Kittens in a Cage

Jillian Armenante Producer/Director/Writer/Actor 323.251.1911
Most recently Ms Armenante produced and directed THE LIST by Kelleen Conway Blanchard, starring Saffron Burrows with her company, Stoic Entertainment and Tello Films, currently in post-production. She executive produced, wrote, directed and acted in the original series KITTENS IN A CAGE (link to project) based on the play by Kelleen Conway Blanchard, with such actors as Michelle Monaghan, Felicia Day, Misha Collins, Joel McHale and dozens more. It is available on iTunes, Google Play, Hulu,
Amazon, PS3, Vimeo and Vessel.
KITTENS IN A CAGE has been selected for the New York Television Festival where she was recently a panelist for indie television producing and she just received a Best of 2015 nod from NewFilmmakers LA. Kittens has won a multitude of awards such as
Temecula Independent Film Festival: Best Comedy Feature & Top 5 of Festival, IndieFest Film Awards: Award of Excellence, LA Spotlight Film Festival: Best Feature Film, LA Comedy Festival: Best Feature and Best Ensemble, WebSeries Festival Global:
Grand Prize, DIY Film Festival: Best Comedy Feature, and was Official Selections of NewFilmmakersNY, Downtown Film Fest LA, Independent Filmmakers Showcase, Beloit
International Film Fest, Samo Idie Film Fest, L Fest UK, Long Beach Film Fest, Sham Film Fest, and the North Louisiana GL Film Fest. Jillian Armenante was named Top 100
New Media Content Creators by the New Media Film Festival. She co-wrote the theme song and directed the music video for Kittens with Capitol/Blue Note band Vintage Trouble. She also co-wrote the song ALL I ASK and directed the music video with American Idol, Constantine Maroulis. Armenante worked in Iraq where she participated, with a grant from the US State
Department, as a director for the ART OF SOCIAL JUSTICE FESTIVAL and the Iraqi premiere of Heather Raffo’s NINE PARTS OF DESIRE. She directed the West Coast Premiere of WE ARE PROUD TO PRESENT… by Jackie Drury. The play was LA Times
Critics Pick, Ovation Award recommended and winner of Best Production in Los Angeles at the LA Weekly Awards. She produced and directed the world premiere of LOVE LOVES A PORNOGRAPHER by Jeff Goode and won a Drama Critics Award and received several Garland Awards including “Best Director”. She also produced, directed and co-wrote LAURA COMSTOCK’S BAG-PUNCHING DOG which received both the Theatre LA’s Ovation Award and the L.A. Weekly Award for World Premiere of a Musical.
She produced, directed and co-wrote IN FLAGRANTE GOTHICTO which received the LA Drama Critic Circle Awards for Writing, Directing and Production as well as the Ted Schmitt Award for "Most Outstanding Debut of a New Play". It also won the LA Weekly
Award for Playwriting and Comedy Ensemble and Garland Awards for Production, Direction, Writing, Ensemble. Jillian directed and produced the world premiere GREAT MEN OF SCIENCE, NOS, 21 & 22 by Glen Berger which received a Theatre LA Ovation
Award and an LA Weekly Award for Best Production. It was a Backstage West Critic’s Pick, LA Times Critics’ Choice and a Dramalogue Critic’s Choice.
As an actress, her film credits include HAIL,CEASAR!, THE DARK KNIGHT RISES, BAD TEACHER, A MIGHTY HEART, NORTH COUNTRY and GIRL, INTERRUPTED. Her television credits include BETTER CALL SAUL, FRESH OFF THE BOAT (recurring as
Nancy), SCANDAL, THE FOSTERS, SHAMELESS, PARTY DOWN, CASTLE, THE CLOSER, PRIVATE PRACTICE, GREY’S ANATOMY, E.R., SIX FEET UNDER, THE Jillian Armenante Producer/Director/Writer/Actor 323.251.1911
WEST WING, and NORTHERN EXPOSURE. She was a series regular (130 episodes) on the CBS Drama JUDGING AMY for which she won a TV Guide Award.
Jillian’s theatre credits include THE CIDER HOUSE RULES by John Irving, adapted by Peter Parnell and directed by Tom Hulce at the Seattle Rep Theatre, The Mark Taper
Forum and The Atlantic Theatre in NYC. For this role she received a Garland Award, a Theatreworld Award for "Debut on the New York Stage" and a Drama Desk nod.
Ms Armenante has dedicated her artistic life to creating original stories and new works.
She was an Artistic Director for Circle X Theatre in Los Angeles, from 1997-2000. She produced a multitude of award-winning world premieres by Karen Hartman, Paul Mullin, Glen Berger and Louis Broome.
Ms. Armenante was a member of Annex Theatre in Seattle from 1987-1995. A theatre dedicated solely to original scripts. At Annex, she acted in, directed and/or choreographed dozens of world premieres by playwrights Jeffrey Essman, Naomi Iizuka,
Erin Ehn, Karl Gajduseck and was technical director for 32 consecutive productions.
She was the Artistic Director for Alice B Theatre (the largest gay theatre in the country at the time) in Seattle for the 1993-94 season in which she produced world premieres by Marga Gomez and Luis Alfaro and co-created/performed at Tim Miller’s space Highways
in Los Angeles. She directed the controversial, cross-gender productions of GREASE and CAMILLE and acted in THE GAY DECEIVERS and dozens of other projects.
She was a casting associate for Rothfield Casting in Seattle, where she cast the films SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE, A GOOD KILL, LITTLE BUDDAH and JADE.
Ms. Armenante is a founding member of Wiggly World Studios (now Northwest Film Forum), which is committed to developing independent film. Her screenplay TURNING THIRTY was selected for the Seattle International Film Festival's Screenwriter's Salon.
She has a BAPA degree from Middlesex University, London. She has won countless grants and is represented by DOMAIN TALENT and FRAMEWORK ENTERTAINMENT.

“For the last 25 years, Jillian Armenante is one of a handful of artists I count amongst the most gifted and uniquely capable I know.”
Tom Hulce
(Academy Award nominee AMADEUS, Emmy Award winner Heidi Chronicles, 8 time Tony Award winning Producer for
Spring Awakening and American Idiot.)

“Her shining intelligence, artistry, intuition, empathy and leadership skills make her a great creator.”
Helen Shaver
(Director ORPHAN BLACK, VIKINGS, LAW& ORDER: SVU, CASTLE, JUDGING AMY)

“It is rare that I have such a pleasurable task, extolling the talents and virtues of such an extraordinary artist.”
Amy Brenneman
(Executive Producer HEARTBEAT & JUDGING AMY, Actress NYPD BLUE, PRIVATE PRACTICE & THE LEFTOVERS)

“She is sharp, funny, and fearless, and would be an asset to the program. I hope you will give her application every consideration. I cannot recommend her highly enough.”
Niki Caro
(Writer & director of WHALE RIDER, director of NORTH COUNTRY, MCFARLAND USA,, ZOOKEEPER’S WIFE.)