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FULL PERFORMANCE
JAZZ SPOKEN HERE
"TAKE away the DAZE and get yourself some HAYES!" ~ David Amram, the inventor, with Jack Kerouac, of jazz poetry readings. -
STAGED READING
IF I HAD MY WAY
Laughter, tears, music, pride and fear; strong women and willful men; longing and unrequited desires; family and home; the past, the future and the magic of citrus blossoms. -
full play on video
DELIVERANCE
It is a city in the time of social isolation, and life is different now that food arrives at your door. -
full play
DESTINATION MOON
A young woman recovering from a serious illness forms a relationship with a disembodied voice in the night. -
full play
A SLOW RIDE
Three generations of women taking a Sunday ride, with the near-demented discord of family in close proximity for more than ten minutes. -
concert version
BUCKET BOY
A storyteller returns to her home town to recapture a relationship with the girl she loved in high school ... a relationship that may or may not have ever existed. -
concert version
TOM WAITS FOR NO MAN
Bobby Ace; semi-professional third-rate road musician half-way between last call and last chance, playing the songs of Tom Waits. -
full play
SOLOS
The Jazz Romance of trumpeter Ben "Blue" Miller and Ellie Grace. A story as passionate as the music.
Winner: 2014 BroadwayWorld Orlando Awards, Best Lead Actress, Desiree Perez. Nominee: Best Director, Paul Castaneda -
full play
A LITTLE CRAZY
The first production, performed at the 2002 Orlando International Fringe Festival. -
full play
WEST FARMS
A worn-down man looks back at his childhood, his family, and the almost legendary bar in the Bronx that still keeps its hold on him. -
reading
DESTINATION MOON (excerpt)
"When my mother turned 40 ..." from the play Destination Moon. Joseph Hayes with Alejandro Arenas, Mark Feinman and John O'Leary, -
reading
ALL ABOUT THE SOUND
Joseph Reed Hayes reading at the Timucua White House, March 2015. Collaboration with Alejandro Arenas, Mark Feinman, John O'Leary, Whitney James and LaRue Nickelson. -
reading
IF I HAD MY WAY
Reading with Joseph Hayes and the cast of If I Had My Way.