Film and Television
CHISHOLM
In Pre-Production
Writer
Logline: The powerful story of “the Unbought and Unbossed” Shirley Chisholm’s early days in Congress and her bold run for the Democratic Presidential Nomination in 1972. Encountering violence, sexism and racism she fights to radicalize and liberate the party for “the change that’s gonna come.”
Producers: Barbara Bullard, Elizabeth Bendelac, Anika Noni Rose, The MozzleStead Company.
BLANCO
In Development
Logline: The rise and fall of Miami's Cocaine Queen, Griselda Blanco.
Producers: John Grossman, Nicholas Gray, Gabrielle Almagor.
THE TRIAL AND EXECUTION OF THAT SPY JULIUS ROSENBERG & HIS WIFE ETHEL ROSENBERG
In Development
Logline: The circumstances surrounding the betrayals, secrets, and rise to fame that led to one of the most notorious executions of the 20th Century.
Top 5 Finalist
The Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting.
In Pre-Production
Writer
Logline: The powerful story of “the Unbought and Unbossed” Shirley Chisholm’s early days in Congress and her bold run for the Democratic Presidential Nomination in 1972. Encountering violence, sexism and racism she fights to radicalize and liberate the party for “the change that’s gonna come.”
Producers: Barbara Bullard, Elizabeth Bendelac, Anika Noni Rose, The MozzleStead Company.
BLANCO
In Development
Logline: The rise and fall of Miami's Cocaine Queen, Griselda Blanco.
Producers: John Grossman, Nicholas Gray, Gabrielle Almagor.
THE TRIAL AND EXECUTION OF THAT SPY JULIUS ROSENBERG & HIS WIFE ETHEL ROSENBERG
In Development
Logline: The circumstances surrounding the betrayals, secrets, and rise to fame that led to one of the most notorious executions of the 20th Century.
Top 5 Finalist
The Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting.
PLAYS
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST PART DEUX:
THOROUGHLY STUPID THINGS – 2008 – STAGE PLAY
Logline: In this critically acclaimed sequel to Oscar Wilde's
The Importance of Being Earnest, Gwendolen and Cecily go undercover as attorneys Ernest and Ernest to find out why Jack and Algernon spend so much time at the local men's club. When they meet alluring cabaret singer Bibi LaFlam and a menacing French Inspector, the ladies get more than they bargain for in this thoroughly "Wilde" comedy. Winner of the 2008 Best Playwrighting Award at the New York International Fringe Festival.
HISTORY:
Directed by Megan Demarest
Directed by Meghan Demarest.
Directed by Megan Demarest
Excellence in Playwriting Award
Jeremy Handelman - Off-The Leash Productions
REVIEWS:
“A Comic Masterwork… A veritable monsoon of precisely executed comedy demonstrated by a most-polished cast. Each actor superbly draws every drop of amusement from Mendez’s script, with its matchless gift for literary allusion, I hardly expected thoroughly stupid to be so bright.”
Leonard Jacobs- Backstage
“The ending of the play, which nods a midsummer night’s dream, even has a touch of somber note – marking the reality of the world which confounds us. Making such a touching and poignant ending was a brave and successful choice, hilarious, and ridiculous evening. Now that’s what theatre is!”
Andrew Bellware – Braidwood Films
“Thoroughly Stupid things is the best play I’ve seen at the Fringe!” Lingual Tremors – Blog
“Rapid-fire writing replete with riotous wordplay, a fun, clever night of theatre.” Nytheatre.com
“**** (four stars) Montserrat Mendez’s follow-up to Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest is the rare sequel that doesn’t disappoint. The upper classes remain frivolous and atwitter as Mendez picks up Wilde’s story. The endearing Gwendolen (Emma Gordon) and Cecily (Amy Forney) suspect their husbands are having affairs – so, as any good wife would do, they disguise themselves as men and spy on their spouses at a gentlemen’s club, slipping in and out of their false identities to choruses of laughter from the audience. Mendez’s script weaves a lattice of clover wordplay, and has great fun blowing up and rebuilding the fourth wall. Barely pausing to inhale, the fine cast reels off Mendez’s verbiage with aplomb, in accents whose tongue-in-cheek snootiness is perfectly matched by the wry smile that Mendez flashes at Wilde.” Ashley Hoffman – Time Out
THOROUGHLY STUPID THINGS – 2008 – STAGE PLAY
Logline: In this critically acclaimed sequel to Oscar Wilde's
The Importance of Being Earnest, Gwendolen and Cecily go undercover as attorneys Ernest and Ernest to find out why Jack and Algernon spend so much time at the local men's club. When they meet alluring cabaret singer Bibi LaFlam and a menacing French Inspector, the ladies get more than they bargain for in this thoroughly "Wilde" comedy. Winner of the 2008 Best Playwrighting Award at the New York International Fringe Festival.
HISTORY:
- June 2005
- September 2007
- January 2008
Directed by Megan Demarest
- May 2008
Directed by Meghan Demarest.
- August 2008
Directed by Megan Demarest
Excellence in Playwriting Award
- February 2009
- June 2009
Jeremy Handelman - Off-The Leash Productions
REVIEWS:
“A Comic Masterwork… A veritable monsoon of precisely executed comedy demonstrated by a most-polished cast. Each actor superbly draws every drop of amusement from Mendez’s script, with its matchless gift for literary allusion, I hardly expected thoroughly stupid to be so bright.”
