Jen OConnor

About Jen OConnor

An award-winning playwright whose works have been produced throughout the country. 

The Girl Who Would Be King  (full length comedy)
Alliance of Los Angeles Playwrights’ New Works Lab Selection, reading
Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Project Festival of New Works, staged reading
Palm Springs Fundraiser performances 
Los Angeles El Centro Theatre, June to August– production (named small venue Best Play in Los 
Angeles by Ventura County Star; Backstage critic’s pick in Playwriting, Production, Direction and
lead Performance; LA Weekly nominations for Best Comedy Direction and Best Comedy Ensemble)
Nora’s Playhouse, Brooklyn, NY – staged reading
Phoenix Stage Company, Naugatuck, CT - staged reading
Chicago, Pride Films & Plays Theatre- winner, Womens Words contest – staged reading
Santa Ana, California, Masq Entertainment at Theatre OUT – production
National SETC-Stage Rights Ready to Publish Award – Finalist.

It's now published and licensed by Stage Rights.

Murder At The Palace (book & lyrics)   (full length musical comedy)
Theatre Building Chicago Monday Night Musicals Series– staged reading
“That Kiss” – song - Cape Cod’s Eventide Arts Festival Songwriting Competition  

Cleo’s Girls  (full length drama)
Alliance of Los Angeles Playwrights’ New Works Lab – reading
Los Angeles’ Fierce Backbone Theatre – workshop production

Dressing Robbie Temple  (full length drama)
Ashland New Plays Festival  - semi-finalist

S.O.U.Ls, Inc  (one act dark comedy)
Pittsburgh New Works Festival  – reading
Los Angeles’ Moving Arts Theatre One-Act Competition  – semi-finalist
Los Angeles’ FirstStage One-Act Contest  – semi-finalist
75th Annual Writers Digest competition – Honorable Mention
Los Angeles Secret Rose Theatre “She Writes” – production
Los Angeles 2Cents Theatre INK Fest Festival - production 

The Pool of Gold in the Sky (one act dark comedy)        
Los Angeles’ FirstStage One-Act Contest  – Honorable Mention
Hollywood Fringe Festival - production

Taken for a Ride (10 min comedy)
San Francisco’s Pan Theatre 10-Minute Play Festival  – production
San Diego’s North Park Playwright Festival- production
Los Angeles’ Moving Arts Theatre “Car Plays” -  productions
Midway Festival of Plays, Lexington, KY– production
Los Angeles’ Write Act Theatre Festival  – production
Spokane Radio Theatre, Spokane, WA – radio production
Los Angeles’ Red Brick Road Theatre- production

Garden of Ashes  (one act drama)
Los Angeles FirstStage One-Act Contest – lst place winner and staged reading
Long Beach, CA Alive Theatre Poppin’ Play Festival - production
New York City’s Looking Glass Theatre Winter Forum – production
Los Angeles 2Cents Theatre INKfest Festival - production 

The Daylight Zone  (10 min comedy)
New York City Chester Horn Short Play Festival – production
“Limbo” plays, Ohio Dominican University– reading
Los Angeles Asylum Theatre ShortLived 3.0 Festival - production

Gayby’s Playdate  (10 min comedy)
Palm Springs Women in the Arts Festival  – staged reading
Los Angeles’ GLBT Playreading Festival winner –  reading
Festival of 10 at State University of New York, Brockport – production
Minnesota Shorts Play Festival – production (tied for Audience Favorite) and revival production
Hollywood Fringe Festival – production
Girl Play Festival, Ft. Lauderdale, FL  – staged reading
Seoul Players 10-Minute Play Festival, South Korea

Angels Flight (10 min drama)
New York City’s Looking Glass Theatre – staged reading
Los Angeles 2Cents Theatre INKfest Festival production; winner of Festival Best Play 

The Intersection  (10 min comedy)
Los Angeles Tre Stage, The Winners’ Circle – production
Los Angeles Fierce Strangers Festival of Short Plays – production
Spokane Radio Theatre, Spokane, WA – NPR radio productions
Open Eye Theater, Margaretville, NY  – production 

Her poems and short stories have been published in various literary magazines
including American Writers Review,London Journal of Fiction, Sinister Wisdom, Two Hawks Quarterly 

Jan holds an MA in English and an MFA in Theatre and has directed over fifty plays 
and musicals across the country.

She is a proud member of Dramatists Guild, International Centre for Women Playwrights,
 LA Female Playwrights Initiative. She has been an Ovation voter
with LA Stage Alliance, a vice-chair of Alliance of Los Angeles Playwrights and
a GLAAD LA Theatre Voter.