Artist Profile
Jocelyn A. Brown has served as the Chance Theater’s Associate Artistic Director since 2011 and a Resident Artist since 2001. Acting highlights include: Diana in Next To Normal (OCTG Award for Outstanding Performance in a Musical, StageSceneLA’s Performance of the Year), Leigh Fondakowski in The Laramie Project & Ten Years Later (Ovation Recommended), the Witch in Into The Woods (Back Stage West Critic’s Pick), Cathy in The Last 5 Years (Back Stage Garland Award Honorable Mention for Best Actor), and Ann in Goodnight Children Everywhere (OC Weekly Award for Best Actress). Directing highlights include Ride The Cyclone (nominated for 15 OCTG awards including Best Direction), Lizzie The Musical (Ovation Award Winner: Best Musical – Intimate Theatre, Best Direction Ovation nomination, OC Weekly Best of OC 2019), Good People (Ovation Recommended), in a word (Best in OC by Orange Curtain Review), The Big Meal, Never In My Lifetime (Back Stage Critic’s Pick), and The Cherry Orchard (OC Weekly nomination Best Direction). Jocelyn received the OC Board of Supervisors’ award for Women Making a Difference (2023). She teaches at Laguna Hills High School and was an honoree for the California League of High Schools “Teacher of the Year” for Orange County (2012).