WRITING
June 2024
Rest, Jeanette absurdist play about domestic violence in rural Australia is long listed for Red Stitch Actors Theatre development programme, INKS.
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June 2023
Who The Hell Is Mirabel premiered to great acclaim amongst great company as part of the Schreiber Shorts, 2023 bill – Nothing Is What It Seems on Theatre Row, New York.
March 2023
Jeanette's one-woman, one-act play, Who The Hell Is Mirabel? is chosen for Schreiber Shorts 2023. The play will premiere with seven other one-act plays on on Theatre Row in New York, June 7th, 2023.
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It's Fine, I'm Fine wins Best Scripted Series (Writing) and Best Series at Carbello Interplay, Spain.
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Jeanette's new project, The Resistible Death and Rise of Ines de la Vera is shortlisted for the Alpine Fellowship International Theatre Prize.
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November 2022
Jeanette wins the AWGIE for Most Outstanding Script in a Web Series at the 55th Australian Writers Guild Awards in Sydney, Australia for Poo Boy, her episode of It's Fine, I'm Fine.
It's Fine, I'm Fine is available to watch on SBS and NITV television, Australia.
September/October 2022
It's Fine, I'm Fine continues to shine. Here's a rundown of what this little film with a big heart has achieved thus far.
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NOMINEE, Episode: POO BOY by Jeanette Cronin, AWGIE AWARD, Web-series
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World Premiere at CanneSeries, Cannes
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Australian Premiere with sold out screenings at MIFF, Melbourne
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Marseilles Webfest, Marseille
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LA WebFest, LA
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NOMINEE Best Dramedy, LA WebFest
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Stareable, Web Festival NYC
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NOMINEE Best in Directing, Stareable NYC
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NOMINEE Best in Writing, Stareable NYC
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NOMINEE Best in Cinematography, Stareable NYC
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NOMINEE AMC Networks Best Female Creator Award, Stareable NYC
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NOMINEE Best in Acting, Ana Maria Belo, Stareable NYC
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NOMINEE Best in Acting, Arky Michael, Stareable NYC
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Acquisition by BlackPills as a webseries for Belgium territories
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Acquisition by SBS and NITV, Australia as a TV Miniseries for Australian territories
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Melbourne Web Fest
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WINNER Best Cinematography, Melbourne WebFest
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WINNER Best Supporting Actor or Ensemble Cast, Melbourne WebFest
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WINNER Grand Jury Award, Melbourne WebFest
August 2022
Jeanette new play, God in Space, a Pandemic family dramedy has been nominate for the Silver Gull. This is Jeanette's second silver gull nomination with her #metoo story, Victim, nominated in 2020.
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July 2022
It's Fine, I'm Fine to have its Australian premiere in Melbourne!
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selected, Melbourne International Film Festival
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April 2022
Lockedown Locked In has been awarded by Direklerarasi Awards of Turkey!
wins Audience Award in the category of “Bridging Cultures in Reaching Global Audiences”.
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March 2022
It's Fine, I'm Fine is off to Cannes!
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selected for Cannes Film Festival's Short Form category.
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February 2022
Another nomination and win for Lockedown Locked In.
selected for competition in the Toronto International Women's Film Festival.
Ezgi Günüç wins Best Composer.
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January 2022
More accolades for Lockedown Locked In
wins Audience Award London Lift Off Film Festival
December 2021
It's Fine, I'm Fine, starring Ana Maria Belo wraps filming in Sydney, Australia.
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Lockedown Locked In continues to gain momentum with its inclusion in the London Lift-Off film Festival.
Here is a snapshot of awards and nominations so far ...
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selected London Lift-Off Film Festival 2021.
wins Best Original Screenplay, Athens International Art film Festival, 08, 2021.
wins Best Experimental Film, Berlin Indie Film Festival, 05, 2021.
wins Best Poster—Pandemic Film Category, Barcelona International Film Festival 2021.
nominated Best Pandemic Film, Barcelona International Film Festival 2021.
wins Ensemble Award in Liberation/Social Justice/Protest category,IndieFEST Film Awards, California, 2021.
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selected TheatreLab Digital Film Festival 2021.
