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Joseph Zettelmaier

  • Actor
  • Playwright
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Bio

Joseph Zettelmaier is a Michigan-based playwright, director, and educator. His Williamson scripts include Flyover U.S.A., It Came from Mars, And the Creek Don't Rise, Ebenezer, Dead Man's Shoes, The Gravedigger, The Decade Dance, Pulp, Our Lady of Poison, and New Releases. He's an Adjunct Professor at Adrian College, and was profiled in the March 2012 issue of American Theatre Magazine. He’s an Artistic Associate and resident playwright at First Folio Theatre, an At Large Ambassador for the National New Play Network, and Artistic Director of Penny Seats Theatre in Ann Arbor, MI.

Awards

Ebenezer: 2013 Pulsar Award, Best Original Script, Joseph Zettelmaier
Dead Man's Shoes: 2012 Pulsar Award, Best Original Script, Joseph Zettelemaier
Dead Man's Shoes: 2012 Wilde Award, Best New Script, Joseph Zettelmaier
Dead Man's Shoes: 2012 Thespie Award, Best World Premiere Show, Joseph Zettelmaier
The Usual: A Love Story: 2012, Pulsar Award, Best Ensemble for a Musical
It Came From Mars: 2010 Thespie Award, Best Original Script, Joseph Zettelmaier
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