Montserrat Mendez
"You're unfamiliar with Montserrat Mendez, you say? Oh My dear, then you must go off to your garrulous Google, or your yappy Yahoo and absorb all you can about him. He is - and I say this with envy - a perfectly marvelous playwright... A Comic Masterwork… A veritable monsoon of precisely executed comedy, I hardly expected thoroughly stupid to be so bright."
Leonard Jacobs - Backstage
Leonard Jacobs - Backstage
Montserrat Mendez takes every opportunity to pun, rhyme, and elicit riotous laughter from the audience"
Zachary Zaithian NYTheatre.com
Zachary Zaithian NYTheatre.com
"Montserrat is a young theatre artist to keep an eye on."
Martin Denton, NYTheatre.com
Martin Denton, NYTheatre.com
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Montserrat Mendez is a writer and director of ferocious curiosity and undeniable theatrical mischief. Born in Rincón, Puerto Rico, raised on the East Coast, and forged in the unruly, incandescent crucible of New York City's independent theatre scene, he has spent his career wrestling with history, language, and the haunted spaces between comedy and catastrophe.
Armed with a degree in Literature—British, Spanish, Medieval—and Theatre from the University of Scranton, Montserrat has carved a distinctive path, one that veers between rigorous scholarship and impish theatricality. His work has been praised by critic Leonard Jacobs as a "Comic Masterwork," and in 2008, his Wildean sequel, Thoroughly Stupid Things, earned him the Best Playwriting Award at the New York International Fringe Festival.
Montserrat Mendez is a 2025 Finalist for the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, and was a proud member of the 2024 People's Theatre Playwrights Unit, where he developed SombraLuz or La Presencia. His work, El Fuego Y Su Heredero (The Fire and Its Heir)—a chamber modern musical tracing Lolita Lebrón’s fateful 1954 attack on the U.S. Capitol in the name of Puerto Rican independence—was a Finalist for the Perelman Performing Arts Center's prestigious Democratic Cycle.
As a director, Montserrat has helmed productions for Manhattan Theatre Source and Nylon Fusion Collective and is a core member of Flux Theatre Ensemble, where he has developed Rebecca Roman Redd at the Most Dangerous Hour, A Full-Blown Horror Story, and The Residencies. His screenwriting career is equally formidable: a Top 10 Finalist for the Nicholl Fellowship with A Trial of Spies, a Second Rounder for the 2022 Sundance Script Lab, and a Finalist for the Athena List. He is currently preparing to direct his first feature film.
Montserrat is a proud member of the Dramatists Guild and a producing company member of Retro Productions, a company known for excavating history with intelligence, style, and a keen sense of humor—qualities that define his own work.
Armed with a degree in Literature—British, Spanish, Medieval—and Theatre from the University of Scranton, Montserrat has carved a distinctive path, one that veers between rigorous scholarship and impish theatricality. His work has been praised by critic Leonard Jacobs as a "Comic Masterwork," and in 2008, his Wildean sequel, Thoroughly Stupid Things, earned him the Best Playwriting Award at the New York International Fringe Festival.
Montserrat Mendez is a 2025 Finalist for the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, and was a proud member of the 2024 People's Theatre Playwrights Unit, where he developed SombraLuz or La Presencia. His work, El Fuego Y Su Heredero (The Fire and Its Heir)—a chamber modern musical tracing Lolita Lebrón’s fateful 1954 attack on the U.S. Capitol in the name of Puerto Rican independence—was a Finalist for the Perelman Performing Arts Center's prestigious Democratic Cycle.
As a director, Montserrat has helmed productions for Manhattan Theatre Source and Nylon Fusion Collective and is a core member of Flux Theatre Ensemble, where he has developed Rebecca Roman Redd at the Most Dangerous Hour, A Full-Blown Horror Story, and The Residencies. His screenwriting career is equally formidable: a Top 10 Finalist for the Nicholl Fellowship with A Trial of Spies, a Second Rounder for the 2022 Sundance Script Lab, and a Finalist for the Athena List. He is currently preparing to direct his first feature film.
Montserrat is a proud member of the Dramatists Guild and a producing company member of Retro Productions, a company known for excavating history with intelligence, style, and a keen sense of humor—qualities that define his own work.
Montserrat Méndez es un escritor y director de feroz curiosidad y un innegable espíritu teatral travieso. Nacido en Rincón, Puerto Rico, criado en la Costa Este y forjado en el crisol indomable e incandescente del teatro independiente de la ciudad de Nueva York, ha dedicado su carrera a luchar con la historia, el lenguaje y los espacios espectrales entre la comedia y la catástrofe.
Armado con un título en Literatura—británica, española y medieval—y Teatro de la Universidad de Scranton, Montserrat ha trazado un camino distintivo que oscila entre el rigor académico y una teatralidad irreverente. Su trabajo ha sido elogiado por el crítico Leonard Jacobs como una "Obra Maestra Cómica", y en 2008, su secuela de Wilde, Thoroughly Stupid Things, le valió el premio a la Mejor Dramaturgia en el Festival Internacional Fringe de Nueva York.
Montserrat Méndez fue Finalista en 2025 del New Jersey State Council on the Arts y fue un orgulloso miembro de la People's Theatre Playwrights Unit en 2024, donde desarrolló SombraLuz o La Presencia. Su obra, El Fuego Y Su Heredero—un musical de cámara moderno que sigue el fatídico ataque de Lolita Lebrón al Capitolio de los EE.UU. en 1954 en nombre de la independencia puertorriqueña—fue Finalista del prestigioso Democratic Cycle del Perelman Performing Arts Center.