Leonard Jacobs- Backstage
“The ending of the play, which nods a midsummer night’s dream, even has a touch of somber note – marking the reality of the world which confounds us. Making such a touching and poignant ending was a brave and successful choice, hilarious, and ridiculous evening. Now that’s what theatre is!”
Andrew Bellware – Braidwood Films
“Thoroughly Stupid things is the best play I’ve seen at the Fringe!” Lingual Tremors – Blog
“Rapid-fire writing replete with riotous wordplay, a fun, clever night of theatre.” Nytheatre.com
“**** (four stars) Montserrat Mendez’s follow-up to Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest is the rare sequel that doesn’t disappoint. The upper classes remain frivolous and atwitter as Mendez picks up Wilde’s story. The endearing Gwendolen (Emma Gordon) and Cecily (Amy Forney) suspect their husbands are having affairs – so, as any good wife would do, they disguise themselves as men and spy on their spouses at a gentlemen’s club, slipping in and out of their false identities to choruses of laughter from the audience. Mendez’s script weaves a lattice of clover wordplay, and has great fun blowing up and rebuilding the fourth wall. Barely pausing to inhale, the fine cast reels off Mendez’s verbiage with aplomb, in accents whose tongue-in-cheek snootiness is perfectly matched by the wry smile that Mendez flashes at Wilde.” Ashley Hoffman – Time Out
Billy Carver and the Children in Mind – 2010 – Stage Play
Billy Carver is the werewolfian brainchild of feted writer Rebecca Roman Redd, but she thinks of ending it all when reviews for he latest book recommend she put her stories on the big screen. A fast-paced farce as her pack of hangers-on are horrified at the prospect of their livelihood being killed, but all that Rebecca wants is a chance for true love or a true orgasm.
HISTORY:
Manhattan Theatre Source
New York Innovative Theatre Awards Nomination
Lauren Roth – Featured Actress in a Play.
“The most lavish and beautifully realized production I’ve yet seen at Manhattan Theatre source… Stunning!... The play’s overall literary theme and style make Billy Caver feel like a rare visitor from a long-gone theatrical era; yet it’s a brand-new piece, written almost literally overnight, which is why Montserrat Mendez is a young theatre artist to keep a particular eye on.”
Martin Denton – nytheatre.com
“Thought-provoking, fantastic, a unique and hilarious piece of serendipity.”
Juliana Appenrodt – Showbusiness Weekly
Billy Carver is the werewolfian brainchild of feted writer Rebecca Roman Redd, but she thinks of ending it all when reviews for he latest book recommend she put her stories on the big screen. A fast-paced farce as her pack of hangers-on are horrified at the prospect of their livelihood being killed, but all that Rebecca wants is a chance for true love or a true orgasm.
HISTORY:
- July 2010:
Manhattan Theatre Source
New York Innovative Theatre Awards Nomination
Lauren Roth – Featured Actress in a Play.
“The most lavish and beautifully realized production I’ve yet seen at Manhattan Theatre source… Stunning!... The play’s overall literary theme and style make Billy Caver feel like a rare visitor from a long-gone theatrical era; yet it’s a brand-new piece, written almost literally overnight, which is why Montserrat Mendez is a young theatre artist to keep a particular eye on.”
Martin Denton – nytheatre.com
“Thought-provoking, fantastic, a unique and hilarious piece of serendipity.”
Juliana Appenrodt – Showbusiness Weekly
PRODUCED ONE-ACT PLAYS
Guernica of Guantanamo Bay
- 2016 - As Performance - NYU One-Act Festivalcommissioned by Jessica Shotwell and Angie Nunez for the New York University Drama Therapy Department
Transference
- 2015 - As Performance - NYU One-Act Festival Based on a story by Jon DeAngeliscommissioned by Jessica Shotwell for New York University's Drama Therapy Department
Prospect Park
- 2015 - New York Madness, New York New York
Hush Little Baby
- 2009, February - Vagabond Theatre Ensemble
- 2008, November - The Actor’s Playground Theatre Company
- 2007, March- MadLab Theatre, Columbus Ohio
Donde Esta Pedro Mano
- 2009 - Ingenius Festival, Manhattan Theatre Festival
- 2007 - City Theatre, South Florida
- 2003 - Rutgers University
Fag Hag & Fruit Fly
- 2008 - EstroGenius Festival
Rock
- 2008 - Misfit Toys Theatre Company, NYC
- 2004 - Pandora Productions, Manhattan Theatre Source, NY
A Jar in the Forest
- 2007 - American Theatre for Actors, NYC
- 2004 - Neighborhood Playhouse, NYC
A Taste of Honey
- 2004 Manhattan Theatre Source
Saints and Sinners
- 2004 Manhattan Theatre Source
Bound
- 2004 - Gerry Theater, Sacramento California
- 2003 - Rutgers University
You Can Do Better
- 2002 - HomoGenius Gay and Lesbian Celebration Manhattan Theatre Source
ALWAYS TO BE CONTINUED