November 2021
It's Fine, I'm Fine, a funny-sad web series about psycho-therapy starring the wonderful Ana Maria Bello and produced by Photoplay Films goes into pre-production with Jeanette contributing an episode entitled Poo Boy.
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August 2021
Lockedown Locked In wins Best Original Screenplay, Athens International Art film Festival, 08, 2021, honouring Jeanette and all writers who contributed .
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Lockedown Locked In wins Ensemble Award in Liberation/Social Justice/Protest category,IndieFEST Film Awards, California, 2021.
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June 2021
Lockedown Locked In wins Best Experimental Film at the Berlin Indie Film Festival, May 2021.
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December 2020
I Hate You my Mother and Rest are now available for purchase at Australian Plays.
https://apt.org.au/playwright/ASC-4393
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October 2020
Three plays, I Hate You My Mother, Rest and Paradise is Silent are slated for online publication with Australian Plays.
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September 2020
Paradise is Silent, a verse play created for Come To Where I Am—Australia in conjunction with Paines Plough and Critical Stages premiered on September 2nd.
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August 2020
Victim, a play which investigates the perils of Social Media in the time of #metoo was shortlisted (top five) for NSW's Silver Gull Award.
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Jeanette joined writers from ten countries in Europe for Lockedown Locked In, a streaming project highlighting the the rise of domestic violence during the 2020 COVID19 pandemic, directed by acclaimed theatre maker Baris Celiloglu. Jeanette's contribution is titled Shattered and stars Belinda Giblin, Jane Phegan and Nikita Waldron.
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June 2020
Rest, Jeanette's play about domestic violence in regional Australia was shortlisted (top ten) for The Alpine Fellowship International Theatre Prize.
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May 2020
Two of Jeanette's plays, Tell Me Again and I Love You Now have been published by Australian Plays and are available for purchase online at:
https://apt.org.au/author/?authorinfoid=1201
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Jeanette's new play, Victim, has been waitlisted for production at the Montreal Women's Playwriting festival 2021 and is also selected for a table read.
January 2020
January was a month of good news, with Queen Bette playing to packed houses in Melbourne and Jeanette receiving an invitation to attend an artist's residency at the glorious Chateau Oquevaux in Champagne, France. Also two of Jeanette's plays are to be published online with Australian Plays. Tell Me Again and I Love You Now, Two Memory Plays For Two Actors will be available for purchase in the coming months.
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July 2019
Jeanette's play Tell Me Again which premiered at The Old 505 Theatre in Sydney 2014, received a Playlab reading and presentation at The Arcola Theatre in London on July 12th, 2019, directed by Baris Celiloglu.
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Below is a quick recap of the story and feedback from our lovely London audience...
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What if Memory and Dream fell in love, and left you stranded in a vortex of uncertainty, spiked with just enough clues to drag you deeper into corridors of familiar doors with no handles. Where sleeping and waking are lucky guesses at best, and the world rests on the tip of your tongue, defying you to name it. Further you fall, like a tiny piece of puzzle in the wrong jigsaw, searching for the edge of recognition, until It turns its back completely, and the shape that is you collapses into space. An edgeless, endless space that can't quite touch the universe. You exist only in the memory of others.
TELL ME AGAIN is a memory play which explores one man's journey of love and loss. We travel backwards through time to unravel the terrible tragedy which has befallen him, and then move forwards with him as he tries to make sense of his conflicted heart. We meet HIM on a bench by a lake, chatting amiably with a seeming stranger about the nature of birds, and indeed all things living. As we move backwards in time, this stranger becomes more and more familiar, until we recognise HER as his wife. We are privy to that most intimate of relationships, between those in love, each scene sharpening in focus as her symptoms bubble to the surface, and her early dementia becomes the stranger in their marriage.
TELL ME AGAIN is not a story about dementia. It is a story about the havoc dementia wreaks. The play’s difference and strength is that it requires the participation of its audience to unlock the puzzle and dive into the unknown, into a world where memory becomes dream, with love the only constant. Unexpectedly funny, deeply sensual and ultimately heartbreaking, TELL ME AGAIN is a world many of us will travel through.
What London said ...
