ACTING RESUMÉ. SAG - AFTRA, AEA.
ONSCREEN - FILM & TV & NEW MEDIA.
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Recent screen credits include
Alex A. Ginzburg's A Little Dream, opposite William Mapother - directed by Alex A. Ginzburg
Nana Mensah's Queen of Glory - directed by Nana Mensah
Peggy Stafford's 16 Words or Less - directed by Meghan Finn
Chisa Hutchinson's Domesticity - directed by Rebecca Atkinson - Lord
Mac Wellman's The Bad Infinity - adapted & directed by Graham Sack
Neil LaBute's Over The River & Through The Woods - with an original score by Heidi Rodewald - directed by Leigh Silverman
Caridad Svich's This Thing Of Ours - with an original score by Stephin Merritt (The Magnetic Fields) - directed by José Zayas
Ghazi Albuliwi's Peace After Marriage, opposite Louise Lasser - directed by Ghazi and Bandar Albuliwi
Recent screen credits include
Alex A. Ginzburg's A Little Dream, opposite William Mapother - directed by Alex A. Ginzburg
Nana Mensah's Queen of Glory - directed by Nana Mensah
Peggy Stafford's 16 Words or Less - directed by Meghan Finn
Chisa Hutchinson's Domesticity - directed by Rebecca Atkinson - Lord
Mac Wellman's The Bad Infinity - adapted & directed by Graham Sack
Neil LaBute's Over The River & Through The Woods - with an original score by Heidi Rodewald - directed by Leigh Silverman
Caridad Svich's This Thing Of Ours - with an original score by Stephin Merritt (The Magnetic Fields) - directed by José Zayas
Ghazi Albuliwi's Peace After Marriage, opposite Louise Lasser - directed by Ghazi and Bandar Albuliwi
16 Words or Less, starring Crystal Finn, Neal Huff, & Jocelyn (and produced by Jocelyn), is an Official Selection of the Los Angeles International Women's Film Festival 2021.
PODCASTS.
Recent podcasts include
A Simple Herstory - directed by Donya K. Washington for The Muse Project and The Tank
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
THEATER.
Select Off Broadway credits include
Jocelyn 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]
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)
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. Original ideation by Jocelyn Kuritsky.
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.
NYC Indie Theatre Film Festival 2021, Official Selection: The Bad Infinity, Staging Film (2021)
The Los Angeles Women's International Film Festival, Official Selection; NYC Indie Theatre Film Festival, Official Selection; the Rome Independent Prisma Awards, Official Selection, Finalist; the Montreal Independent Film Festival, Official Selection; the LA Indies, Official Selection; the Chicago Indie Film Awards, Official Selection; the Cotswold International Film Festival, Official Selection; the Austin Indie Fest, Official Selection, Finalist: 16 Words or Less, Staging Film (2021, 2020)
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 (2018)
Discover.film Festival, Official Selection, Best Micro Drama; Underwire Film Festival, Official Selection; Thriller Feedback Film Festival, Official Selection; DAMN! Film Series, 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)