NYT names "Woe's Hollow" one of the best TV episodes of 2025! →
Corporate retreats can be excruciating. But if yours don’t involve reading stories of weird company lore in a frozen wilderness, or end with one co-worker holding another’s head underwater, count yourself lucky. Streaming TV’s most loopily disorienting show outdid itself with the story of an ORTBO (Outdoor Retreat Team Building Occurrence — what, you’ve never heard of it?) that paid off with the surprise that one of Lumon Industries’ severed employees was hiding a secret. Special credit goes to John Turturro as Irv, for a mild-mannered demeanor that gives way to rebellious fury; to Britt Lower, for a performance that subtly drops breadcrumbs toward the revelation; and to Tramell Tillman as Milchick, for pulling off the most spectacular ermine-white outerwear combo in the great outdoors. (Streaming on Apple TV.)
Read MoreChicago Premiere of BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA
A Red Orchid Theatre is producing BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA, directed by Artistic Director Kirsten Fitzgerald. This is our second collaboration since IN QUIETNESS at A Red Orchid Theatre in 2024. If you’re in Chicago, check it out:
Birds of North America
Written by Anna Ouyang Moench
Directed by Artistic Director Kirsten Fitzgerald
Featuring Ensemble Member John Judd and Cassidy Slaughter-Mason
Performance Dates: Jan 15 – Feb 22, 2026
Preview Performances: Jan 15 – 24, 2026
Press Performances: Jan 24, 2026
Regular Run Performances: Jan 25 – Feb 22, 2026
Chicago Premiere!
Severance Season 2!
At long last, Severance Season 2 is out! New episode drops every Friday.
Return-to-office on Apple TV+.
Tickets on sale now!
La Jolla Playhouse presents YOUR LOCAL THEATER PRESENTS: A CHRISTMAS CAROL, BY CHARLES DICKENS, AGAIN
Yes, it’s a long title. Yes, I tried to think of a shorter one.
I’m so excited for the World Premiere of YOUR LOCAL THEATER PRESENTS: A CHRISTMAS CAROL, BY CHARLES DICKENS, AGAIN at La Jolla Playhouse! Tickets are now available here, I’d love to see you.
TRW Publications
A few of my plays are now published by Theatrical Rights Worldwide!
BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA
And MOTHERS will be coming soon.
BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA playing at The Odyssey Theatre in Los Angeles
Ayre Gross and Jacqueline Misaye star in the LA premiere of BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA, directed by Peter Richards at the Odyssey! Running from September 20-November 19, 2023.
Info and tickets available HERE.
“This exquisitely subtle, luminous, elegiac father-and-daughter drama is not to be missed. Moench…is a thoughtful and observant writer, working with almost documentary precision, with a fine delicacy reminiscent of great 19th century writers like Edith Wharton and Henry James. Drama is discovered in small, gossamer fleeting moments.”
—Amanda Callas, Broadway World
“WOW!… HAUNTING… EXQUISITELY ACTED… heart-touching, heartbreaking stuff, and an absolute joy to watch.”
— Steven Stanley, Stage Scene LA
MAN OF GOD will open Williamstown Theatre Festival's 2022 Season
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Man of God
Williamstown Theatre Festival
July 5 - July 16 | Nikos Stage
2022 Season
A Killer New Comedy Thriller
By Anna Ouyang Moench
Directed by Maggie Burrows
In association with Geffen Playhouse
Chaos ensues when four teenage girls on a mission trip to Bangkok discover a camera hidden by their pastor in their hotel bathroom. Do they leave it to God or take matters into their own hands? The pressure builds quickly in this suspenseful comedy that interrogates justice, privacy, religion, the patriarchy, and who you follow on Instagram. Juxtaposing girl power with teenage angst, the girls’ different ideals emerge as they discover what it takes to fight back. Maggie Burrows returns to Williamstown to direct this funny feminist thriller by newcomer Anna Ouyang Moench.
WarnerMedia Access Showrunner Program
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WarnerMedia Access Showrunner Program was developed in consultation with veteran showrunners and producers including: Nkechi Okoro Carroll, Janine Sherman Barrois, Doozer (Bill Lawrence), Roberto Aguirre – Sacasa, Sarah Schecter (Berlanti Productions), Rachel Kaplan, and John Wells.
The program, which launches in April 2022, will give participants valuable first-hand instruction from established showrunners to prepare them for the demands of running a writer’s room and managing a production. For those who need the additional experience, the program will also offer a unique opportunity to shadow a showrunner during pre-production and on set in production.
Program participants will receive instruction centered around the vital leadership development skills needed to catapult their careers. Masterclasses will focus on topics such as: running a writer’s room, conflict resolution, and leading with an equity mindset. Participants will also strengthen skills on: staffing an inclusive room, managing budgets, collaborating with department heads, and, if needed, be exposed to on-set culture and post production.
NAATCO presents OUT OF TIME at the Public
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The Public Theater
Martinson Theater
February 15 - March 13, 2022
OUT OF TIME
By Jaclyn Backhaus, Sam Chanse, Mia Chung, Naomi Iizuka, and Anna Ouyang Moench
Commissioned and Produced by NAATCO
Conceived and Directed by Les Waters
Presented by The Public Theater
The Public and The National Asian American Theatre Company (NAATCO) join forces in presenting OUT OF TIME, a collection of brand-new monologues by five award-winning Asian American playwrights, performed by an ensemble of actors all over the age of 60. Conceived and directed by Obie Award-winning director Les Waters and commissioned by NAATCO, OUT OF TIME is a theatrical tapestry exploring age, memory, parenthood, and identity in moving new works by writers Jaclyn Backhaus, Sam Chanse, Mia Chung, Naomi Iizuka, and Anna Ouyang Moench.