Jocelyn L. Buckner

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Jocelyn L. Buckner has served as a production and new works dramaturg at the Chance since 2014. She has also worked with Native Voices at the Autry, South Coast Repertory Theatre, Shakespeare Orange County, and Center Stage Theatre in Southern California, and The Donmar Warehouse and Theatre 503 in London. She is the editor of A Critical Companion to Lynn Nottage (Routledge), and has published numerous book chapters as well as articles, editorials, book reviews, and performance reviews in peer reviewed scholarly journals. She is also the current editor of Theatre History Studies journal. She is an associate professor of theatre at Chapman University. Ph.D.: University of Kansas, M.F.A.: Virginia Commonwealth University, B.A.: Converse College.

Productions at Chance Theater

Production Date Role
Gloria September 2024 Dramaturg
Tiny Beautiful Things April 2024 Dramaturg
Untitled New Krista Knight Play July 2020 Dramaturg
100 HEARTBREAKS March 2020 Dramaturg
END OF SHIFT (2006): OTR Staged Reading October 2019 Dramaturg
Mother of Exiles: OTR LAB Workshop July 2019 Dramaturg
Creep: OTR Staged Reading May 2019 Dramaturg
Skylight April 2019 Dramaturg
Transmissions in Advance of the Second Great Dying: OTR Staged Reading March 2019 Dramaturg
The Orange Garden October 2018 Dramaturg
Untitled New Work October 2018 Dramaturg
Gutting July 2018 Dramaturg
Hymon & Parfunkel May 2018 Dramaturg
Elevada May 2018 Dramaturg
Bedlam February 2018 Dramaturg
Times Square Psychic: OTR Staged Reading October 2017 Dramaturg
in a word September 2017 Dramaturg
Ted Malawer’s The Anatomy of Love: OTR LAB Workshop July 2017 Dramaturg
The Candidate (a farce-in-progress): OTR Reading May 2017 Dramaturg
Middletown April 2017 Dramaturg
How to Conquer America: A Mostly True History of Yogurt March 2017 Dramaturg
UNTITLED MUSIC PLAY by Lauren Yee: OTR Reading October 2016 Dramaturg
Seminar September 2016 Dramaturg
Rare Birds: OTR LAB Workshop August 2016 Dramaturg
Gaston: OTR Reading July 2016 Dramaturg
Alice and Frank: OTR LAB Workshop May 2016 Dramaturg
LA Vida: OTR Reading May 2016 Dramaturg
Scientific Method: OTR Reading March 2016 Dramaturg
A Bright New Boise September 2015 Dramaturg
Maple and Vine September 2014 Dramaturg