Martin Casella

Martin Casella's plays include The Irish Curse (New York off-Broadway, London, Los Angeles, Edinburgh, Dublin, L.A., Outstanding Playwriting Award, FringeNYC; published by Samuel French), Scituate (Best New Play, SCFTA), Mates (L.A. WEEKLY Award, Best New Play), Paydirt, Desert Fire, Beautiful Dreamer, Grand Junction, The Big Enchilada and George Bush Goes to Hell. He wrote the book for the musicals Paper Moon, Happy Holidays, Taking Care of Mrs. Carroll, Saint Heaven and Doo-Dah!, and co-wrote the book for the jazz musical Play It Cool (off-Broadway; GLAAD nomination, OCC nomination for Best Off-Broadway musical).

His plays have been seen at, among others, the Pasadena Playhouse, Coast Playhouse, the Cast, the Coronet (Los Angeles); Theatre Row, Soho Playhouse, TBG, Linhart and Access Theatres (New York); Village Theatre, Group Theatre (Seattle); Bailiwick, Theatre Building (Chicago); Stage One (Wichita); Paper Mill Playhouse (New Jersey); Goodspeed Opera House, Stanford Center for the Arts (Connecticut); Walnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia); Ford’s Theatre (Washington); in Tokyo; and at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Canada.