Anna Ouyang Moench

Anna Ouyang Moench is an American playwright and screenwriter. She has written plays like Birds of North America and Man of God, and her plays have been directed in numerous venues across the United States such as the Odyssey Theatre, the Geffen Playhouse, and Theater Mu.

In television, Moench has written for the award-winning Apple TV+ sci-fi series Severance and is an executive producer on the second season of A24's Beef. She also serves as showrunner for Mr. & Mrs. Smith starting with its second season.

Education Moench is a class of 2018 graduate of the University of California, San Diego MFA program.

Works

Plays +TitleProductionsBirds of North America Thrown Stone Theatre Company Boulder Ensemble Theater Company Mosaic Theater Company of DC Theater with a View Odyssey Theatre In Quietness Walkerspace Man of God Geffen Playhouse Shotgun Players Theater Mu Williamstown Theatre Festival InterAct Theatre Company East West Players Mothers Duke on 42nd Street Sin Eaters Theater Exile Your Local Theater Presents: A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens, Again La Jolla Playhouse Television

Beef (executive producer credit on season 2) Severance (writing credits on season 1, episode 5 and season 2, episode 4) Mr. & Mrs. Smith (showrunner for season 2)

Other In 2022, Moench wrote one of five monologues for the National Asian American Theatre Company's Out of Time production directed by Les Waters. The monologues were performed by Glenn Kubota.

Awards

2014 Kilroys' List—Hunger, nomination 2017 Kilroys' List—Birds of North America, honorable mention 2020 Kilroys' List—Sin Eaters 2020 Steinberg Playwright Award 2023 Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Dramatic Series—Severance 2023 Writers Guild of America Award for Television: New Series—Severance