Joe Landry is a playwright whose work often begins with a story he can’t resist taking apart and putting back together for the stage. His plays have been produced across the country and internationally, from professional theatres to schools and community companies.

He is best known for It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play, named one of the ten most-produced plays in the country by American Theatre magazine. His other Live Radio Play adaptations include Vintage Hitchcock, Meet Me in St. Louis, War of the Worlds: The Panic Broadcast, The Great Gatsby and A Christmas Carol. These works grew out of Joe’s fascination with the imaginative possibilities of radio theatre: actors, microphones, music and sound effects creating an entire world in front of an audience.

His other plays include The Wicked Stage, Reefer Madness, Numb and Hitchcocked!. His work is published and licensed by Concord Theatricals and has been performed by hundreds of theatres and producing organizations.

Joe studied at Playwrights Horizons/NYU and has taught playwriting at Sacred Heart University. Whether adapting a beloved classic or creating something entirely new, he is particularly interested in the place where theatrical storytelling, popular culture and the audience’s imagination meet.

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