Jocelyn Greene
Jocelyn is the proud founder of Child’s Play NY, an award-winning theater education company. She partners with dozens of schools to connect social-emotional learning (SEL) with academics through residencies and professional development. Jocelyn founded Child’s Play NY in 2009, drawing from her work as a student (MFA, NYU graduate acting; BA, Wesleyan University), an actor (The Public Theater, LA Shakespeare Festival), and a teacher (Will Power to Youth, Oddfellows Playhouse, Epic Theater) to develop the rigorous curriculum and imagination-based games that ignite the program today. She is a contributor with Mt. Sinai Parenting and writes about the intersection between theater and child development at Child's Play in Action. Jocelyn lives in her hometown of Brooklyn, NY with her actor-husband and teenage son. When not in a theater or classroom, you might find her trying to snorkel in a lake upstate, experimenting with pancake recipes, or attempting to play the ukulele.