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Jared Mezzocchi

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Jared Mezzocchi
Born1985 (age 38–39)
NationalityAmerican
EducationBrooklyn College (MFA Performance and Interactive Media), Fairfield University (BA Theater, Film/New Media)
Known forTheatre, Director and Designer
AwardsObie Award (2023)
Helen Hayes Awards (2023)
Obie Award (2017)
Lucille Lortel Award (2017)
Henry Hewes Design Award (2017)
Drama Desk Nomination (2017)
Outer Critics Circle Nomination (2017)
Elliot Norton Awards (2015)
IRNE Awards (2015)
Princess Grace Award (2012)
NH Theatre Awards for Best Original Playwright (2011)

Jared Mezzocchi is an American theatre director and projection designer.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

In 2020, Jared was named in a Top 5 List in the New York Times as a Theatre Artist spotlit for their innovative work during the pandemic, alongside Andrew Lloyd Webber and Paula Vogel.[8] His work as a co-director and multimedia designer for Sarah Gancher's RUSSIAN TROLL FARM gained him particular notoriety in the New York Times as Critics Pick and noted as one of the first digitally-native successes for virtual theater.[9] In 2023, Mezzocchi was awarded his second Obie Award for this digital production, alongside his creative team.[10] In 2017, Mezzocchi won an Obie Award, a Lucille Lortel Award, a Henry Hewes Award, and an Outer Critics Circle and Drama Desk Award nomination for his work on Qui Nguyen's Vietgone at the Manhattan Theatre Club.[11] In recognition of his work with the HERE Arts Center in New York City in 2012, Mezzocchi became the first projection designer to receive a Princess Grace Award in theatre.[12] In 2011, Mezzocchi won the Best Original Playwright award at the New Hampshire Theater Awards.[3][13][14] He has collaborated with theatre companies in the U.S. and Europe, including Big Art Group, The Builders Association, 3-Legged Dog, Arena Stage, Studio Theater, Theater J, Center Stage, Olney Theatre Center, Everyman Theatre, Cleveland Play House, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, and Wilma Theater.[15] Currently, he teaches projection design at University of Maryland in Washington, D.C.,[3] and serves as Artistic Director of Andy's Summer Playhouse, a youth theatre in Wilton, NH[15]

Awards

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Notable Work

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Virtual Performance during the Pandemic, Directing & Multimedia Design

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Theater Directing

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Off-Broadway Design

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Off-Off Broadway Design

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Washington D.C. Design

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Regional Design

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Fashion and Industrial

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References

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  2. ^ Webster, Andy (28 October 2013). "Double-Decker Vertigo Is Coming to Take You Away". The New York Times. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
  3. ^ a b c Boyle, Katherine (11 January 2013). "Creating a virtual world onstage". Washington Post. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
  4. ^ Ramanathan, Lavanya (30 November 2012). "'Moon' a slight twist for Synetic". Washington Post. Archived from the original on 26 November 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
  5. ^ Klimek, Chris (14 September 2011). "Elbow meets chest. Forehead slams face. Wrestling meets the human condition". Washington City Paper. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
  6. ^ Hetrick, Adam (2 July 2012). "HERE's Season to Include Strange Tales of Liaozhai and City Council Meeting". Playbill. Archived from the original on 31 October 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
  7. ^ "Voices from the Trenches: Theatre Entrepreneurs in Their Own Words". American Theatre. 1 January 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  8. ^ Paulson, Michael; Green, Jesse; Heller, Scott; Collins-Hughes, Laura; Vincentelli, Elisabeth (23 December 2020). "Advocating and Agitating, Connecting and Inventing". The New York Times.
  9. ^ Green, Jesse (22 October 2020). "'Russian Troll Farm' Review: Clock in, Undermine Democracy, Clock Out". The New York Times.
  10. ^ a b "66th Obies Winners Announced". Retrieved 2023-05-04.
  11. ^ Cox, Gordon (22 May 2017). "'Oslo,' 'The Band's Visit' Score 2017 Obie Awards (Full List)". Variety. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  12. ^ Lehman, Daniel (8 August 2012). "2012 Princess Grace Awards Winners Announced". Backstage. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
  13. ^ Stanway, Eric (21 July 2011). "Andy's Summer Playhouse presents The Lost World". Milford Cabinet. Archived from the original on 25 August 2011. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
  14. ^ New Hampshire Theater. "NHTA Winners 2011". NHTheatreAwards.com. Archived from the original on 2013-10-31. Retrieved 2012-12-24.
  15. ^ a b "Andy's Summer Playhouse Names Jared Mezzocchi Producing Artistic Director: Award-winning director, educator, and multimedia theatre artist becomes the fifth leader in the history of the 45-year-old children's theatre company". American Theatre. 6 July 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
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  22. ^ Cox, Gordon (2017-05-08). "Tony-Nominated 'Oslo' Tops Off Broadway's Lortel Awards (Full List)". Variety. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
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  24. ^ Cox, Gordon (2017-04-25). "Outer Critics Circle Nominations: 'Anastasia,' 'Hello, Dolly!' Lead the Pack (Full List)". Variety. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
  25. ^ "Jared Mezzocchi accepted to MacDowell Colony and nominated for Lucille Lortel award | UMD School of Theatre Dance and Performance Studies". tdps.umd.edu. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
  26. ^ "Here are the 2015 Helen Hayes Awards Nominations - DCMetroTheaterArts". DCMetroTheaterArts. 2015-01-26. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
  27. ^ "Elliot Norton Awards". Elliot Norton Awards. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
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  33. ^ a b "Cancelled Musical Press Release". 9 September 2020.
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  37. ^ "The Lost World (play 2015 by Jared Mezzocchi) - The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia". www.arthur-conan-doyle.com. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
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  43. ^ Pressley, Nelson (2017-04-21). "Review | 'Smart People' puts race under a comic microscope". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
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