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“The writing, direction and performances were excellent. I came expecting a rehearsed reading of a work-in-progress, but this was a fully realised play with heartbreakingly fleshed-out characters. The sharp, brittle writing and quicksilver changes of mood, location and time were deftly directed and quickly made a hot rehearsal room fall away as I was wrapped up in a tender, harrowing and sometimes hilarious love story. Both performances were gripping from the first moments as the puzzle of the relationship gradually revealed itself and pulled me into the chaos of an active mind involuntarily slipping away. Congratulations to everyone involved with this reading. I would love to see a full production of this play.”
Paul Sugars.
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“Your play is very powerful and a wonderful way of bringing up the issues of such loss and the impact for the carers.”
Donna Frater.
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“So glad that my friend and I were able to see this play. Thoughtfully written in short scenes that capture the reality of dementia, it expresses complexity, sadness, anger - all the emotional turmoil that the illness brings. It was superbly acted - we recognised the illness from the very first moment Jeanette’s face clouded over as she tried to recall something - and her confusion and mood changes were sometimes quite frightening, sometimes funny, and sometimes just very sad. The husband’s love and patience, fear and concern were constant throughout. Excellent direction, incorporating sound and movement, held interest in a difficult subject and kept the story flowing. This could easily have been so depressing, leaving the audience downhearted, but ultimately it is a play about life and real love. It touches the soul. Thank you, everyone involved.”
Anna Brown.
Jeanette Cronin and David Furlong rehearse TELL ME AGAIN at The Arcola Theatre. Photo by Sude Karadinç.
“What an amazing play, directing and performance! Such a different and weird love story! Congratulations to all of you! we do hope we have the chance to see the full production properly on stage soon!”Anastasia Revi.
A young Bette Davis (left, photo unattributed) and young Jeanette Cronin (right, photo, The Late Stuart Campbell).
ACTING
June 2024
Queen Bette will receive its QLD Premiere at PIP Theatre in Milton, Brisbane, in September before transferring to The Kings Head Theatre, London, in November.
Jeanette will begin rehearsals for Brisbane Festival and QPac's production of Trent Dalton's LOVE STORIES in August. Tim McGarry will adapt the novel for the stage.
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May 2024
Jeanette is cast in the role of Penny Malcolm in Episode 1 of DARBY & JOAN, Season 2.
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April 2024
Jeanette begins principal photography on John Quaintance's procedural comedy, GOOD COP, BAD COP in the role of Gladys.
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February 2023
FINDING ADDISON wins Best Short Film at the 2024 AACTA Awards.
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October 2023
FINDING ADDISON is nominated for an AACTA Award, Best Short Film category.
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August 2023
Jeanette plays the principal role of Mary Horton in Tim McGarrie's moving adaptaptation of Colleen McCollaugh's TIM, regional tour, NSW, Australia.
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June 2023
Jeanette performs the role of Valery in her One Woman Show, WHO THE HELL IS MIRABE? as part of Schreiber Shorts, NOTHING IS AS IT SEEMS on Theatre Row, New York.
April 2023
Jeanette completed principal photography on Laura Turner's short film, WHAT WE WILL BECOME in Sydney, Australia.
Jeanette filmed the role of LYNNIE in Francisca Braithwaite's FINDING ADDISON in Wollongong Australia.
April 2022
Jeanette has completed filming a role in the second season of Upright starring the inimitable Tim Minchin.
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November 2021
Jeanette has just played the wonderful DEB in Steve Pirie's hilarious and moving play Return to the Dirt at Queensland Theatre. Here's what the critics said ...
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Mitchell Bourke is very good as Steve and Sophie Cox is his fiance while Jeanette Cronin plays Deb his work colleague, a potty-mouthed and plain-talking woman who has some killer lines. She kind of steals the show.
When he asks her if she believes in God she says ... “No. I believe in the Rabbitohs." Priceless.
Phil Brown, The Courier Mail.
Jeanette Cronin was outstanding in the role of Deb, full of dry wit and endearing small-town sass, and her rapport with Bourke’s Steve was a highlight of the performance.
Elise Lawrence, Limelight Magazine.
