JOEL GROSS

Joel's three-character drama, MARIE ANTOINETTE: THE COLOR OF FLESH has been staged in New York, New Jersey, Florida, Maine, Michigan, New Mexico, Arizona, Nova Scotia, Victoria, B.C, and Australia. The play has been translated into Spanish, French and Polish.

NEXT PRODUCTION: Portland Stage (Maine).

To read reviews of the play, including the NYC production (off Broadway), please click on the links to the right.

“The sweep of a historical novel….real events swirl outside, while inside at Versailles, emotions swirl just as vigorously around a triangle of love and friendship… Explores issues of class, many of them sounding quite contemporary, while creating a touching story of love.” Neil Genzlinger, THE NEW YORK TIMES

MARIE ANTOINETTE is published by Dramatists Play Service. A speech from the play is included in DPS's OUTSTANDING WOMEN'S MONOLOGUES (VOLUME TWO), edited by Craig Pospisil and Danna Call. Two scenes from the play have been chosen for "The Best Stage Scenes of 2008," edited by Lawrence Harbison.

Dramatists Play Service listing of MARIE ANTOINETTE
For Joel's Doollee listing, click here
Joel is working on a musical drama about John Dillinger with composer/lyricist Paul Aleman and director/choregrapher Wayne Cilento. For more information and to hear some of Paul's great songs, click below.

INFORMATION ABOUT DILLINGER, THE MUSICAL
OTHER PLAYS IN DEVELOPMENT:

Joel's four character drama, THE QUEEN OF SPADES, inspired by the Pushkin tale, was recently workshopped at The Actors Company Theatre (TACT) in NY, and presented in a staged reading at the Actors Studio (NY).

Joel's contemporary drama, SHOESTRING PARADISE, was presented in Ensemble Studio Theatre's Octoberfest 2010, and is being developed as a film for director Ted Kotcheff.


MOVIES

GALAHAD, with an original screenplay by Joel, is in pre-production, with producer Gale Anne Hurd.

Joel's IMDB listing (INTERNET MOVIE DATABASE)

NOVELS

Joel Gross's novels, including THE BOOKS OF RACHEL, have been selected by the Book of the Month Club and the Literary Guild, and are available at Amazon and Barnes and Noble. He is a member of the Authors Guild, the Dramatists Guild, the Writers Guild, and P.E.N.

KINDLE and NOOK editions of THE BOOKS OF RACHEL, THE LIVES OF RACHEL, and SARAH: A NOVEL OF SARAH BERNHARDT are now available.

In chronological order these novels are:

Bubble's Shadow
The Young Man Who Wrote Soap Operas
1407 Broadway
The Books of Rachel
Maura's Dream
Home of the Brave
This Year in Jerusalem
The Lives of Rachel
Spirit in the Flesh
Sarah: A Novel of Sarah Bernhardt

dust jacket of the first hardcover edition

Amanda Jones has played the Queen in three productions of MARIE ANTOINETTE: THE COLOR OF FLESH

Samantha Ives as Elisa, and Jonathan Kells Phillips as Alexis, in the off-Broadway production of MARIE ANTOINETTE: THE COLOR OF FLESH, directed by Robert Kalfin.

Olivia Connolly as Marie, Erin Dewar as Elisa, and Brett Cousins as Alexis in the Red Stitch Theatre production (Australia) of MARIE ANTOINETTE.

For actress Amanda Jones's website click here.
For actress Samantha Ives's website, click here.