Jared Mezzocchi

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Jared Mezzocchi
Born1985 (age 38–39)
Nationality American
Education Brooklyn College (MFA Performance and Interactive Media), Fairfield University (BA Theater, Film/New Media)
Known for Theatre, 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]

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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

Notable Work

Virtual Performance during the Pandemic, Directing & Multimedia Design

Theater Directing

Off-Broadway Design

Off-Off Broadway Design

Washington D.C. Design

Regional Design

Fashion and Industrial

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