Patrick Kennelly is a cross-disciplinary practitioner who works in film/video, theater, performance and the visual arts. Kennelly’s diverse practice across these disciplines involves writing, producing, directing, designing, performing and curating. Hailed as a “wunderkind” by esteemed critic Debra Levine, Kennelly’s 2012 creation, PATTY – a multi-platform project that included an album, website, music video, commercials, clothing, and a Pop! Musical event (featuring an all-female cast) received 5 L.A. Weekly Theater Award nominations including “Best Musical.” It was cited in that same publication as “one of the most exhilarating eviscerations in L.A. this year. Don’t miss it. GO!”

Kennelly was a recipient of the 2008 Princess Grace Award for Theater, and has received fellowships, grants and awards from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, the City of Santa Monica, the Center for Cultural Innovation and others. He received his BFA in Film/Video at CalArts and an MFA in Theater Direction at UCLA. He is the founder and producer of U-N-M-A-R-K-E-D, a production entity dedicated to live and remote Outer-disciplinary spectacle, horror, glamour, and social justice. Kennelly’s most recent completed project is the experimental short-form documentary video ten minutes is two hours, shot in South Sudan. The video is currently being distributed by OneCloud Entertainment.