Joe Iconis

Joe Iconis is the proud recipient of a 2007 Ed Kleban Award and a 2006 Jonathan Larson Award. He is the Composer-In-Residence at Ars Nova and was a Student of the Week in Miss Essner's Class during the fall of 1990. He is the writer of the notorious garage band rock musical The Black (book co-written by Robert Maddock) and TheaterworksUSA's The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks (opening this summer at the Lortel; directed by John Simpkins.) He is in the band The Big Galoots and is a card carrying member of The Bloody Mary Club. He is a huge fan of Dolly Parton, Neck Ties, and Dunkin Donuts, and is greatly inspired by the group of artists he frequently surrounds himself with. www.mrjoeiconis.com