Monet Hurst-Mendoza is an NYC-based playwright and TV writer from Los Angeles, CA.
Her plays have been developed with Rising Circle Theater Collective, Astoria Performing Arts Center, American Academy of Dramatic Arts, The Kupferberg Center for the Arts, The Flea Theater, WP Theater, The Public Theater, Institute of Contemporary Art Boston, Westport Country Playhouse, and Long Wharf Theatre, among others. Monet is an alum of the Emerging Writers Group at The Public Theater, R&D Group at The Civilians, Fresh Ground Pepper's Playground Playgroup, WP Theater Playwrights Lab, and the Van Lier Fellowship at New Dramatists. She has held residencies with The MITTEN Lab and SPACE on Ryder Farm. Her play TORERA was featured on the 2019 Kilroys List, 50 Playwrights Project’s 2019 Best Unproduced Latinx Plays, and their 2019 Latinx Plays for College Theatres lists. The play received its world premiere at The Alley Theatre in Houston, TX, in 2023. Remezcla has profiled her as one of the "8 Most Exciting Latino Playwrights Making Work Right Now."
Monet was a core Rising Circle Theater Collective member for eight years, during which she helped develop INKtank/PlayRISE, a developmental writers' lab, and a new works festival for emerging playwrights of color.
Monet was a writer/producer for seasons 21 through 24 of "Law and Order: SVU”. Episodes she co-wrote won three Imagen Awards for positive portrayals of Latinos in media and a Mystery Writers of America's 2023 Edgar Allan Poe Award nomination.
She is a Florida Studio Theatre’s Playwright Collective member and has been commissioned by Westport Country Playhouse and The Kennedy Center. Proud member of The Kilroys, The Dramatist Guild, and WGAE. B.A. Marymount Manhattan College.
Monet in the Donald Judd Room during a Residency at The Watermill Center (Feb 2025).