directed by José Zayas - with an original score by Stephin Merritt (The Magnetic Fields)
Ghazi Albuliwi's Peace After Marriage, opposite Louise Lasser
Domesticity, starring and produced by Jocelyn, won Best Micro Drama at The Discover Film Awards in London.
PODCASTS.
Recent podcasts include
Carmen-Francesca Banciu's It's Cold & It's Getting So Dark - directed by Anne Posten for Play for Voices
Csaba Székely's I Regret Nothing - directed by Sarah Cameron Sunde for Play For Voices
Podmusical's The Fall Of The House Of Sunshine, created by Matt Roi Berger & Jonathan Goldberg
COMMERCIALS & INDUSTRIALS.
Info & conflicts available upon request.
THEATER.
Recent Off Broadway credits include
Jocelyn recently co-conceived and appeared in Stet - written by Kim Davies - directed by Tony Speciale for The Muse Project and Abingdon Theatre Company
She portrayed Estella in The Assembly's That Poor Dream - directed by Jess Chayes. As a guest artist, she developed and co-authored this experimental rendition of Dickens' Great Expectations over 3 iterations.
Ken Urban's The Awake - directed by Adam Fitzgerald
3 2's; Or AFAR by Mac Wellman - directed by Meghan Finn - with original music by César Alvarez
Crawl, Fade to White by Sheila Callaghan, with Black Eyed Susan - directed by Paul Willis
Numerous shows with her company, Woodshed Collective, "the exceptional theater company" that "upends the conventional notion of theater" [Gothamist]
Regional appearances at The Kennedy Center include workshops of
Sheltered - written by Alix Sobler - directed by Kimberly Senior
Alter - written by Drew Paryzer - directed by Freddie Ashley
Where Words Once Were - written Finegan Kruckemeyer - directed by Colin Hovde
PERFORMANCE ART.
Performance art includes
Martha Rosler's Meta Monumental Garage Sale at MoMA.
WORKSHOPS/WORKSHOP PRODUCTIONS.
Jocelyn has acted in workshops and bare bones productions at
Arena Stage, The Bushwick Starr, Cherry Lane Theatre, The Civilians, HERE Arts Center, The Flea Theater, The Kennedy Center, the Lark Play Development Center, Little Theatre, Manhattan Class Company, the Martin E. Segal Theatre Center, New Dramatists, New Georges, The New Group, New York Theatre Workshop, Olney Theatre Center, Page 22, The Playwrights Realm, Primary Stages, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, Red Bull Theater, Signature Theatre, Soho Rep., Studio 42, Studio Tisch, Target Margin, Theater J, Woodshed Collective, Working Theater, Youngblood-EST, & others.
Jocelyn & Bruce McKenzie in Stet, produced by Abingdon Theatre Company & The Muse Project. Photo by Ben Strothmann.
EDUCATION & TRAINING.
The Flea Theater: The Bats, Resident Acting Company
Scripps College, Pomona College: BA in English, Theater
O'Neill National Theater Institute, Moscow Art Theatre: Acting, Playwriting, Design, Directing, Movement & Voice
The American Academy of Dramatic Arts Summer Program Los Angeles
SKILLS & EXPERIENCE.
Other Languages: Spanish Speaker (Advanced Intermediate)
Dialects: Australian, Czech, British, French, Various American
Mentorships: NYU/Playwrights Horizons Theater School Mentor
Directing: Assistant Director - Various
Also: Former Fencer (Foil)
Dialects: Australian, Czech, British, French, Various American
Mentorships: NYU/Playwrights Horizons Theater School Mentor
Directing: Assistant Director - Various
Also: Former Fencer (Foil)
PRODUCING RESUMÉ.
CO-CONCEIVED/DEVELOPED PRODUCTIONS.
KPop - Produced by Ars Nova in association with Ma-Yi Theater Company and Woodshed Collective; Conceived by Woodshed Collective and Jason Kim; Book by Jason Kim, Music and Lyrics by Helen Park and Max Vernon; Immersive Design by Woodshed Collective.
Stet - Produced by Abingdon Theatre Company in association with The Muse Project; Written by Kim Davies; Directed by Tony Speciale; Developed by Kim Davies, Jocelyn Kuritsky, & Tony Speciale.
That Poor Dream - Produced by The Assembly Theater; Directed by Jess Chayes, Text by The Ensemble, Stephen Aubrey, Nick Benacerraf, Jess Chayes, & Eric John Meyer.
Does It Hurt? (workshop production) - Produced by Woodshed Collective; Text by Jason Gray Platt & Stephen Squibb; Directed by Teddy Bergman; Production Design by Gabe Evansohn; Conceived & Designed by Woodshed Collective.
Empire Travel Agency - Produced by Woodshed Collective; Text by Jason Gray Platt; Directed by Teddy Bergman; Production Design by Gabe Evansohn; Conceived & Designed by Woodshed Collective.
The Tenant - Produced by Woodshed Collective; Text by Bekah Brunstetter, Sarah Burgess, Paul Cohen, Dylan Dawson, Steven Levenson and Tommy Smith; Directed by Teddy Bergman and Stephen Brackett; Production Design by Gabe Evansohn; Conceived & Designed by Woodshed Collective.
The Confidence Man - Produced by Woodshed Collective; Text by Paul Cohen; Directed by Stephen Brackett, Lauren Keating, Michael Silverstone; Production Design by Gabe Evansohn; Conceived & Designed by Woodshed Collective.
Twelve Ophelias - Designed & Produced by Woodshed Collective; Text by Caridad Svich; Directed by Teddy Bergman; Original Music Composed & Performed by the Jones Street Boys; Production Design by Gabe Evansohn.
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES.
Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Musical: KPop, Woodshed Collective (2018)
Richard Rodgers Award for Musical Theater: KPop, Woodshed Collective (2018)
Off Broadway Alliance Award for Best Unique Theatrical Experience: KPop, Woodshed Collective (2018)
Drama Desk Award Nomination for Outstanding Musical: KPop, Woodshed Collective (2018)
Drama League Award Nomination for Outstanding Production: KPop, Woodshed Collective (2018)
Discover.film Festival, London, Best Micro Drama: Domesticity, Staging Film (2017)
Underwire Film Festival, London, Official Selection: Domesticity, Staging Film (2017)
Thriller Feedback Film Festival, Toronto, Official Selection: Domesticity, Staging Film (2017)
DAMN! Film Series, NYC, Official Selection: Domesticity, Staging Film (2017)
SPACE on Ryder Farm Residency: Woodshed Collective (2014, 2013, 2012)
Princess Grace Foundation Award Nomination-Acting: New Georges (2013), The New Group (2012, 2011)
Patrick Lee Theater Blogger Award - Unique Off Off Bway Experience: The Tenant, Woodshed Collective (2011)