The experienced Jeanette Cronin is a delight as Deb. I’m still smiling as I think of her now. Deb is all heart, the caring Mum of the group, who can swear like a truckie. She has values that she gently passes on to Steve. She listens and notices. Jeanette’s comedic timing was perfection and helped to ease many a tense moment. She obviously relishes this lynchpin role and the chemistry between she and Steve was a delight.
Michelle Beesley, She Society.
Return to the Dirt is about a guy in his early twenties, Steve (Mitchell Bourke), desperate for cash to fund his wedding, who lands a job at a funeral home. Not prepared for what he’s getting into, he’s taken under the wing of veteran Deb, played with exquisite timing and verve by Jeanette Cronin — and shown the ropes. Not surprisingly the ropes prove to be confronting.
Sally Breen, The Conversation.
May 2021
Jeanette has just completed a role in The Tourist starring Jamie Dornan.
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December 2020
Jeanette filmed the role of Dr Deborah Hill in the final two episodes of Nine Network's Doctor Doctor.
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November 2020
Jeanette participated in a development workshop for Tim McGarry's adaptation of Colleen McCullough 's novel, Tim, directed by Darren Yap.
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January 2020
Queen Bette played The Midsumma Festival at Gasworks Arts Park Melbourne. The initial season was sold out with extra shows added.
Here's what the press said:
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'In this captivating performance you can easily find yourself believing that Davis is standing right in front of you, because apart from capturing
Bette Davis' eyes, Cronin also finds a way to capture her spirit and soul.'
Myron My, My Melbourne.
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'Queen Bette is a dark, driving glimpse at one of greatest movie actresses, Bette Davis. Directed in splendid, visceral fashion by Peter Mountford, Jeanette Cronin is a marvel as Davis in this compelling solo show...A fascinating quality was despite the 75-minute running time, Jeanette’s performance had such a fleeting feel. There was a palpable sense of transience as she told her story of an untraditional star that ultimately burned bright for decades before her eventual departure. While there was certainly armour there, there was also heart, and Jeanette reveals both in this engaging look at “The First Lady of Film.”'
David Collins, Australian Pride Network.
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December 2019
Jeanette completed principal photography on Kathryn Millard's experimental documentary feature, The Bystander Trials.
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August, 2019
Jeanette has just filmed a role in The Commons, directed by Rowan Woods, to be streamed on Stan.
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July 2019
My first play, TELL ME AGAIN received a workshop and rehearsed reading at The Arcola Theatre in London, supported by Arcola Playlab, directed by Baris Celiloglu, starring English actor, David furlong and myself.
When: Friday July 12, at 3.30pm.
Where: https://www.arcolatheatre.com/visit/travel/
April, 2019
Jeanette has just completed a role in the feature film, Escape From Pretoria, directed by Francis Annan and starring Daniel Radcliffe.
March, 2019
The recent season of Queen Bette, this time in a double bill with Wyngarde! A Celebration, garnered great reviews. It is always a joy to share this beautiful play. Here are a few snippets...
'Cronin took us on a whirlwind tour of what really mattered to Bette Davis. Acting. The men and lovers in her life are sidelined to the love she had for her craft, her mother and sister. How gloriously refreshing to see a female character celebrating her relationships with female members of her family, rather than being at war with them. Cronin gives a Bette who drew strength from women and fought for the right to play central characters of substance instead of being playthings or sidekicks for men. '
Kate Stratford ,Theatre Now.
'It is so interesting to see these two works together and observe the gifted 'sleight-of-hand' that Mr Mountford brings to both the works, as a Writer and a Director. Seen individually, the skill of the artist might not be really noticed, seen as a pair, the skill of Mr Mountford shines through and deserves full attention.” “It is a tour-de-force of intelligence and energy supported by an uncanny resemblance to the actual woman that can startle one into a kind of awe.” “WYNGARDE! A CELEBRATION and QUEEN BETTE are a must see.'
Kevin Jackson's Theatre Diary.
'Holcombe brings this eccentric personality to life in a warmly entertaining hour of glass-in hand storytelling.”“Jeanette Cronin is in complete control of the material. An acting masterclass'
Jason Blake, Audrey Journal.
