Joseph Reed Hayes, playwright

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

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. Co-owner of The Burry Man Writers Center, an award-winning worldwide community of writers. Co-founder of the social network for creative artists called Inked-In, and tINKER, a community of teen artists. Producer and curator of Jazz On Edge, a showcase for new and original works by jazz musicians. Publisher/writer, Spice Maven Press.

His collaborations include spoken-word performances with Mr. 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 been an associate artist-in-residence at the Atlantic Center for the Arts three times: with Samuel R. Delany (1997); Douglas Coupland (2000); and Cornelius Eady (2007).

"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

CONTACT:

Joseph Hayes
jrh@jrhayes.net
www.jrhayes.net

THE PLAYS:

Review scripts of any play available for $9 (£7) plus shipping

A LITTLE CRAZY
· Orlando International Fringe Festival 2002
· Bill Whitney Senior Players Portland, OR 2003
· Reading, Eyewitness Theatre, Manchester England 2001
· Finalist, ATC Fall 2003 Contest for Original Full-Length Plays

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

IF I HAD MY WAY
· Winner, United Arts Professional Development Grant 2009

· Recipient, Galati Research Grant 2007 (supporting original non-fiction research of artistic, historical and cultural importance to the history of Orlando and Florida.)

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
· Bronze award winner, 2008 Telly Awards
· 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
· Performance, Downtown Media Arts Center, Orlando FL 2004