Critics have called the work of Joseph Reed Hayes "lyrical", "touching", "beautiful" and "a welcome oasis of cultural smarts". Noted composer and writer David Amram called him "a true dramatist," and said, "His work and all the events he creates are significant nationally and internationally." As a freelance writer, Joseph Hayes works for print and online publications worldwide.

 

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His collaborations include spoken-word performances with David Amram, performances of West Farms, The Planets Align In Their Sinister Design and the Orlando International Fringe Festival production of Solos with jazz trumpeter Brian Groder, and What James Learned on the Internet as the "Joseph Hayes Trio" with Groder and bassist Doug Mathews. He has attended the Atlantic Center for the Arts three times: with Samuel R. Delany (1997); Douglas Coupland (2000); and Cornelius Eady (2007).

Joseph is co-founder of The Burry Man Writers Center, an award-winning worldwide community of writers, and the social network for creative artists called Inked-In.

"Joseph Hayes is one of the new voices that can bring the theater to new audiences. His sense of dialogue and structure, his wit and awareness of the foibles of our society and the humanism that fill the pages of his work make him a true dramatist. His work and all the events he creates are significant nationally and internationally." — David Amram, composer and author

"Hayes' work is appealing and sometimes downright lyrical." — Elizabeth Maupin, Orlando Sentinel

"A play by Joseph Reed Hayes is a welcome oasis of cultural smarts." — Steve Schneider, Orlando Weekly

"Best local playwright: Joseph Reed Hayes." — "Commander Coconut", columnist, Orlando Sentinel

"Playwright Joseph Reed Hayes handles themes deftly, probing their significance without becoming heavy-handed or melodramatic." — 'Playing by the Lake' Script Festival
 

APPEARANCES
· Performance, "Leap Day Celebration", Orlando FL 2008
· Performance, Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach FL 2007
· Performance, Kerouac House, Orlando FL 2007
· Speaker, panel moderator, Florida Literary Arts Coalition, Tallahassee FL 2005
· Performance, Chapters on Park, Winter Park FL 2004
· Performance, Downtown Media Arts Center, Orlando FL 2004
· Performance, Stardust Video, Orlando FL 2004
· Performance, The Jazz Gallery, NYC 2003
· Speaker, Sierra Club, Orlando FL 2003
· Speaker, Emerald Coast Writers Conference, Pensacola FL 2002
· Performance, Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach FL 2000

AFTER TWO
· Staged reading and workshop, Lake County Repertory Theatre, Lower Lake CA 2004
· Finalist, "Playing by the Lake" Script Writing Festival 2003

BUDDHA, MOHAMMED & JESUS WALK INTO A BAR
· Monona Grove HS State Forensics Competition, University of Wisconsin, Madison WI 2006

A GOD IN ASPECT
· Charade Drama Group, Bristol, England 2004
· Short story form published in "Cthulhu and the Co-Eds" 2001

THE PLANETS ALIGN IN THEIR SINISTER DESIGN
· Reading, Chapters on Park (with David Amram) 2004
· The Jazz Gallery NYC 2003
· Atlantic Center for the Arts 1997

SLOW RIDE
· Reading, benefit for Kerouac House, Orlando FL 2006

SOLOS
· Orlando International Fringe Festival 2004

TELL IT TO THE BIRD
· Triangle Theatre, NYC 2004

WEST FARMS
· VisionTV, Orlando FL 2007
· Valencia College Black Box Theatre, Orlando FL 2007
· Finalist, "Notes From the Underground" one-act festival, NYC 2006
· Subject, Texas Intercollegiate Press Association Critical Writing Competition, San Antonio TX 2006
· Theatre Downtown, Orlando FL 2006
· The Jazz Gallery NYC 2003
· Atlantic Center for the Arts 2000

WHAT JAMES LEARNED ON THE INTERNET
· Downtown Media Arts Center, Orlando FL 2004