Playwright, Flex (2023 season)
Mother of Zora and Steinberg awardee playwright, Candrice Jones is from Dermott, Arkansas. Candrice’s mission is to write love letters for women of the American South. A VONA Playwriting alum and CalArts Critical Studies MFA recipient, she has been a fellow at the Playwrights’ Center, MacDowell’s Colony of the Arts, and is scheduled to be the Djerassi Resident Playwright in 2024. Her play Flex was developed at VONA, Ground Floor, the Bay Area Playwrights’ Festival, and was scheduled to premiere at Actors Theater of Louisville’s Humana Festival. In the 2020–21 season, Candrice received virtual commissions from People’s Light Theater and Actors Theater of Louisville as well as reading opportunities from Theatrical Outfit, National New Play Network, and San Francisco Playhouse. In the spring of 2022, Candrice’s play A Medusa Thread was developed in UC Santa Barbara’s Launchpad Series. She is ecstatic to be part of OSF’s 2023 season.