Anna Ouyang Moench

Anna Ouyang Moench is an award-winning playwright and screenwriter. Her plays have been produced at La Jolla Playhouse, Williamstown Theatre Festival, NAATCO/The Public Theater, the Geffen Playhouse, the Playwrights Realm, East West Players, InterAct Theater, Theater Mu, and many other theaters across the country and around the world.

In television and film, Anna has worked with Apple TV+, HBO, A24, 3000 Pictures, Netflix, Fifth Season, UCP, eOne, PictureStart, and Universal. Anna was a member of the pilot cohort of the WarnerMedia Access Showrunner Program.

Anna lives in Los Angeles with her family.

Name Pronunciation: ANN-a OH-yung MUNCH

Awards:

2023 WGA Award, Outstanding New Series (Severance)
2023 WGA Award, Outstanding Drama Series (Severance)
2020 Steinberg Playwright Award
Gerbode Special Award in the Arts
Paul Stephen Lim Playwriting Award from the Kennedy Center
BETC 2017 Generations Award
East West Players 2042: See Change Award
NYFA Award in Playwriting/Screenwriting
Jerome Travel Grant

Fellowships:

2019/2020 Playwrights Realm Page One Playwright in Residence
Shank Fellowship
Van Lier Fellowship
Jerome Fellowship

Lists:

2020 Kilroys
2014 Kilroys
2016 Young and Hungry List

Groups/Education:

WarnerMedia Showrunner Training Program
UCSD MFA in Playwriting
Echo Theatre Writers Group
East West Players Writers Group
Youngblood at EST
Emerging Writers Group at the Public Theater
The Jam at New Georges
Old Vic New Voices

Commissions:

Magic Theatre
NAATCO
EST/Sloan

Residencies:

Kennedy Center MFA Playwrights Week
Yaddo
BRIC Arts Center
Baltimore Center Stage
Tofte Lake Center
Sewanee Writers Conference
SPACE on Ryder Farm
Vineyard Arts Project