Jared Mezzocchi

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]