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Joe Simonelli has been writing popular stage plays since 2001. Twenty one full length stage plays covering all genres including Comedy, Drama. Thriller and a Musical! Also comedic one acts and dramas as well as screenplays and sitcom treatments based on his stage plays! Joe also writes original screenplays! Scroll below for a list of all plays! Click on the button to visit each page. What my agent has to say! "I am the longtime agent and representative of Larry Gelbart and Neil Simon. I find my latest client, Joe Simonelli, to be in good company with his more famous counterparts". Sincerely, Gary DaSilva International Authors Society UPCOMING PERFORMANCE AT FORT MYERS THEATRE IN FLORIDA! 'OLD RINGERS' - Jan 8th thru Jan. 12th 2025! for tickets visit ftmyerstheatre.com or call 239.323-6570 Other upcoming South West Florida productions... "Where There's a Will" Marco Arts Theatre - Marco Island, Fl. Nov 6 thru 17th! "With This Ring" Lemon Bay Playhouse - Englewood , Fl. Jan/ Feb -2025 "Half Baked" Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre, Fort Myers, Fl April / May -2025 UPCOMING PRODUCTIONS EVERYWHERE ELSE! Seven By Simonelli" October - Brunswick Actors Theatre - Geogia "A Rainbow Holiday" Nov. Old Academy Players - Phil. PA "A Christmas Tail" December - Windsor Community Theatre Colorado "A Christmas Tail" - Dec. Brunswick Actors Theatre - Georgia "Dying For Theatre' Towne Players Ken Ton, tonawanda NY March 2025 "Heaven Help Me" -Edam Comm Theatre - Canada, April 2025 Amateur and stock rights for MEN ARE DOGS, HEAVEN HELP ME and DYING FOR THEATRE thru Concord Theatricals. (Samuel French) Professional and stock rights for all other titles thru International Authors Society Broadway 1st class and West End rights of all titles, as well as television, movie and all other media thru International Authors Society. For amateur rates on all Amazon titles contact the author directly. Agent Contact Gary N. DaSilva International Authors Society 111 N. Sepulveda Blvd, Suite 250 Manhattan Beach Ca. 90266 gary@internationalauthors.com 310-318-5665 Author Contact Joe Simonelli jsimonelli3@gmail.com jsimonelli4@aol.com 347-355-8989 * If you do not recieve a timely response to a query by email (5 days) please feel free to call and leave a message) LATEST RELEASE - HALF BAKED - (4m, 3f) Theatre's are scooping up this hilarious farce for production! Retired brothers Jay and Sonny Allen move to central Florida with their wives Martha and Veronica to open a cafe. When the business starts failing and their nest egg dries up, they take drastic action to try to generate some cash. Action that includes murder for life insurance money, pod casts and baking cannabis into the appetizers to 'stimulate' business! However, when Martha's old boyfriend, detective Marty Minkoff as well as Nadia, a fortysomething Latvian loan shark who Jay owes money to, arrive on the scene, things get complicated! Throw into the mix a twenty-something millennial who's never heard of Elvis Presley, but sounds and acts exactly like him, and you soon have a recipe for hilarity! Visit the Half Baked page for more details! Brand New 'BACK UP PLAY' - (comedy -2m 1F any age - no line memorization required!) Did you ever need to mount a play on short notice because your rights were rescinded or you couldn't cast your intended show? Well your prayers have been answered! I have written a comedy specificly for this purpose woven right into the plot line! No more subbing last minute plays where the actors read letters to each other! Visit the page for more details! Quick Reference for all plays - for full details plus sample dialouge and production history visit each page below Comedy Roommates - (2f, 3m) - Amazon Books **** Men Are Dogs (6f, 2m) Concord *** Old Ringers (5f, 2m) Amazon Stocks and Blonds (5f,5m) Amazon Books *** Dying For Theatre (3f, 4m) Concord *** Wake Me at Midnight (4f, 6m) Amazon Half Baked ( 3f, 4m) Amazon books ***** Sicilians in the Basement (3f, 3m Romantic comedy) Amazon books Heaven Help Me (2f, 4m comedy /fantasy) Concord **** Where There's a Will (1f, 3m, or 2f, 2m - comedy /fantasy) Amazon books Seasonal Titles: A Christmas Tail (4f,4m - dramedy) *** A Rainbow Holiday (3f, 5m dramedy) Amazon *** With This Ring (4f, 4m - dramedy /doubling permitted) Amazon The Ghost in the Meadow (4f,1m Thriller) Amazon **** The Spirit of Bay Manor (2m, 3f Thriller) The Haunting of Billop House (2f, 2m Thriller) Musical /Comedy Romance.com – Musical Comedy (3f, 3m) Amazon Books Dramas (Yes, I write those also) Wretched Asylum – (1f,2m) Amazon Books *** Out At Third (2f, 2m) Amazon Books Injustice for All (6f, 4m courtroom drama) One Acts Seven by Simonelli (8 comedic one acts) Amazon Books **** Closing Notices (5 dramatic One Acts) Amazon Books BACK UP PLAY – Comedy (2m 1f – no line memorization required) Amazon Books Web Welcome Channel 7 News Interview

