Monet Hurst-Mendoza

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• Monet has been awarded a 2025 Parity Development Award through Parity Productions.

• Monet is one of six playwrights to be awarded a 2025 Helen Merrill Award by the New York Community Trust.

• TORERA received its Off-Broadway debut at WP Theater (co-production with The Sol Project, Long Wharf Theatre, and Latinx Playwrights Circle) in New York City.

• TORERA received its Los Angeles premiere at Outside In Theatre. It ran from September 4-30, 2025, and was the debut production in their new ArtSpace in Highland Park.

• Monet is a 2025 Artist in Residence at The Watermill Center in Southampton, NY.

• Monet received a Support for Artists grant from the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) to continue her creative work. Sponsored by Millay Arts, this award will fund the development of the next play in her Yucatán play cycle.

• TORERA was featured as part of WP Theater’s Feelin’ Fresh Festival on January 13, 2025.

• Torera: A Discussion with Monet Hurst-Mendoza was held at Drama Bookshop in New York City on Thursday, December 19, 2024.

• Monet has been invited to join the Latinx Theatre Commons National Convening at the Latino Theatre Company’s 2024 Encuentro Festival in Los Angeles, CA.

• In 2024, Monet was honored to be selected for several prestigious writing residencies, including MacDowell, Ucross, Millay Arts, La Mama Umbria International, Stillwright, SPACE on Ryder Farm, and with renowned LA author Francesca Lia Block.

• TORERA premiered at The Alley Theatre from May 12 to June 11, 2023. The play has been published by Concord Theatricals and is now available for licensing on their website.

• An episode of Law & Order: SVU that Monet co-wrote with Brianna Yellen and Kathy Dobie (“Eighteen Wheels A Predator”) has been nominated for a 2023 Edgar Award for Best Television Episode Teleplay. Presented by the Mystery Writers of America.