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Jody O’Neill

Represented by: Jean Kitson
jean@kitsonpress.co.uk

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Jody O’Neill

Represented by: Jean Kitson
jean@kitsonpress.co.uk

Email Agent

Writer

Jody is an award-winning neurodivergent writer and performer for screen and theatre. She has co-written and developed original work, funded by Screen Ireland.

She was the recipient of two WGI Zebbie Awards – Best Animation Script 2023 and Best Theatre Script 2021. She was a finalist for the 2022 Virgin Media Discovers award. Jody was UCC and Cork Opera House Theatre Artist-in-Residence 2022-2024. Recent Arts Council Awards include 2024 Bursary Award (Theatre), 2024 Theatre Project Award2023 Agility Award (Literature).

A key focus of her work in recent years is consulting on and creating greater access to the arts for neurodivergent and disabled people through creatively embedding access across all areas of creation and production processes.

Screen
Production
Company
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Production
Casper
Company
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Short Film – written and developed with funding through being Shortlisted for Virgin Media Discovers Award 2022.

Production
Cocooned (2020)
Company
Graffiti Theatre Company
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6-part series.

Production
Fair City (2014-2017)
Company
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Regular script and story writer, having written 13 episodes.

Theatre
Production
Company
Notes
Production
Selfish Giant
Company
The Gate Theatre
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Commissioned by and in development with The Gate Theatre.

Production
what the telly saw (2024)
Company
Mermaid Co. Wicklow Arts Centre
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Currently in development.

Production
Seaside Conversations
Company
Rehabcare Dún Laoghaire
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Written as part of a participatory process with service users.

Production
Conversations with…
Company
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Commissioned by the Abbey, performed by Marie Mullen as part of Dear Ireland.

Production
What I (Don’t) Know About Autism (2020)
Company
Abbey Theatre / Mermaid / The Everyman
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Funded by the Arts Council.

Production
Eating the City (2019)
Company
The New Theatre
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Presented as a rehearsed reading during New Writing Week.

Production
Saying the Words (2018)
Company
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Part of Draíocht’s Our Place Our Stories, Culture Night (Blakestown Adult Day Service).

Production
For Want of a Nail
Company
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Rehearsed reading for Cruinniú na Cásca (2017) and Everyman Palace (2016).

Production
The Juniper Tree (2012)
Company
Abbey Theatre
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Commissioned and produced as a rehearsed reading.

Production
It’s a Lovely Day, Bill Withers (2012)
Company
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Produced as part of Tiny Plays.

Production
Celebrity
Company
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Produced in January 2011 with support from The Arts Council and Project Arts Centre. Directed by Carl Kennedy. Short-listed for 2011 Stewart Parker Awards.

Relevant Experience
Production
Company
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Production
Neuroconvergence (2023)
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Co-curator and producer of an inclusive festival and initiative for the neurodiverse community.

Production
Relaxed Spaces
Company
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Lead coordinator and consultant of Relaxed Parade Space, St Patricks Festival 2024.

Consultant on relaxed performances: National Concert Hall, Theatre Lovett, Abbey Theatre, Cork Opera House, The Everyman.

Production
Facilitator
Company
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Founder The Working Group, an online workspace and meeting place for neurodivergent and disabled artists.

Facilitator for Abbey Begins – New Writers’ Programme 2021.

Production
Editorial Pannel (2022)
Company
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Abbey Theatre’s Home Part 1.

Production
Freelance Writing
Company
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s California Math programme (2013/14).

Children’s apps: Curious George at the Zoo (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) and Hansel and Gretel and Red Riding Hood(Story Toys).

Production
Co-founder
Company
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Project Brand New (new work initiative) and co-curator.

Production
Editor (2009-2012)
Company
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Youth Drama Ireland

Production
Script Reader (2008-2013)
Company
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Abbey Theatre

Screen
Production Company Notes
Casper

Short Film – written and developed with funding through being Shortlisted for Virgin Media Discovers Award 2022.

Cocooned Graffiti Theatre Company

6-part series.

Fair City

Regular script and story writer, having written 13 episodes.

Theatre
Production Company Notes
Selfish Giant The Gate Theatre

Commissioned by and in development with The Gate Theatre.

what the telly saw Mermaid Co. Wicklow Arts Centre

Currently in development.

Seaside Conversations Rehabcare Dún Laoghaire

Written as part of a participatory process with service users.

Conversations with…

Commissioned by the Abbey, performed by Marie Mullen as part of Dear Ireland.

What I (Don’t) Know About Autism Abbey Theatre / Mermaid / The Everyman

Funded by the Arts Council.

Eating the City The New Theatre

Presented as a rehearsed reading during New Writing Week.

Saying the Words

Part of Draíocht’s Our Place Our Stories, Culture Night (Blakestown Adult Day Service).

For Want of a Nail

Rehearsed reading for Cruinniú na Cásca (2017) and Everyman Palace (2016).

The Juniper Tree Abbey Theatre

Commissioned and produced as a rehearsed reading.

It’s a Lovely Day, Bill Withers

Produced as part of Tiny Plays.

Celebrity

Produced in January 2011 with support from The Arts Council and Project Arts Centre. Directed by Carl Kennedy. Short-listed for 2011 Stewart Parker Awards.

Relevant Experience
Production Company Notes
Neuroconvergence

Co-curator and producer of an inclusive festival and initiative for the neurodiverse community.

Relaxed Spaces

Lead coordinator and consultant of Relaxed Parade Space, St Patricks Festival 2024.

Consultant on relaxed performances: National Concert Hall, Theatre Lovett, Abbey Theatre, Cork Opera House, The Everyman.

Facilitator

Founder The Working Group, an online workspace and meeting place for neurodivergent and disabled artists.

Facilitator for Abbey Begins – New Writers’ Programme 2021.

Editorial Pannel

Abbey Theatre’s Home Part 1.

Freelance Writing

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s California Math programme (2013/14).

Children’s apps: Curious George at the Zoo (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) and Hansel and Gretel and Red Riding Hood(Story Toys).

Co-founder

Project Brand New (new work initiative) and co-curator.

Editor

Youth Drama Ireland

Script Reader

Abbey Theatre