Lindsay Joelle is a New York City and Tucson-based playwright, screenwriter, and lyricist.
The granddaughter of a survivor in Poland's Underground Resistance and the daughter of a first-generation Israeli-American, Joelle is drawn to stories of outsiders, rebels, and the un-assimilated. Her plays spotlight voices not usually heard in the American theater: Chasidic Jews addicted to rock and roll. Sanitation workers who find treasure in the trash. Scientists, refugees, soldiers, and translators. Joelle explores the rituals, routines, and humor of urban and rural micro-communities across America... and beyond. Plays include "The Garbologists," which will premiere at City Theatre in 2021, "TRAYF," which has played throughout the U.S. since premiering at Theater J in 2018, and "The Messengers," which was recently released as an audio-play for Audible Theater. Joelle has received an Audible Emerging Playwright commission, Ensemble Studio Theatre/Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Science & Technology commission, Vital Theatre Company commission, National New Play Network collaboration grant, the Rita Goldberg Award for graduate playwriting, and has developed work with Asolo Rep, City Theatre, Curious Theatre (NNPN Writer in Residence), Playwrights Foundation, Nashville Rep's Ingram New Works Lab, PlayPenn, Great Plains Theatre Conference, and the Lark. She is a proud NNPN and New Georges-affiliated artist and alumna of Columbia University (BA), CUNY/Hunter (MFA), and the BMI Musical Theatre Workshop. |
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The Messengers
A dark comedy about messages sent through time, space, generations, and genetics.
Available to download now on Audible.
A dark comedy about messages sent through time, space, generations, and genetics.
Available to download now on Audible.
Animation.
"Planted in Place"
This 4-minute monologue was commissioned by Nashville Repertory Theatre in the early days of the 2020 COVID pandemic.
Written/Narrated by Lindsay Joelle, Directed/Puppeteered by Addie Gorlin-Han, and Scored by Michael Costagliola.
This 4-minute monologue was commissioned by Nashville Repertory Theatre in the early days of the 2020 COVID pandemic.
Written/Narrated by Lindsay Joelle, Directed/Puppeteered by Addie Gorlin-Han, and Scored by Michael Costagliola.