JOE SIMONELLI

AMERICAN PLAYWRIGHT

Mr. Simonelli's plays have been delighting audiences since the late nineties! His titles range from dark comedies, light musicals, genre (ghost stories and Christmas plays) to dramas.

  1st class, Broadway and Off- Broadway rights on all plays are through Gary N DaSilva,      Manhattan Beach, Ca.  (310)  318-5665

mail@garydasilva.com

All rights (excluding 1st class) for Men Are Dogs,  Heaven Help Me , Ladies in Lingerie   through Samuel French Inc.
866-598-8449

    Rights for all other plays through Simonelli Productions. jsimonelli2@msn.com  347-355-8989

Click on any title above for a synopsis, review and excerpt of all plays.

If you would like to join our mailing list for upcoming productions on Staten Island please e-mail your name and e-mail address to jsimonelli2@msn.com with 'email-list' as subject.

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NOW AVAILABLE ON KINDLE BOOKS AND AMAZON! 

THE FIRST FOUR

(a collection of four full length plays by Joe Simonelli)

      https://tsw.createspace.com/title/5766579

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         Coming to Staten Island this summer ! Look for the grand opening of

                                THE LITTLE VICTORY THEATRE

                                    www.littlevictorytheatre.com

               Coming Nov. 2016 - the debut performance of a new comedy

                                                                  "A RAINBOW HOLIDAY"

                                   By Joe Simonelli and Lori Jean Sigrist

                                         for ticket info call 347-355-8989                                   

Shakespeare makes a curtain call!

By Joe Franklin – Bloomberg Radio

I’ve been around, going to and reviewing New York theatre for over sixty years and though I’m not old enough to have known William Shakespeare personally, after watching Joe Simonelli’s new romantic comedy, ‘Where there’s a Will’ , I feel like we’re old friends!  The plot revolves around 21^st century Staten Island playwright Gordon Coldridge, a moderately successful working playwright with a few published plays and some regional pro theatre under his belt, but still striving to get his big Broadway hit! As portrayed expertly and with ample angst  by Tim Weinert, the moody and introspective scribe gambles too much and has trouble moving on from past relationships which seriously threatens his current relationship to his muse Cassandra. (A standout performance by Samantha Rivers Cole in a supporting part)  To add to the pressure,  his overbearing manager Al, played by playwright Simonelli, who offers a solid character role performance, is after him to finish the play he is struggling with because they have already received a nice advance and the ‘publisher’s deadline is looming.’  Just when all seems lost who shows up to save the day but the ‘Bard’ himself, played effectively by British actor Mark Smith, offering advice and commenting on the modern accoutrements of the day. I’m not going to give away any plot points on how he got there or what happens to him, you’re just going to have to venture over to the American Actors Theatre on West 54^th Street to see, and laugh, for yourself!   The play is directed adeptly by veteran theatre maven Richmond Shepard. There are only four performances left unless they extend the run, try not to miss them! At just twenty dollars  admission, it just may be the cheapest, and funniest play you will see in New York this season!

The American Theatre of Actors is located at 314 West 54^th Street.

Remaining performances are Friday May 2^nd and 3^rd at 8 pm, with a Saturday and Sunday matinee at 3pm on May 3^rd and 4^th.

For tickets call 212-581-3044

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BIOGRAPHY

Mr. Simonelli has been writing and performing in plays on the Jersey Shore, Staten island and Manhatan since 1998.His plays get performed around the United States and Canada on a regular basis. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he was exposed to the New York theatre scene at an early age when he witnessed live theatrical performances from the likes of Danny Kaye in 'Two by Two' and Katherine Hepburn in 'Coco.' Joe is also a musician, (following in the steps of his late father, who had a professional wedding orchestra in Brooklyn) as well as an retired independent financial adviser.   Joe is a member of the Dramatist Guild of America.  Joe is the proud father of three children, Nicholas, Kristen and Michael.  He currently resides in Staten Island, New York.

PLAYS AVAILABLE FOR PRODUCTION

 'WERE THERE'S A WILL'

 'OLD RINGERS'

"MEN ARE DOGS"

"HEAVEN HELP ME"

"ROMANCE.COM"
(a musical about Internet dating)

"A CHRISTMAS TAIL"

"THE GHOST IN THE MEADOW"

"WRETCHED ASYLUM"

"WITH THIS RING"

"ROOMMATES"

"STOCKS AND BLONDES"

"THE HAUNTING OF BILLOP HOUSE"

" WAKE ME AT  MIDNIGHT"

 "OUT AT THIRD"

"SICILIANS IN THE BASEMENT"

SIX BY SIMONELLI

(SIX COMEDIC ONE ACTS)

2 DRAMATIC ONE ACTS

AVAILABLE SCREENPLAYS

            Escape on the Bay 

        The Ghost in the Meadow

              Heaven Help Me

             Wretched Asylum