Como director, Montserrat ha dirigido producciones para Manhattan Theatre Source y Nylon Fusion Collective, y es un miembro central de Flux Theatre Ensemble, donde ha desarrollado Rebecca Roman Redd at the Most Dangerous Hour, A Full-Blown Horror Story y The Residencies. Su carrera como guionista es igualmente formidable: Finalista en el Top 10 del Nicholl Fellowship con A Trial of Spies, Second Rounder del Sundance Script Lab en 2022 y Finalista de la Athena List. Actualmente, se prepara para dirigir su primer largometraje.
Montserrat es un orgulloso miembro de The Dramatists Guild y miembro productor de Retro Productions, una compañía reconocida por excavar la historia con inteligencia, estilo y un agudo sentido del humor—cualidades que también definen su propia obra.
Armado con un título en Literatura—británica, española y medieval—y Teatro de la Universidad de Scranton, Montserrat ha trazado un camino distintivo que oscila entre el rigor académico y una teatralidad irreverente. Su trabajo ha sido elogiado por el crítico Leonard Jacobs como una "Obra Maestra Cómica", y en 2008, su secuela de Wilde, Thoroughly Stupid Things, le valió el premio a la Mejor Dramaturgia en el Festival Internacional Fringe de Nueva York.
Montserrat Méndez fue Finalista en 2025 del New Jersey State Council on the Arts y fue un orgulloso miembro de la People's Theatre Playwrights Unit en 2024, donde desarrolló SombraLuz o La Presencia. Su obra, El Fuego Y Su Heredero—un musical de cámara moderno que sigue el fatídico ataque de Lolita Lebrón al Capitolio de los EE.UU. en 1954 en nombre de la independencia puertorriqueña—fue Finalista del prestigioso Democratic Cycle del Perelman Performing Arts Center.
Como director, Montserrat ha dirigido producciones para Manhattan Theatre Source y Nylon Fusion Collective, y es un miembro central de Flux Theatre Ensemble, donde ha desarrollado Rebecca Roman Redd at the Most Dangerous Hour, A Full-Blown Horror Story y The Residencies. Su carrera como guionista es igualmente formidable: Finalista en el Top 10 del Nicholl Fellowship con A Trial of Spies, Second Rounder del Sundance Script Lab en 2022 y Finalista de la Athena List. Actualmente, se prepara para dirigir su primer largometraje.
Montserrat es un orgulloso miembro de The Dramatists Guild y miembro productor de Retro Productions, una compañía reconocida por excavar la historia con inteligencia, estilo y un agudo sentido del humor—cualidades que también definen su propia obra.
AWARDS, RECOGNITIONS & "NEAR RECOGNITIONS"
2025
New Jersey State Council for The Arts Finalist Award
Sombraluz O La Presencia
A Game of Cunning
2025
Mid-Atlantic Arts Finalist - 2025
Sombraluz O La Presencia
2024
Finalist
The Democratic Cycle
The Perelman Performing Arts Center (PAC NYC) and Civis Foundation (a Galvan Initiatives affiliate)
El Fuego Y Su Heredero
2024
People's Theatre Project
Playwright's Unit Fellowship
Sombraluz
2024
Map Fund Grantees
Portal Magic Consensus Time
as part of the Flux Theatre Ensemble
2023
Second Round
Creative Capital Award
A Trial of Spies
2022
Second Round Finalist
Sundance Directors Lab
A Woman of Brooklyn
2021
Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting
A Woman of Brooklyn
Top 20%
2021
Finalist
Spotify Sound Up
LatinX Program
2015
Finalist
Athena List
Chisholm - A Woman of Brooklyn
2008
Outstanding Playwriting Award
New York International Fringe Festival
The Importance of Being Earnest Part Deux:
Thoroughly Stupid Things
2008
Finalist
Orlando Shakespeare Theater
PlayFest
The Importance of Being Earnest Part Deux:
Thoroughly Stupid Things
2008
Finalist (Top 30)
Nicholl Fellowship
A Trial of Spies
2025
New Jersey State Council for The Arts Finalist Award
Sombraluz O La Presencia
A Game of Cunning
2025
Mid-Atlantic Arts Finalist - 2025
Sombraluz O La Presencia
2024
Finalist
The Democratic Cycle
The Perelman Performing Arts Center (PAC NYC) and Civis Foundation (a Galvan Initiatives affiliate)
El Fuego Y Su Heredero
2024
People's Theatre Project
Playwright's Unit Fellowship
Sombraluz
2024
Map Fund Grantees
Portal Magic Consensus Time
as part of the Flux Theatre Ensemble
2023
Second Round
Creative Capital Award
A Trial of Spies
2022
Second Round Finalist
Sundance Directors Lab
A Woman of Brooklyn
2021
Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting
A Woman of Brooklyn
Top 20%
2021
Finalist
Spotify Sound Up
LatinX Program
2015
Finalist
Athena List
Chisholm - A Woman of Brooklyn
2008
Outstanding Playwriting Award
New York International Fringe Festival
The Importance of Being Earnest Part Deux:
Thoroughly Stupid Things
2008
Finalist
Orlando Shakespeare Theater
PlayFest
The Importance of Being Earnest Part Deux:
Thoroughly Stupid Things
2008
Finalist (Top 30)
Nicholl Fellowship
A Trial of Spies
