Joseph Zeccola is an award-winning writer, director, and dramaturg.

    A graduate of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (BA: Film, 1994; MFA: Playwriting, 1997), Joseph studied under Davey Marlin-Jones, professional film critic and director of over 1,000 theatrical productions, and award-winning playwright Julie Jensen.

    Joseph has written over thirty scripts, including stageplays, screenplays, and teleplays. Scuba Lessons, Joseph’s one-act romantic comedy, has been produced almost 100 times since 2003, including a 2005 production by U.S. Soldiers in Iraq. His full-length play Horizons was produced as part of UNLV’s Fall 1995 University Theatre season and received a five-star review in the Las Vegas Review Journal. His ten-minute play Heart of Hearing was recently published in the anthology Ten 10-Minute Plays: Volume II.

    Joseph has also written screenplays and teleplays for which he has received awards and notice.  He has directed over twenty-five productions, including the short film, Twice in the Head.

    Joe’s plays can be found exclusively online at the websites TheatreHistory.com and 10-Minute-plays.com.

      Joe currently lives in Los Angeles, where he writes, directs, and teaches drama at Los Angeles Academy Middle School in the Los Angeles Unified School District.

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