WELCOME TO THE PLAYS OF JOE SIMONELLI!
Joe Simonelli has been writing popular stage plays since 2001. Twenty Three 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.
How do Simonelli's themes compare to other contemporary playwrights?
Joe Simonelli's themes often blend humor with emotional depth, making his works accessible yet thought-provoking. Compared to other contemporary playwrights, his focus on relationships, personal struggles, and redemption aligns with writers like Neil Simon, who also explored human connection through comedy.
Simonelli, in his three stage thrillers, incorporates supernatural and mystery elements, setting him apart from more traditional playwrights.His dramedies also reflect social commentary, much like David Mamet or Tracy Letts, but with a lighter, more audience-friendly approach. While Mamet and Letts often delve into darker, more intense narratives, Simonelli balances drama with humor, making his plays engaging for a broad audience.
His comedies are both crowd pleasing, and provocative, often with unconventional plot twists that you never see in typical comedies.
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 DaSilvaInternational Authors Society Check out my you tube podcast! We talk about my 2 favorite subjects...Investing and Theatre (Not investing IN theatre)
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 DaSilvaInternational Authors Society Check out my you tube podcast! We talk about my 2 favorite subjects...Investing and Theatre (Not investing IN theatre)
- UP COMING PRODUCTIONS 'HALF BAKED' - Beef House Dinner Theatre, In. April 2026
- "Where There's a Will" - Lion Heart Theatre GA.. May 2026
- "Old Ringers" - Bremerton Community Theatre May 2026
- "Heaven Help Me" - Richmond Hill Barn, Illinois - July 2026 CHRISTMAS ROYALTY SPECIAL!
- In case you haven't noticed, amateur royalties have sky rocketed over the past few years! With the consolidation of licensing companies by Concord Theatricals, average licensing for Dramatist tiles are now north of $150 a performance! (these are non professional royalties!).
- Standard Concord titles have also increased with the lowest price being $120 per performance!
- The good news is, I am offering a SPECIAL ROYALTY RATE OF $100 per performance for any of my non-published titles including what is becoming my most produced title HALF BAKED! This offer is only good for productions that are licensed before June of 2026 so do not hesitate to take me up on this! Popular titles such as The Ghost in the Meadow, Wake me at Midnight, Where There's a Will, Sicilians in the Basement and A Rainbow Holiday are all part of this offer!
- Things you can do with the money you save.
- 1) Throw the cast a pizza party
- 2) Impress the Treasurer of your Board of Directors
- 3) Throw the cast a second pizza party
- Amateur and stock rights for MEN ARE DOGS, HEAVEN HELP ME and DYING FOR THEATRE thru Concord Theatricals. (Samuel French) Amateur and stock rights for A CHRISTMAS TAIL, THE SPIRIT OF BAY MANOR. OLD RINGERS, WITH THIS RING, BACKSTAGE BROADS and MEN ARE DOGS (U.K. and all countries outside the U.S. and Canada only) thru Miracle or 2 Theatrical Licensing 163 Amsterdam Avenue Suite 1320 New York, NY (212) 757-6466 info@miracleor2.com Broadway 1st class and West End rights of all titles, as well as television, movie and all other media thru International Authors Society. For rates on all Amazon titles contact the author directly. Rate's for all amateur productions range from $100 (minimum) to $125 per performance. Rates are determined by the fixed number of seats of your venue and are determined $1 per fixed seat (sold or unsold rounded up) Example. If your venue seats 80 - your royalty per performance royalty is $100. If your venue holds 108 then your royalty is $110 per performance. If your venue seats 122 then your per performance royalty would be $120. Titles for all productions are to be billed with the playwrights name preceding the title.... I.E. Joe Simonelli's "A Christmas Tail" For jointly written plays Sigrist and Simonelli's - "Half Baked" Agent Contact (Broadway/ West End) 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 receive a timely response to a query by email (5 days) please feel free to call and leave a message) LATEST RELEASE - BACKSTAGE BROADS ( 6f, 1m comedy) by Sigrist and Simonelli
- (Non casting problems here - Mostly senior cast! )
- Sylvie inherits an old theatre in the suburbs from her Uncle. She, her friend Myrtle and her handy neighbors, both named Jackie, set out to revive it as a viable community theatre. Their only problem is lack of funds and lack of talent. They hire an experienced director named Carl and audition a couple of actresses, Naomi a novice, and Lynne, an experienced diva, and they are off to the races with their first show. Because they don't have the funds to license a popular title they decide to stage Carl's play, a riff on Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion titled Pygmuleian. About a mule skinner in the old west trying to educate a common gutter Snype from Boston into a fine lady! But what's really going on behind the scenes are plot twists and hilarity!
- What the critics said: "Backstage Broads, is a delightful comedic romp. This lighthearted play dives behind the scenes of a fictional community theater and the lovable misfits trying to help revive it." Dave Elias - Gulf coast News
- Visit page for details
- LATEST RELEASE - HALF BAKED - (4m, 3f) by Sigrist and Simonelli 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!
- What the critics said.
- "Barninger and his cast and crew give a great performance of Half Baked, highlighting the comedy, and teasing out the subtleties in the relationships between the characters. Audiences can enjoy this comedy at Hanover Little Theatre". ......Broadway World 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 specifically 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 dialogue and production history visit each page below) Comedy Roommates - (2f, 3m) - Amazon Books **** Men Are Dogs (6f, 2m) Concord *** Old Ringers (5f, 2m) Miracle or 2 Licensing 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) Miracle or 2 Licensing *** A Rainbow Holiday (3f, 5m dramedy) Amazon *** With This Ring (4f, 4m - dramedy /doubling permitted) Miracle or 2 Licensing The Ghost in the Meadow (4f,1m Thriller) Amazon **** The Spirit of Bay Manor (2m, 3f Thriller) Miracle or 2 Licensing 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 Joe Simonelli's "Wacky One Acts" (formerly titled 7 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
Stage Plays by Joe Simonelli - Click below for info on each title!
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Stage Plays by Joe Simonelli
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CAPE CAFE THEATRE & Novels and non fiction books by Joe Simonelli
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