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Stage Plays by Joe Simonelli

Novels and non fiction books by Joe Simonelli

Life and Career

Joe Simonelli - Biography

Joe Simonelli is an American playwright. He first began his career as the resident playwright for First Avenue Playhouse in Atlantic Highlands NJ. His most notable published works are "Men Are Dogs", "Ladies in Lingerie" & "Heaven Help Me." All published with the number one play publisher, Samuel French Inc. (Concord Theatricals) His popular valentines opus "With This Ring". is with Stage Rights (Broadway Publishing) Simonelli grew up in the Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn, New York, where his father, Phillip, was a local orchestra leader. Joe was exposed to Broadway at an early age as his parents encouraged him and his four siblings to attend the theatre. Starting at the age of seven he saw such stars as Danny Kaye in Two by Two and Katharine Hepburn in Coco. Simonelli appeared on stage as early as the second grade beginning with elementary school productions at St. Patrick's Grammar School until his senior year at Xaverian High School in Brooklyn when he was featured as one of the Jets in West Side Story. Forty years later he played the role of Lt. Schrank in an equity production on Staten Island, New York, Simonelli didn't seriously get into theatre and writng until the age of forty when he tried out for a local community theatre production in New Jersey. Shortly thereafter he started writing plays and submitting them around New York City and Los Angeles. WorkAlthough known for his popular comedies such as "Men are Dogs" and "Old Ringers," which get performed regularly around the United States, Canada and the UK, Simonelli also writes across theatrical genres. He has written a popular musical about internet dating titled Romance dot com and his ghost story thriller The Ghost in the Meadow, has had many professional and amateur performances, most notably an extended run at The State Theatre of Virginia, (The Barter) An old line LORT venue. Simonelli is a full member of the Dramatist Guild of America and is represented by KM Creative agency. His legal representative in Los Angeles is Gary DaSilva. Mr. DaSilva remarked when asked about his relationship with Mr. Simonelli. "I represent such notable playwrights as Neil Simon and Larry Gelbart. I find Joe Simonelli to be in good company with his more famous counterparts." Joe currently resides in Fort Myers, Florida. Website - http://joesimonelli.net Joe Simonelli – list of plays
Roommates - Comedy (2f, 3m) - Amazon Books US
Heaven Help Me - Comedy/ fantasy (2f, 4m) - Samuel French,
Men Are Dogs - Comedy (6f, 2m) Samuel French.
Stocks and Blondes – Comedy (5f, 5m) - Amazon Books,
Romance.com – Musical Comedy (3f, 3m)
Dying For Theatre – Comedy (3f, 4m) Samuel French,
Wretched Asylum – Drama (1f,2m)
Wake Me at Midnight - Comedy (4f, 6m) Amazon Books
With This Ring - Romantic Dramedy (4f, 4m – doubling permitted) Amazon Books ,
A Christmas Tail – Dramedy (3f, 4m) Amazon Books
Old Ringers - Comedy (5f, 2m) Amazon Books
The Ghost in the Meadow - Thriller (4f, 1m) Amazon Books
Sicilians in the Basement – Romantic Comedy (3f, 3m ) Amazon Books,
Out At Third – Drama (2f, 2m) Amazon Books Where There’s a Will – Comedy/Fantasy (1f, 3m) Amazon Books (US) / Stage Scripts (Uk)
The Haunting of Billop House – Thriller (2f, 2m) Amazon Books,
A Rainbow Holiday - Dramedy (3f, 5m) Amazon Books
Seven by Simonelli 2016 (6 comedic one acts) Amazon Books,
Injustice for All - Court room drama (6f, 4m)
Closing Notices (4 dramatic One Acts) 2018 Amazon Books
The Spirit of Bay Manor – Thriller (3f, 2m) Half Baked - Comedy (4m, 3f)


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