Playwriting | Tyler Joseph Rossi

About

Tyler Joseph Rossi is a Playwriting MFA Candidate at Catholic University of America. He is a Core member of the Lancaster Dramatists’ Platform and is a member of the Dramatists Guild of America and LMDA. Playwriting awards/honors include END OF THE LINE: A BONNIE AND CLYDE PLAY (Andrew W. Mellon Grant, SCARP Grant from Elizabethtown College), VERBOTEN (Kennedy Center Undergraduate Playwrights Workshop Semifinalist), The Kennedy Center Playwriting Intensive (Invitee 2019, 2020), and Theatre Lab's Fair Play Initiative 2021 (Finalist). METROSEXUAL COALCRACKER (Prologue Theatre's Foreword: New Play Series Semifinalist, Fulton Theatre: Festival of New Works: Stories of Diversity Semifinalist).

A Closer Look

I'm an actor, playwright, director, and educator in the Central PA area.

Take a look below at my resumes and let's talk!

Acting Resume

Playwriting Resume

Educational CV

Miss Julie, The Orpheus Theatre Company, 2020.

THE HISTORY PLAYS

History is alive and well, here. Take a look at my plays that span from the Trojan War through the 1970s.

SUPERNATURAL

& HORROR PLAYS

Need a ghost or things that go bump in the night? Take a look at my plays that include a supernatural and/or horror element(s).

THE COALCRACKER PLAYS

Take a look at my family dramas that revolve around The Coal Region of Pennsylvania and toxic families.

LGBTQ CENTERED PLAYS

Take a look at my plays which feature LGBTQ characters at the forefront.

Selected Plays

praise for Pyre

One of my favorite horror plays of all time. Historically intriguing, yet somehow relevant to the modern day. It is truly an edge-of-your-seat thriller. It could be an excellent find for any theatre looking to fill the Halloween slot with something unique.

- Straton R., New Play Exchange