Adriana Jones
Adriana Jones is an award-winning writer, scholar, and performing artist. She is currently pursuing her PhD in Theatre Studies at the University of Glasgow. Her current research and creative practice sits at the intersection of live theatre and digital media.
As a writer, she creates female-focused work for stage and screen. She has written, starred in, and co-produced the award-winning short films Death of a Vacuum (Audience Choice Award winner at Katra Film Series and Indieworks Film Series, Finalist for 2017 Best Short Comedy at Changing Face International Film Festival) and Introvert's Guide to Activism (Nominated for Best Actress for her work as Jane at Revolution Me Film Festival in Brooklyn, Nominated for Best Comedy and Best Ensemble Cast at Revolution Me, and Nominated for Best Narrative Comedy at Westfield Film Festival.) Her full-length play, I Heard You Were Close, received a staged reading at the Anthony Meindl Actor Workshop in Hollywood. Her most recent full-length play, Think Softly, was developed as part of MADLab with Moving Arts Theatre Company in Los Angeles and received a staged reading there as part of their First Look Reading Series. She has also written and performed the original solo shows Vivien On The Rocks and An Anonymous Contributor which have been presented in New York City at Theater Row, the Women at Work Festival, All for One Festival's Salon, Live from Gramercy Park at The Players Club, and The Ume Group's Workshop at Grace and St. Paul's, and in Canada at the Edmonton Fringe Festival.
Adriana holds an MFA in Creative Writing from University of British Columbia, where she focused on screenwriting and playwriting. As part of her MFA work, she developed two original series concepts and pilots for TV, a feature-length film, and several new works for theater. Her original short play Hiding With Company was produced as part of University of British Columbia's Brave New Play Rites Festival. While in Vancouver, she participated as a Resident Writer in the Write from the Wings program with the Arts Club Theater Company.
As an actor, she is known for being willing to take on risky roles and her quirky, off-beat sensibility combined with a wry wit and sense of vulnerability. She has performed extensively in the indie theater community in NYC with credits at the New Ohio Theater, The Brick, The Kitchen, and 59E59 among others. She has performed roles in shows for Discovery ID and The Travel Channel, as well as several independent films and new media projects. She also holds a BFA in Theater from Cornish College of the Arts.
She is a Friend of Flux with Flux Theater Ensemble and a member of SAG-AFTRA. She served as a member of the Programming team and judge for the screenwriting contest for Bowery Film Festival, and has also served on the Screening Committee for Atlanta Film Festival and as a Contest Reader for PRISM Literary Magazine. She currently serves as a member of the Editorial Board for the University of Glasgow's Kelvingrove Review.