JESSICA DURDOCK MORENO / WRITER / ACTRESS / PRODUCER / CONSULTANT / DIRECTOR / TEACHER / DRAMATURG

DISTINCTIONS

writing:

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- WON - John Golden Playwriting Prize, 2021 (awarded by the MFA faculty at NYU Tisch)
- SEMIFINALIST - Dramatists Guild Foundation National Fellowship, 2023
- MEMBER - Echo Los Angeles Young Playwrights, 2022
- MEMBER - Road Theatre Company Under Construction 3 Playwrights Group, 2022
- PARTICIPANT - Boston Theater Marathon, 2022​ ("Ars Moriendi")
- PARTICIPANT -  TEDx Asbury Park "1 Act, 1 Idea" Play Reading Series (In-Person), 2022 ("You Still There?")
- PRODUCTION - The Chain Theatre, 2021 ("Georgie D.")
- PARTICIPANT - TEDx Asbury Park "1 Act, 1 Idea" Play Reading Series (Virtual), 2021 ("You Still There?")
- PARTICIPANT - Workshop Theater Lab Reading (featuring Debra Jo Rupp), 2021 ("New Canaan")
- PARTICIPANT - Workshop Theater In-House Reading, 2021 ("New Canaan")
- PARTICIPANT - Boston Theater Marathon, 2021​ ("Funeral")
- PARTICIPANT - Chain Playwriting Lab, 2021 ("Georgie D.")
- PARTICIPANT - Workshop Theater Winter Playwriting Intensive, 2021 ("New Canaan")
- PARTICIPANT - Full Circle Theatre Collaborative’s New Works Festival, 2021 ("Shooting Stars," "Funeral")
- SEMIFINALIST - Athena Project’s 2020 Plays in Progress Series, 2020 ("Georgie D.")
- PARTICIPANT - Workshop Theater Fall Playwriting Intensive, 2020 ("Georgie D.")
- PARTICIPANT - NYU Tisch Critical Response Process Workshop, 2020​ ("Funeral")
- PRODUCTION - Hollywood Fringe Festival, 2019 ("To Richard!")
- PARTICIPANT - NYU Tisch Bespoke Play Zoom Festival, 2020 ("Funeral," "Shooting Stars")
- FINALIST - Theater Masters Take Ten 2020 Festival, 2020 ("Shooting Stars")
- WON - Los Angeles City College Department of Cinema and Television Best Screenplay, 2019 ("Filly")
- NOMINATED - Inkwell Theater Playwright’s Promise Award, Hollywood Fringe Festival, 2019 ("To Richard!")

acting:

- WON - Most Unleashed Performance Award, Hollywood Fringe Festival, 2016 ("All Aboard the Marriage Hearse")
- WON - Teapot Award for Outstanding Theatre Performance, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, 2013 ("The Inventor & the Escort")
- NOMINATED - Stage Scene LA Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy, 2009 ("The Inventor & the Escort")

producing:

- WON - Encore Producers Award, Hollywood Fringe Festival, 2019 ("To Richard!")
- WON - Encore Producers Award, Hollywood Fringe Festival, 2016 ("All Aboard the Marriage Hearse")